In a message dated 10/30/2000 6:52:42 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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> Q - a 1916 bungalow (fancy architect designed one) had - according to a
>  newspaper article of the time-  a "domed ceiling" in the DR?  (now
>  altered with drywall and new small crown - appears to be close in height
>  to neighboring rooms) --- any ideas what that could mean?

A friend of mine has a 1896 Queen Anne, and all the walls are coved. It does
create kind of a 'dome' effect. All the wall corners are chamfered too. All
done with plaster and several buckets-full of skill.

Just a thought.

-Heidi