The temples are studded with gilded statues, intricate woodwork, paintings, and tapestries. |
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The collection ended on a high note with a sequence of little black sack dresses with gilded metallic trim. |
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The gilded room on the next page pairs a clean-lined, contemporary pedestal-style sink with an antique tansu that's used for storage and display. |
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On the tip of the spire is a weathervane of Fortuna, seen standing on a gilded globe supported by two telamones. |
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It didn't take me long to realise I was getting the bird in the gilded cage treatment. |
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Maybe Sudarshanji would send him some orange barfi and Togadiaji would present him a gilded trishul. |
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There rode ships from France, England, Holland, China and Japan, while innumerable boats and gilded barges rowed by sixty men plied to and fro. |
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Out of the shadows behind the gilded throne seat stepped a familiar figure. |
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He also painted a tondo of the Pieta bearing Philip's coat of arms on the back, and he painted and gilded Sluter's statues. |
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The earlier part of the Saint Philip reliquary is its late trecento gilded silver base, which also serves as a container for relics. |
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The finished bows were richly decorated with painted and gilded leather or birchbark. |
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Many Spanish conquerors were fooled by depletion gilded tumbaga, believing it to be gold. |
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Many of the coppery-colored tumbaga castings were then gilded and burnished to restore their golden appearance. |
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After the castings were attached, the entire frame was gilded in antique gold. |
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The boys begin by carrying in the monstrance, a huge, gilded altarpiece that holds and displays the Sacrament. |
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The plaques recording connections with famous residents are usually blue but this one was gilded to reflect the star's love of bling. |
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Potted miniature palms and gilded accents adorned the sinuously curving handrails, just beckoning for a slide down. |
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Ceremoniously she unclasped the gilded clasp, and took out the wrap of heroin that now contained a gram of South Gloucestershire brickdust. |
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The movie takes place in the social context of fast money, smart-set villains, gilded gambling houses, and late-night powder snorting. |
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Even ivories may well have been painted brightly and gilded to enhance their beauty and value. |
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His Lordship also had his coat armorial, according to the bearing of his ancestors, gilded on his closet books. |
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Cooke gilded that story for days, insisting on its veracity and refusing to tell the police where the boy lived. |
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Anyway, there were flowers and gilded fixtures and lush fabrics and polished waiters, hosts and busboys regarding us with measured warmth. |
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She has gilded all the cakeboxes, and ordered fondue sets for everyone to take home as favors. |
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A gilded silver twopence might well pass for a gold half-crown to the unwary. |
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Stones of deep red color like glowing carbuncles are let into gilded woodwork, and Limoges enamels ornament the walls. |
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A tabletop glows with help from simple arrangements of gilded eucalyptus leaves, allium seed heads, poppy pods, and a cardoon. |
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The gilded wooden carvings around the windows had turned brown, but now they gleam. |
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Like the miniature, they were mounted under glass with a gilded surround in a handsome and ornate protective case. |
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The stoneware piece is made from fired ceramic clay, glazed and gilded in 23-carat gold. |
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Inside, in one of the mirrored and gilded rooms that glitter and preen like a self-conscious jewel casket, is warmer. |
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Rich ormolu, or gilded bronze moldings and medallions, further defined elegance, offering bold standards for royal palaces throughout Europe. |
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She had it re-framed in a wide black frame with a narrow gilded strip at the sight edge. |
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Its giant gilded strongbox glared bullion-brilliant, and paradoxically appeared to float at the centre of a giant olive-green pool. |
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The upstairs drawing room is a deep turquoise colour, and its ceiling is studded with gilded stars. |
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The scabbard occasionally had sheets of silver or gilded bronze applied to it to protect the mouth of the scabbard and the chape. |
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A band of gilded silver inscribed with Gothic lettering that reads BRACHIUM S. PHILIPPI encircles the wrist of the arm relic. |
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The oval pocket sundial is made of gilded brass, and measures 4.8 centimetres across the major axis. |
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These mostly 20-somethings are a million miles away from gilded superclubbers and heroin chic. |
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There seems to be endless jewelled demons, gilded temples and tall pagodas. |
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It is entirely ebonized and has gilded panels decorated with birds, butterflies, palmettes, and flowers. |
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Trims were gilded and every bit of wood showing polished to a patina like glass. |
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She that a clinquant outside doth adore, Dotes on a gilded statue and no more. |
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Atop the clock tower of Stark County's court house, four gilded angels look across the rolling landscape south of Cleveland. |
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At night the graceful mantle of leaves becomes a gilded dome in the reflected firelight. |
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Its lower parts are of white marble, but the upper parts are covered with plates of gilded copper. |
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He grasped the gilded footboard and straightened his elbows, such that he hovered over the bed rather than sitting on it. |
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Much of the ceiling is fretwork, and fresco par-excellence, in gilded gold. |
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The cult image of Artemis was brought out from the inner sanctum and, gilded and white, shone brilliantly in the morning sun. |
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The back and sides were apparently gilded, and the underside of the gable roof painted red. |
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They are mounted on ebonised, marbled and gilded supports in the form of four crouching Nubian slaves. |
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Because he squirmed in protest as she tried to remove his gilded, gemmed gauntlets, she had to leave them on. |
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It transformed rich black walnut, oak, cherry and other hardwoods into plain, gessoed and gilded frames. |
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They came to it rather quickly, the largest building in the village that was covered in jewels and gilded with gold. |
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The objects were carefully arranged in groups in carved and gilded wooden cabinets. |
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If ever a palace came close to encapsulating what they describe in the fairy tales, this would be it, all spires, towers, and gilded gates. |
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While most were of a standard alloy of leaded bronze some were gilded or made in gold or silver. |
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The sun rose gracefully, and gilded the glorious Welsh hillsides with soft light. |
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The entrance is shaded by several painted and gilded roofs supported by marble columns. |
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The porcelain handles, which curve to enclose florets, are gilded to imitate gilt bronze. |
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Elaborately carved woodwork and paneling called boiseries, often gilded or spiced with gold leaf, replaced solid wood trim. |
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On a gray ground, molded and gilded leaf-and-flower motifs cover the nearly flat bottom of the body. |
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The photographs also record, albeit subtly, the wear that evidences the many people who have gathered together under these gilded ceilings. |
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The sun lanced through the overcast veil of blizzard-clouds and snow-squalls and gilded the twin vessels in shining gold. |
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In addition to apprenticeship and journeyman requirements, the regulations stipulated that all gilded work had to be stamped by the gilder. |
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In the living room, I traced the gilded edges of the tables and chairs carefully, hoping gold dust would cling to my fingers. |
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The walls were not covered in the dark mahogany wood, with gilded trim which adorned most of the other walls in the casino. |
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The body of the vase is painted in turquoise with gilded female torsos in high relief leaning back against large scrolls simulating handles. |
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He stopped in front of the large vanity mirror framed in gilded gold and straightened his tie. |
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She was looking for the kitchen, but all she kept encountering were well appointed and gilded rooms. |
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He matched his white pants and shirt with a vest cut from white brocade and decorated with gilded charms. |
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Its upper door panels are painted with birds and butterflies on a gilded background. |
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As the story goes, Heron suspected that his crown was not pure gold but gilded silver. |
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The gilded frame gleamed, here and there patches of the coarse wood underneath shone through. |
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It was a large sitting room, covered with gilded mahogany paneling, and pale green floral carpet. |
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Clearly, this is a formal room, from the gilded antique furnishings to the sapphire blue drapes covering the full-length windows. |
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Two gilded thrones, now covered in royal blue draperies, were placed at the far end of the room. |
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That means Augusta receives more dough from the public than from its own gilded members. |
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So many people envied me, but they didn't realize that I was just a pretty bird in a gilded cage. |
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At first she did fight back, but I eventually succeeded in breaking her down into my submissive wife, a bird trapped in a gilded cage. |
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Although mass produced, these clocks were finely if not heavily gilded, and some wear should be expected if the gilding is claimed as original. |
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The earliest English examples were supplied by furniture carvers and gilders as brass fittings for gilded wood girandoles and chandeliers. |
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She wore a white gown with a gilded leather girdle about her slender hips and her hair gleamed like molten gold in the morning sun. |
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Twig trees decorated with paperwhite blossoms and rose hips can be grouped with gilded gourds. |
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A panel painting might have a background of stamped, gilded gesso and enamels and precious stones in its frame. |
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Had he held a Euro referendum in his first gilded year in office he may well have won the argument, but he bottled it. |
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The altar, intricately carved in limewood, painted and gilded, represents the Dormition of the Virgin, and took its creator 12 years to make. |
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Desperation abounds, especially among the young and those beyond the gilded circle of the Parisian elites. |
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The Victorians had a dream that Whitby could match the gilded splendour of Harrogate, and the thermal spring waters of Bath. |
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If so, the major Latin-American directors are not gilded wetbacks, fleeing home in search of the Yankee dollar. |
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Then a bit of back road took us past ramshackle sheds and the gilded gates of Cawton Cottage, which is huge and not a cottage. |
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Ninety percent of the store's offerings are gilded in 22 to 23 karats or 12-karat white gold, according to Carroll. |
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There are also ritual lamps, and a charming gilded swing with push-rods to lull the deity into a kindly tolerance of human failings. |
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Yet all told, its simplicities are gloriously redeemed by the novel's intricate take on sexuality, and its ecstatic and gilded prose. |
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Hardly any of them was a political reject, who had to be accommodated in a gilded cage like the Raj Bhawan. |
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The sobriety of the streets is relieved by bridges with self-important towers or slightly pompous lions and griffins with gilded wings. |
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There were also a lovely gilded desk, soft comfortable chairs and loungers that invited a person to grab a book and read for the whole day. |
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You may be wondering what work of monumental consequence is contained within these gilded pages. |
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His gaze traveled up to the ceiling, where elaborate moldings surrounded a large, impressive, crystal chandelier, which stemmed from a gilded ceiling medallion. |
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She brings soul to anything her lazy-sounding voice touches and a vision of the world which is wrought in impressionistic, scattergun lyrics gilded with humour. |
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They believe they are right, and have never gilded the lily. |
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Numerous taxicabs and limousines pulled up to the gilded doorway, dropping off guests while young bellboys carted luggage up the service elevator to various suites. |
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It is composed of the biggest arches I have ever walked under, and almost everything seems to be made of marble, gold, gilded marble, or marbleized gold. |
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This gilded silver casket was made in the form of a Gothic church that echoes the design of both the Ste-Chapelle and the baldachin that sheltered the grand chasse. |
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Many have been interred in the back of worship sites, displayed in gilded cases behind panes of glass. |
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In private she was known occasionally to express a measure of frustration over the gilded cage in which she lived, but in public she carried that burden lightly. |
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It was of gigantic size, it was of princely splendor and the wood carving on the completely gilded outside was so elaborate and varied that the surface seemed to be alive. |
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The figures of the Four Seasons, painted in oil on a gilded background and then overpainted to simulate mosaic, are identical to the Four Seasons window at Cairndhu House. |
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The occasional flashes of sun reflect off the gilded domes of those cathedrals which aren't covered in scaffolding in preparation for the anniversary celebrations. |
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A fantastic gilded bronze bibelot featuring three sirens astride an elephant once stood on a mosaic plinth with three tiny yet accurate models of the Greek temples at Paestum. |
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A bridge over the Sankosh provides a link to the hill on which the dzong stands, and with its gilded canopy, the dzong has as much antiquity as the bridge. |
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The exterior was decorated at the top with glistening gilded bronze shields, and the arches were filled with painted statues of emperors and gods. |
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But the film can't overcome its director's ham-fisted sermonizing on how those with little get the short shrift while the privileged play by a gilded rulebook. |
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He is commemorated by a gilded bronze effigy in his chapel in St Mary's, Warwick, and an illustrated panegyric by the Warwickshire antiquary John Rous. |
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But the London painted here, the Britain painted here, is a gilded, desirable place, magnificent yet homely, where rumours of empire intrude only as exotic hints. |
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A pair of white shoes in front of a gilded door completed the cover. |
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The doors were ornately carved and gilded with glistening gold. |
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It reflected the swirling hordes of dancers below, so that the shades of peacock blue and blood red and midnight black danced along the gilded walls. |
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Like the bonbons that line gilded boxes of chocolates, their names adorn one storefront after another above displays of leather coats, designer purses and gold bracelets. |
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The 30-piece collection is for on-trend tots, with details including lace, gilded embroidery, and peplums. |
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Done up in much velvet plush, with dark red drapes and ornate chandeliers hanging from gilded ceilings, there's a definite air of the Baroque bordello to proceedings. |
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Outside in a corridor is an old gent in a white uniform and a cockaded turban who has spent 37 years in a gilded cage slowly shuddering up and down a narrow stairwell. |
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The gilded silver pinhead, styled in the image of a bird of prey, is one of a handful of examples discovered in Britain and will go on display in London. |
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A gilded fountain played in the central stage, two sopranos sang operatic duets while the New Zealand School of Dance, in medieval-style costumes, danced around the fountain. |
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Forget those fluffy-chinned policemen, the true sign of incipient old age these days is a trip to the Under-21 World Cup to witness rugby's gilded future. |
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Later fauteuils of this type by Jacob Freres and Jacob Desmalter are typically entirely gilded, rendering them more opulent than those designed for the Salle du Conseil. |
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Meukow's foul, gilded, sour vanilla, mawkish chocolate and rotting tropical fruit salad-spiked Black Panther bottle was so feral that I only just reached the spittoon in time. |
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Like a gilded self-fulfilling prophecy, wealth and prestige beget greater wealth and prestige, with dramatic implications for the future of postsecondary education. |
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They crept out of the city under the oppressive darkness, and were on the slave roads once more by the time the sun burned through the dry clouds and gilded the plains. |
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She had no need for magic arts and charms given her barge with gilded stern and soaring purple sails. |
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This tea caddy is rather splendid Much of the pottery is gilded in 22 carat gold leaf. |
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But Crivelli's work, limited to Madonnas and elaborate gilded polyptychs, rather than the less remunerative work in fresco, reveals little sense of stylistic development. |
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The ring of the steering quadrant is gilded with plumose anemones. |
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The actor has more adoring acolytes than any gilded idol in Achilles' day. |
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The fronts of the joss houses and the restaurants were brightened with many colored lanterns, quaint carved gilded woodwork, potted plants and dwarf trees. |
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The bar drips with rococo flourishes, from the ornate marble fireplace to the lavish gilded mirror. |
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There were a grand staircase, a succession of public rooms overlooking the garden, painted and gilded paneling, and furniture and porcelains in the best taste. |
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The hand-carved and gilded wooden models, which fill the room, give expression to extravagant architectural dreams that could never have been built. |
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Even in 1999, this gilded cage of a cushy but unstimulating white-collar career was only available to certain people. |
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We pass a preposterous monument to polychrome and gilded onion domes. |
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Most were gilded, although painted faux-marble frames are also found. |
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Most of the political activity occurring outside that gilded realm must be cast as a periphery of delusion, extremism and industrial disputatiousness. |
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Mary Soames is an exception to the rule that gilded offspring endure life rather than enjoy it. |
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Considerably more remarkable than the altar paintings are the reredoses or retables of carved and gilded wood into which the paintings were inserted. |
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Almost everything was gilded in gold, and the room seemed to sparkle. |
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At Oscar after-parties, movie stars clutch In-N-Out burgers in one hand and gilded trophies in the other. |
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Like balloons, the birds were meant to be able to carry a human aloft in a gilded cage. |
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His older brother had died of tuberculosis in the spring of 1789, a twisted, stooped, sad little figure, wasting away under the gilded ceilings of Versailles. |
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For a moment, the gilded cage looked pretty enticing from the outside. |
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Hertli also is considering creating lower-price items for those with shallower pockets but gilded aspirations. |
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A gilded New England chimney glass of about 1835 provides a handsome backdrop for the Paris porcelain garniture, about 1820 to 1825, on the mantel. |
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There was a great white and gold fireplace and even a little gilded coffee table with a silver tea set sitting quaintly in the centre of the room. |
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Morris deemed calligraphy to be an art form, and taught himself both Roman and italic script, as well as learning how to produce gilded letters. |
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Saguaro National Park boasts Many birds, including Gila woodpecker, gilded flicker, cactus wren, phainopepla, and elf and screech owls. |
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The players returned with lungfuls of fresh air to the gilded luxury and secure environment of their hotel. |
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Several years ago, a couple of yeggs climbed scaffolding and tried to steal the gilded weathervane from his church. |
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They want you in a gilded cage, tied to the kitchen sink and to perform as a trophy wife, but that's just not me. |
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And so the wealthy are going blingless and eschewing the spending sprees of the recent gilded age. |
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The Hypostyle Hall is a stupendous riot of black and white marble columns, gilded plasterwork and aquamarine walls. |
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In major imperial monuments the letters were cast in lead and held in by pegs, then also painted or gilded. |
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Inscriptions on Roman triumphal arches were works of art in themselves, with very finely cut, sometimes gilded letters. |
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A set of gilded doors that once graced the entrance to the Ka'ba, Islam's holiest sanctuary, is also featured. |
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His charger wore a blanket of enameled crimson scales and gilded crinet and chamfron, while Lord Tywin himself sported a thick ermine cloak. |
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His tomb, imported from Paris, was extremely elaborate, carved from gilded alabaster. |
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Sikh architecture is characterised by gilded fluted domes, cupolas, kiosks, stone lanterns, ornate balusters and square roofs. |
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The architecture was decorated in gilded mosaics such as that at the cathedral at Monreale. |
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And the house wherein his Pagode or idol standeth, is covered with tiles of silver, and all the walls are gilded with gold. |
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Since he had not been responsible for his disqualification, Queen Alexandra awarded him a gilded silver cup the next day. |
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The most important building Domitian restored was the Temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill, said to have been covered with a gilded roof. |
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India cabinets ornamented with gilded vases, or china filled with flowering shrubs or aromatic plants adorned their apartments. |
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The map is drawn on high quality vellum and is set in a gilded wooden frame. |
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A number of Baroque altarpieces from this time are also gilded with gold from local mines. |
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A middle-class couple's gilded life comes crashing down in this lacklustre French drama with a plot that goes from A to B with the speed of an arthritic escargot. |
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There were no bars on the windows, no jangling keys, no doors to lock or unlock. It was altogether pleasant, but I never forgot that it was a gilded cage. |
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It contains sculptures of the kings of England from William the Conqueror to Henry VI with stone and gilded canopies set against a red background. |
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All roads were considered to begin from this gilded bronze monument. |
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In Thailand and Laos, sculpture was mainly of Buddha images, often gilded, both large for temples and monasteries, and small figurines for private homes. |
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A plinth of black fossiliferous limestone from Frosterley topped this structure, and atop this plinth was a white alabaster effigy of Robert I, painted and gilded. |
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There was an air of Popery about the gilded capitals, the heavy arches. |
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After the Western Roman Empire fell, gold became scarce and Scandinavians began to make objects of gilded bronze, with decorative figures of interlacing animals. |
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The ubosoth is in a small enclosure just before the main entrance to the wat, on the right, which has fine gilded doors. The wat has a small museum. |
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Her gilded sculpture is a winged palm figure, based conceptually on The Winged Victory of Samothrace, and is intended to be evocative of the Biblical Tree of Life. |
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This Beaux Arts-style overdoor may be mounted on an exterior wall with proper sealing or painted and gilded to add beauty and architectural interest to doors inside. |
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