Sentence examples for matching stone from inspiring English sources

But that could not be done in matching stone, because "the particular quarry this stone came from is played out," he wrote, so the only alternative was to rebuild the entire south facade.

The product design duo Chen-Williams, based in Brooklyn, has exclusive planters-vessels and matching stone bangles ($138) that are available starting Friday at Creatures of Comfort at 205 Mulberry Street.

The oldest object was a flat stone and a matching stone cylinder used as a mortar and pestle that could date from as far back as 7000 B.C.

But almost every time those streets are torn up now, the money-pinched city fills the holes with unsightly blobs of tar and asphalt instead of with matching stones.

Some of the newly displayed carvings, including a rollicking sequence of grotesque figures, match stones still in place in the ruined walls.

It had taken an entire year to collect the perfectly matched stones.

Open areas are infilled with grass and a gravel matching the stone of the castle Statues and urns are typical of the extravagant baroque style of the 17th and 18th centuries The reds and yellows of hybrid tea roses, golden yews, purple prunus and 30 varieties of acer echo the colours of the Drummond family crest.

Matching a stone's color to the person's eyes or choosing their birthstone could imbue the ring with a personal touch.

Of the million or so stones that the institute grades annually, perhaps half are inscribed with microscopic security codes, which allow the institute to match a stone with its grading report, and make it harder to steal.

All down the block he points out cases where permits have been granted for repainting cornices, but using a later black instead of the original brown color that would match the stone.

Conservators mix the powder with only water and/or small amount of iron oxide pigments to match individual stone on site.