Sentence examples for chimneypiece from inspiring English sources

Enlarged from a china figurine of a terrier (a chimneypiece ornament), constructed from masses of flowers, it brims over with pure and unqualified goodwill.

Upon the chimneypiece perhaps some miniature scene of jungle violence modelled by Barye and cast in bronze might be displayed, while behind the ferns a marble nude would shrink in vain from male scrutiny.

He wrote to Scott saying he had been rehanging his collection to show my fine painting of Venus's backside by Velasquez, which I have at length exalted over my chimneypiece in the library.

The English chimneypiece of the 19th and 20th century, with its swags and egg-and-dart mouldings, was very much the invention of Adam.

The 1740s Kilkenny marble chimneypiece in the front hall came from Ardgillan Castle in County Dublin.

His design of the Apotheosis of Homer (1778) relief was adapted from an ancient Greek vase for use on pots, chimneypieces, and plaques.

Only two pieces of wooden furniture designed by Piranesi are known to survive, but the influence of his work on silverware, on vases and chimneypieces and candelabra, spread throughout Europe, disseminated through his publications.

Laura Bush brought in Ken Blasingame, designer of the Bush's Texan ranches, to install lavish hand-blocked wallpaper and marble chimneypieces, while the Obamas have been as cool and restrained as you might expect.

The interior features rococo plasterwork by the Francini brothers of Italy, mahogany doorways and chimneypieces of black Kilkenny marble.