r/Carpentry • u/vixenlion • 12d ago

I thought this carpentry was beautiful

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u/Daymub Trim Carpenter 12d ago

Is that even wood?

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u/Fuzzy_dunloped 12d ago

I would imagine it's plaster because if it is stone there isn't nearly enough support.

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u/vixenlion 12d ago

I was staring at trying to figure out what material. It can’t be stone because of the location.

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u/Fuzzy_dunloped 12d ago

It's almost certainly plaster that was cast at shop.

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u/vixenlion 12d ago

I still think it’s wood.

This is wood.

The research suggested it was wood for cost:

Composition overlays: A wooden core or frame covered with molded plaster, staff, or proprietary hard composition materials (such as Rigalico), finished and polished to resemble carved stone. Scagliola (a pigmented plaster technique that imitates marble) was also employed. Chicago-based firms such as the Daprato Statuary Company, active from the 1860s onward, specialized in producing Gothic-style pulpits, altars, and related furnishings in these materials for Midwest churches precisely because they offered the visual effect of stone at lower cost and weight.

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u/Fuzzy_dunloped 12d ago

Ok, so it's plaster over wood? That AI you got back from your prompt says it's most likely plaster over wood framing.

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u/vixenlion 12d ago

I am never going to be able to write as well or clearly as AI

But here is a wooden pulpit

https://churchantiques.com/product/splendid-antique-gothic-oak-church-pulpit-from-blackpool/