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Library of Congress: ceiling of the Great Hall Figure 12: Ceiling design. (right) Simple, white paster ceiling, Christ Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota, designed by Eliel and Eero Saarinen, 1950. The Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles features gilded statues, ornate chandeliers, arched mirrors, and a painted vaulted ceiling, with sunlight streaming through tall windows. The Long Gallery at Aston Hall, Birmingham, Eng., 1618, with paneled walls, tapestries, and intricately molded strapwork plaster ceilings characteristic of the most sumptuous Jacobean interiors. Figure 12: Ceiling design. (left) Highly ornate Rococo ceiling, Pilgrimage Church at Wies, Upper Bavaria (Germany) designed by Dominkus Zimmerman, 1745. Ornate wooden hammer-beam roof of the Tudor Great Hall at Hampton Court Palace, with arched beams, carved details, and stained glass windows along the walls.

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Article title updated for style. Nov 07, 2026
Deleted Web site: Merriam-Webster ceiling definition. Aug 02, 2013
Add new Web site: Old and Sold - Evolution Of Roof And Ceiling. Nov 10, 2011
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Ceiling Types. Nov 10, 2011
Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - Home and Garden - How to Texture a Ceiling. Nov 10, 2011
Media added. Oct 01, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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