Sentence examples for famous maker from inspiring English sources

But from childhood he was known as Van, invoking a famous maker of skateboarding sneakers.

Steinway was founded in Manhattan by a German immigrant in 1853 and soon became the world's most famous maker of pianos.

That deal strengthened Mr. Lee's grip on Samsung Electronics, the famous maker of smartphones and televisions and the conglomerate's crown jewel.

He is reported to have received an oud, made from rare woods and inlaid with ivory, from a famous maker, Mohammed Fadhel.

A Manhattan private dealer, Louis Bofferding, has a set of six circa 1800 Gustav III side chairs signed by a famous maker, Melchior Lundberg.

Offenbach composed it with an eye to the first; a famous maker of musical farce, he was determined to write a serious opera.

In the case of violins and the like, another sort of solution is to put less of a premium on the relatively tiny cache of famous makers.

The fashion designer Mary Ping creates inexpensive products by approximately copying and then combining recognizable elements of apparel and accessories by famous makers.

Like other dealers, Mr. Berlin goes beyond the famous makers of the period -- Anthony Quervelle of Philadelphia and Lannuier and Duncan Phyfe of New York.

In addition to D'Angelico guitars, the museum has vintage instruments by other famous makers, guitarlike instruments from around the world and a display of materials used to make guitars.

STAR WARS: THE OLD REPUBLIC When you take what is perhaps the best-known fictional franchise (Star Wars), give it to one of the most famous makers of role-playing games (BioWare) and spend what easily could end up being more than $100 million making an online game meant to compete with World of Warcraft, well, you end up with a few expectations.