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Key Features
• Authentic, Historic style
• High density, lightweight product for simple installation
• A great way to improve the interior of your home
• Beauty and craftsmanship that will never go out of style
• A durable and affordable product
• Adds instant distinction
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Product Overview
A ceiling dome is a halved spherical structure, with a concave interior that generally extends up and into the ceiling. In a sense, a dome is a series of arches rotated around the vertical axis. In itself, a dome is structurally sound and strong, however, much larger ceiling domes exert much force around their perimeters, requiring extra support with the wall.
A ceiling dome can encompass an entire ceiling or it can simply span a small space, and while the ceiling dome works well on its own, it can prove a focal point for ambient lighting, and hanging objects.
Today’s contemporary ceiling domes are inspired by a rich architectural history. The first domes were of simple design and appeared in the Mediterranean, Middle East, and India. The Romans advanced the construction of domes on a larger scale. A fine example is seen in the Greek Pantheon.
Byzantine architects developed the dome further, and inspired both Islamic and Italian Renaissance architects. Renaissance architects raised stunning multi-layered domes, and domes decorated with religious frescoes.
A saucer dome is named as such because it has the appearance of a shallow saucer when viewed from bellow. Saucer ceiling domes are low-pitched in terms of depth. Elliptical domes, named for their elliptical bases, are less common. The Persian, or onion dome, is more than half a sphere and raises to a point. The most famous examples are those seen at the Taj Mahal in Agra, India, and at Saint Basil’s Cathedral, in Moscow, Russia.
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Average Customer Review:  1 Reviews
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Beautiful but difficult to have delivered, 12.27.2006
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Reviewer: Mayra Valdes (Miami, FL)
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Above item is already installed in a home that we're building, this one piece particurlarly was for the center of the kitchen ceiling, easy to install since it came with all the instructions the only problem was getting it delivered. The shipping company took about a week extra to delivered because they did not have the proper truck to fit it, I guess because of his massive size. It is beautiful and well worth the wait, Thanks, Mayra from Miami
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