Sentence examples for mix of objects from inspiring English sources

Auction houses like themed auctions for another reason: many, but not all, include a mix of objects like paintings, prints and furnishings.

This eclectic mix of objects of living and objects of art was all displayed by a man with an architect's eye and an eagerness to instruct future generations on the classical principles of design.

And it is packed with a stimulating mix of objects familiar and novel, from classic sculptures with exquisitely carved coiffures to ivory hairpins and bead-spangled wigs to a fully equipped kiosk-size barbershop straight from the streets of Ghana.

The house is furnished with an eclectic mix of objects: antiques and midcentury modern pieces, many found at antiques shows or thrift shops, and art by Mr. Milewski and other artists represented by Ms. Johnson-Milewski's gallery.

Add to the installation a backlighted stained-glass panel by Louis Comfort Tiffany and a hulking nautical compass housed in wood, and you have a wildly confusing mix of objects, media and periods.

The curators, Roy Sieber, professor emeritus at Indiana University, and Frank Herreman, director of exhibitions at the museum, have assembled a stimulating mix of objects familiar and novel, from classic sculptures with exquisitely carved coiffures, to ivory hairpins and bead-spangled wigs, to a fully equipped kiosk-size barbershop straight from the streets of Ghana.

Into his mix of found objects — feathers, driftwood, bottle caps, safety pins — Binns adds a bit of irreverent humor.

A mix of personal objects, inspiration pieces and shoes from the archive collection are displayed in a dedicated space in the store's atrium.

What's on view is an eclectic mix of choice objects that run from pre-Columbian figures in jade and clay to a 1986 drawing by Brice Marden and a 1997 sculpture-painting by William Christenberry.

The space is known for its mix of domestic objects ("the scrub-brush collection got sort of out of hand at one point," Mr. Therrien said) and the cryptic art he derives from them.

Arrayed on the kitchen counter is a deceptively random mix of design objects and everyday things (a bag of pasta, a few artichokes and a clove of garlic sitting on a papier-mâché and willow wood centerpiece they created for the Dutch design collector and retailer Thomas Eyck).