Patricia Warburg Cliff, Corcoran Group (212) 836-1063; www.corcoran.com MAINTENANCE: $1,403 a month PROS: This classic apartment oozes prewar charm, with high ceilings, hardwood floors, crown moldings and a decorative marble fireplace.
One of the largest decorative marble remains of the site is the niche-head pieces.
For cutting-edge looks, Mr. Nussbaum said, many designers now use quartzite, "which tends to give you the drama and character that people are used to seeing in decorative marbles, but doesn't have the acid sensitivity".
It's a classic townhouse with oak floors, decorative ceilings, marble fireplaces and antiques, along with three pretty guestrooms in pale shades, featuring ornate headboards, oriental rugs and embroidered bedspreads.
Then, in the '80s, I became immersed in six-over-six windows, decorative plasterwork and marble fireplaces.
The master bedroom has a French marble decorative fireplace and a frescoed ceiling that depicts a mythological scene, as well as the recently discovered partial wall fresco; the master bathtub is encased in mahogany veneer.
The president of Greece, Karolos Papoulias, threw some muscle into his country's tug of war with Britain over the Elgin Marbles, decorative sections of the Parthenon that were removed in the early 19th century and now reside in the British Museum.
India is the third-largest exporter of decorative stone--marble, granite, slate, sandstone--after Italy and China, with $1.2 billion in export revenue in fiscal 2006.
He initially ordered ceramic vases from his friend and fellow Lunar Society member Josiah Wedgwood, but ceramic proved unable to bear the weight of the decorations and Boulton chose marble and other decorative stone as the material for his vases.
Its facade features ornate marble work, decorative cornices and cast-iron Corinthian columns, which also appear throughout the building.
"It's a neoclassical structure made of marble and decorative block with brass doors and ornate ironwork".
