In search of 1920s cornice

scottishblondie

We're renovating a bedroom in our 1920s conversion.  1920s-1990s it was the kitchen, but the previous owners moved the kitchen and turned this into a bedroom.  After removing the lowered ceiling (which was actually lower than the window!!) we discovered the original lath and plaster ceiling completely gone - neighbour says it collapsed back in the 90s - but I don't expect the kitchen would have had nice cornice anyway.  I know from old pictures that the main living room did have a very ornate cornice, but we'd like to do it in the style of the only remaining "period" room (originally a dining room) and I can't find a match.  Everything that comes up for arts and crafts or 1920s cornice looks a lot more ornate.  Hoping someone might be able to point me in the direction of an off-the-shelf option that would come close before I start going down the route of getting something made. Apologies for the potato quality photo, I'm not supposed to go up ladders at the moment.

Rural_Puppy

We are about to have a similar query for a Victorian house we are restoring in Scotland. A quick Google of cornice work Edinburgh brought up a few possible companies.
Eg The cornice company Falkirk based
City crafts plasterers Edinburgh
Plastercrafts.
There will be others in different parts of the country.
I would think a competent plasterer would be able to use a former to get the right shape.
Please let us know how you get on! 

tacpot12

A good plasterer might also be able to use an modern cornice and add the mouldings on the edges to create a matching cornice at less expense. 

scottishblondie

I've spoken with the plasterer, who started today. He's recommended contacting a local company to get a quite for custom mouldings done.  Apparently it's not horrifyingly expensive these days, so I'll get a quote and go from there!