9. Combined techniques

In the 200 years of the flourishing heydays of the decorative plasterwork architecture in Europe, the creativity was almost boundless, regarding experiments and improvements of materials and methods. Especially in combining the previously mentioned 5 main crafts techniques for the plaster decorations.  Everything was tried and used: 

1. Running mould with cast details
2. Running mould with modelled details
3. Modelled decorations with cast details
4. Cast decorations with modelled decorations
5. Prefabricated Running mould or modelled decorations

It is often very difficult to distinguish these combinations on the actual decorations or elements. Probably only the executing craftsman will know this for sure. 

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