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What is this decoration called that's found around ceilings and doors, as shown in the images below?

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In general, those are moldings, also spelled moulding.

The one around the top of a wall is called a crown molding.

The particular shape used in that example makes it an (somewhat elaborated) ogee molding.

A molding slightly lower on the wall is called a picture molding or picture rail because it can be used to hang pictures from.

A molding about 3 feet above the ground is called a chair rail because it is (possibly) used to prevent the backs of chairs damaging the wall.

I don't know if there's a special name for the molding used on the doors. It could possibly be called a panel molding because it is used to visually separate the panels of those doors from the rails and stiles (the members of the frame that holds the panel).

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