The traditional beauty and elegance of Venetian & Italian Plaster. Timeless. Regal. Sophisticated. These are just a few ways to describe Venetian Plaster, a finishing technique that has few rivals.
The Piece de Resistance of finishes, few applications that one chooses for interior walls can match the polish and exquisiteness of Venetian & Italian Stucco Plaster. Traditional and authentic Venetian Plasters, referred to as Italian Plaster, Venetian Plaster or Decorative Stucco, are a composition of natural slaked lime, marble dust and water.
Many traditional Italian Venetian Plasters use natural pigments, thus being available mostly in an earth tone range of color and not able to be as intense in color as synthetic forms of Venetian Plaster. These Venetian Plasters calcify upon oxidation with air when applied, returning to their natural limestone state. When applied in thin layers, Venetian Plaster can be burnished to a smooth, reflective, marble like finish. More.....