Coved ceiling: with a pronounced cove joining the walls to a flat central panel smaller than the whole area of the ceiling.
Coving / cove ceiling / coved ceiling: A curved suface forming a junction between a ceiling and a wall ...
These coved ceilings were introduced into England in the middle of the 17th century. In Holyrood Palace at Edinburgh there is a fine ceiling of 1671, with figures (probably executed by Italian craftsmen) and floral wreaths.
 See also: Ceiling, House, Church, Architecture, Mask
  
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