pewter
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The piece takes inspiration from Chinese fretwork patterns, Art Noveau designs and German sculptor Hugo Leven’s iconic pewter bat candelabras.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
The work, with a handsome design by Mr. Loquasto, features what look like sheets of pewter leaf hanging from clotheslines, beneath and through which eight dancers in dusky-hued unitards come and go.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
He remembers two politicians who would eat together and regularly put in the same order: "Two working man's portions of your beef and two pewter mugs of your finest ales."
From BBC • Sep. 7, 2024
There was a claw-foot tub with pewter fixtures, a charmingly messy bookshelf window-seat, a kitchen painted a cool green.
From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024
Michelangelo dropped his pewter cup onto his silver plate.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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