Venetian plaster in Los Angeles
Many thin passes of lime and marble dust, each one burnished before it sets, until the surface takes a hard shine and reads as depth rather than colour. The most labour in the range, and it shows.
What it is
Stucco veneziano: six to eight passes, each thinner than the last, compressed with a steel blade while the lime is still open. The shine is not a varnish — it is the surface itself, closed up under pressure, which is why it deepens rather than reflects.
Where it works
Entries, dining rooms, powder rooms and bar backs — anywhere a wall is meant to be the event. It rewards a dark colour and a low light more than any other finish here.
What to expect
Longer on site than a Roman clay wall, and worth the difference only if the surface is going to be looked at. Sample boards first, always: a deep Venetian looks like a different colour in daylight and at night.
The colour range
Venetian Plaster in 17 colours
Rendered, not photographed · indicative only
Many thin passes, polished to a hard shine. The deepest colours in the range live here.
Whites & lime2
Sands & clays2
Blush & rose2
Earth & rust2
Greens2
Blues2
Greys & stone2
Deeps3
Every colour here is the studio’s own, and every swatch is drawn from its hex value rather than photographed. Screens differ, and so does the light in your room — we make sample boards on site before anything goes on a wall, and that is what the colour is decided from.
Where we have used it
Nothing published yet under this finish. It is applied on jobs that are not in the portfolio — tell us about your space and we will send comparable work and a sample.
The other finishes
Roman Clay·Limewash·Marmorino·Intonaco·Microcement·Tonachino·Béton Ciré·Stone Effect·Tadelakt·Travertine Plaster
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