decorative

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In a trip in November 2013 to Vincenzo Caffarella, a decorative arts and antiques shop in London, £170,000 was allegedly spent on a "vast amount of property" including Venetian lamps and vases.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Michele Sawers, left stands with Beth Penn, right, while giving her a decorative owl.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Whether it’s the birthday bouquet we buy, the roses we plant, the fragrances we use, we tend to think of flowers as decorative add-ons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

“Gold retains its warm glow no matter what happens to it,” says John Stuart Gordon, the curator of American decorative arts at Yale, who is writing a book on gold in America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The four-poster bed was covered with soft, moss-green bedding embroidered with every decorative stitch Penelope had ever learned and many she had never seen before.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood