Tin ceiling


Tin ceiling

Embossed metal panels nailed to furring strips or ceiling beams, and painted as a finished ceiling.

pressed-metal ceiling

A sheet-metal ceiling embossed in a decorative pattern; usually coated with a layer of tin and lead or a coat of paint primer as a protection against oxidation; much used on the ceilings of stores after about 1875, especially during the early part of the 20th century.