decorative
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Filled with eccentric decorative touches that mirrored Simmons’ vibrant public persona, the property features everything from staircase cherubs and boldly patterned wallpaper to curved French doors, terraced gardens, and a key-shaped swimming pool.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
The Victoria & Albert Museum in west London is the world’s largest museum of design, decorative and fine arts.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
Bansal says higher shipping costs have made it more expensive to send decorative glass items abroad, particularly to the US.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
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
The house—for the most part designed by Mr. Clutter, who thereby proved himself a sensible and sedate, if not notably decorative, architect—had been built in 1948 for forty thousand dollars.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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