Incongruously, a mirrored ball dangled from one of the wooden beams, lending the room a slightly seventies air.
Security is tight and inside heavy curtains are closed against the midday heat, lending the room a gloomy, gothic air.
The clear plastic structures that had hung over the show space for June's menswear show were lit with yellow bulbs, lending the room a patina of age.
Sunlight pours in from the vast windows that asymmetrically punctuate the perimeter, lending the room a glowing orange hue, illuminating dust particles that swirl and coil and dance abstract shapes around the exquisite stone masonry above.
In the evening, dimmed lamps, candlelight and a laid-back soundtrack lend the room a cosy air.
The sweep of a grand staircase lends the room an Old World glamour and the promise of mystery to come.
The stark concrete tiles and flickering neon signs lend the room a subtle sense of Asian flair and sophistication.
Dave Murphy responded (then and later) that he had only lent the room to a friend who was storing clothes ahead of a jumble sale.
Taken one by one, the black chairs resembled the chairs found in medium-priced dinette sets; massed together, they lent the room a sober quality such as one might find at the United Nations — at meetings of, say, the Trusteeship Council.
