Abstract: The present invention relates, on the one hand, to a skirting board for a wall of a space or finishing profiled section for floor covering, comprising a body composed of at least a carrier material and a decorative top layer, in which said body comprises a longitudinal part which forms at least a part of the front side of the skirting board or the finishing profiled section, and a top part which forms at least a part of the top side of the skirting board or the finishing profiled section, in which the transition (1 1) between the longitudinal part and the top part has a curved configuration, in which, at the location of said transition, some of the carrier material has been replaced by a filler having a different composition than the carrier material, and that the decorative top layer (2) is continuous at the location of the transition (1 1). On the other hand, the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing such a skirting board.