Ceiling Fans

I bought a rather-expensive wallpaper medallion (made by York) to put up on the ceiling of my daughter's room. The idea was to cover over a dull area where the ceiling had to be retouched after a smaller-base-diameter fan was installed. The mediallion is 36" in diameter and the ceiling fan (including the blades) is 52". I can cut the ornate wallpaper smaller if that would actually look better. It would be time-consuming but still look good, I think. Is there a rule of thumb for the diameter of the medallion to the width of a ceiling fan?
The diameter of the fan's base plate is 6".
Sorry but I have reread pinkdenia's answer a few time now and I don't get it. The medallion, of course, is bigger than the base plate. The paper medalion was bought to cover up the flat finish around the circumference of the new and smaller plate. Perhaps this answer could be restated for me.

Just so long as the width of the fan, including the blades, is not the same as the medallion, it should look fine.

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