In the later Jacobean style the rib was replaced by floral bands projecting comparatively slightly and enclosed by narrow borders. These bands were disposed in various ways—sometimes intersecting at right angles and enclosing rectangular or square panels, sometimes forming geometric curves occasionally interrupted by straight lines.
If any of these methods of breaking up the surface be employed, it is obvious that the general proportions must be taken into account.
Carolean and Georgian
In the Carolean and Georgian periods it was customary to decorate the ceiling with a heavily modelled band of foliated detail, circular or oval in form—the whole in harmony with the plan of the room. Sometimes the angles were occupied by other detail, but the centre was invariably left plain.
Adam Ceilings
No. 191. Jacobean Ceiling. Sizergh Hall, Westmorland.
The ceilings of the Adam period were similarly treated. The oval or circular band would sometimes consist of a series of festoons—an arrangement which, though graceful enough in effect, cannot be defended