Hi
Is there a word to describe what looks like an oval-shaped/ square or rectangular-shaped ceiling feature that is inset from from the main ceiling with chamfered borders.
Is there any architectural term for this entire feature which appears quite often in building entrances.
I look forward to your feedback.
The feature is a “coffer”, and a ceiling which has a pattern of coffers (as opposed to a single coffer) is said to be “coffered”.
Thanks UDS. That’s exactly it. So be they wooden or plaster ceilings, they can be called coffered ceilings I presume.
I think a coffered ceiling can be wood or plaster (or stone or anything else) but it does require a pattern of coffers. I wouldn’t call this a coffered ceiling, even though it does feature a large coffer.
In my years of watching This Old House the single was always/often referred to as a tray ceiling.
CMC fnord!
If you have trouble with such a ceiling, does it become coffer-damned?
I wouldn’t call that a coffer, it looks more like some variety of drop or false ceiling. A coffer would be continuous, not have that gap between levels.
Seconded.
Well some of the the ceilings referenced, the ones that have a single raised portion, are known in these parts as a Monitor Ceiling. It might just be a regionalism. Many building features may be known by different names on a regional basis.
As for the one ceiling that appears to have an setback that is slightly bigger than the initial opening. That set back is for recessed lighting.
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