ornate
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Women in lace mantillas and gold jewelry pass on their way to somewhere ornate.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
As if to underscore the radical turn these artists were making, the paintings are hung on an ornate plum-red wallpaper in a wainscoted gallery that harks back to the Grand Palais’s look.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Cast-stone columns with ornate capitals bisect the thresholds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
He has also hinted at changes to the North Portico's 200-year-old columns -- which are in the Ionic style and not his preferred, more ornate Corinthian style -- and have recently been covered by scaffolding.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
Mr. Stieglitz was a tall man, with a penchant for corduroy suits and ornate silver-tipped canes.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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