The Romans used lead extensively for ornamental purposes in decorative boxes, wine cups, and other household items.
She is a senior vice president and the assistant managing director at Christie's in New York, where she oversees 20th-century decorative arts, wine, books, photography and other departments.
Most of its industry continues to be traditional, with small-scale establishments producing lacquerware, ceramic ware, sake (rice wine), decorative candles, and characteristic little paper oxen (akabeko).
Mr. Margiela has branched out from up-to-the-minute women's wear to decorative objects like wine-bottle table lamps ($197) and vintage handbags covered in cotton (from $665).
The first has a décor defined by wine, with decorative displays of bottles; the second features paintings of Mediterranean seaside towns.
They traded wood, cloth, dyes, embroideries, wine, and decorative objects; ivory and wood carving became their specialties, and the work of Phoenician goldsmiths and metalsmiths was well known.
Signed football shirts adorn the walls (Turin is the home of Torino FC and Juventus), along with decorative kitchen utensils and wine bottles – there are over 200 types on offer – neatly lining wooden open-shelf cabinets.
living room, decorative columns, 6 gas fireplaces, wine cellar, original oak moldings and detail, 16-by-75-ft.
While the company is no longer the only game in disco ball business, it's still part of their product line (in addition to wine racks and decorative valences).
