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| Family | Cast | Coated | Textured | Patinated |
| How it looks | Deep three-dimensional panels and medallions cast from a pattern, then hand-finished. | One tone fading into another across a panel — brass into bronze, gold into gun metal, warm into dark — graded by hand so that the transition has no step. | Design bitten into the surface, producing fine detail and artwork that cannot be achieved mechanically. | A surface deliberately aged — mottled, darkened and worn back in places — so that new metal reads as if it has been in the building for decades. |
| Metals | Brass, bronze, aluminium | Stainless steel, brass, aluminium | Stainless steel, brass | Brass, copper, mild steel |
| Where it suits | Indoors and outdoors | Indoors | Indoors and outdoors | Indoors |
| Worth knowing | A pattern has to be made before anything is cast, so a one-off medallion carries the cost of its tooling. | A gradient that runs across several panels is set out as one drawing and graded as one batch, so that it continues across the joints. | Shallow by nature, so it wears where hands and feet pass — a wall or a panel, not a counter or a step. | No two panels are the same, which is the point. |
| Looking after it | A soft brush for the relief, a damp cloth for the face. | Wipe with a soft damp cloth. | Mild detergent and a soft cloth. | Wax or a clear coat holds the effect; dust it, and wipe with a damp cloth. |
| Next step | Ask for a sample | Ask for a sample | Ask for a sample | Ask for a sample |
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