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Finding antique relief portrait medallions for the wall is an almost impossible find. Many of the Swedish medallions were mounted around the public buildings in Stockholm , Sweden, so you can see that they wouldn't be very common to find. Some of the companies from the 1950's would reproduce popular ornate frames and mirrors in resin such as the Syroco company, although they pale in comparison to the oversized Swedish medallions. You can find resin wall cameos on ebay, but over sized plaster medallions are much harder to find. Although like anything, if you look on ebay every day, you will come across one.
Gustavian Antique Relief Portrait Medallions
Gustavian Antique Relief Portrait Medallions From Tweedland Blog
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Gustavian Decorating From Lars Bolander's Scandinavian Design From Goodhousekeeping Magazine
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Ideally, to make a medallion yourself, you could start by taking an empty round frame, and cut a piece of wood to fit the frame. Staple in the wood to the frame, being careful not to destroy the frame itself.
Finding a fruit plaque on ebay is the first place I would start. Find a piece that you really could enjoy, and then search for a frame that would complement the plaque. These fruit plaques are so commonly found on ebay. Often times they come in pairs, so you can create two matching or complementing medallions which could be paired together on a wall.
Secure the plaque on the wood, and let it dry over night.
Once the plaque is very secure on the wood, seal the edges of the fruit plaque with wood filler, and let it dry over night. Make the wood filler as even as possible with your finger. Using a sponge sander, sand down some of the areas around the plaque where you have applied wood filler, to achieve as even of a surface as possible before painting.
Often times I will use a dark gray oil paint as my primary coat. Once it is dry, you can paint on a light gray coat of paint, and before it is dry, wipe off some of the areas.
Another faux painting ideal is to go with a white finish. Painting the first coat with white flat oil paint giving your medallion a good strong coat of paint. Once it has dried over night, apply another coat of egg shell in an off white. Once it has dried, apply brown glaze (1/2 glaze, mixed with 1/2 brown paint) and with a damp rag, wipe off some of the glaze leaving it in some of the details of the medallion. Once it is dry, mix together the Heirloom White, with glaze, and apply it over the medallion. This will even out the look of the glaze, showing just a slight bit of brown in some of the areas. Overall, you want a white look, but a slight, (very slight) appearance of age when looking closely at the medallion.
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Gustavian Decorative Wall Cameos Antique Plaster Relief Medallions From Lars Sjöberg’s Ekensberg Featured on The Trouvais Blog
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You can see how lovely pewter or silver look against a gray wall. Consider silver leafing your wall medallion.
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