Corinthian

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The brand delivered aerodynamically groundbreaking cars in the 1930s and luxurious land yachts in the ‘60s and ‘70s with “Fine Corinthian Leather.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

The building’s fluted Corinthian columns are right at home in neoclassical Washington, but they aren’t a match with the rest of the White House, with its simpler, smooth columns and Ionic capitals.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2025

Dug sits upright on the limo’s black Corinthian leather seat, flanked by crystal liquor decanters on one side and a TV and VCR on the other.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2025

It moved in 1838 to its current building where there are Corinthian columns marked with an inscription reading "Maiorvm Gloria Posteris Lvmen Est", meaning "the glory of our ancestors is a light to our descendants".

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2024

Instead, in April of 1850, just after the two-year anniversary of the peddler’s spirit in Hydesville, Maggie and Leah appeared once again in Corinthian Hall.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock