antique
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An image of a quadriga, a four-horse chariot, from one of the collection’s numerous antique coins, became the foundation’s emblem, symbolizing its four pillars: culture, education, science and philanthropy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
She suggests looking for affordable vintage oil paintings, exhibition posters or framed sketches at antique markets, then securing them with command strips so they can be removed without leaving holes in the plaster.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
My lamp is a French antique with a heavy iron chain link as its base.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
It also featured what we’d now call a “vintage” kitchen, featuring antique appliances.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
Andrew Peckleman barged into the room waving his antique magazine—something called Popular Science Monthly.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
"These weren't simply Christmas cards, they were pieces of political campaigning that helped fund one of the most significant social movements in British history," said Matt Case, an antiques specialist.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Most of the home’s antiques are Spanish and Peruvian, with some French, Chinese and English pieces; one weighty armoire had to be craned in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
They share a love of antiques, certain novels and can quote “Little Women” at each other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
In a trip in November 2013 to Vincenzo Caffarella, a decorative arts and antiques shop in London, £170,000 was allegedly spent on a "vast amount of property" including Venetian lamps and vases.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
Chandresh and Poppet spend hours arranging and adding to the blueprints, creating a new space to be filled with antiques and art and visions of the future.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Of course, the only caveat is watching the slick show in the antiqued DVD format.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 1, 2021
It hangs from an antiqued sterling silver chain, complemented with Heishi beads and polished stones.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2021
Do you think it’s OK to have a low-key party to celebrate our child, or is this an antiqued ordeal that needs to go?
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2021
Designed by Stephen Rieman and Mark Krasne, the condo features antiqued mirrors, hand-stenciled doors and a wet bar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2019
I judged that the hand of Time hadn't got to work on that chair yet, but it would as soon as it had antiqued the table.
From The Postmaster by Joseph C. Lincoln
On the agenda for Bowen’s perfect Sunday are hiking, antiquing and a stop at Joan’s on Third.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2024
Two lamps weren’t just two lamps, but the best outing she spent antiquing with my grandmother before she passed away from Alzheimer’s disease.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2024
“We are going antiquing, and they are on a little farm and we will take walks through the woods and cook some dinners,” she said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2022
At this year’s TromaDance, the Demmers sat in lawn chairs next to a newly renovated drive-in speaker that Mr. Demmer found and repaired while antiquing in Detroit.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2021
She went antiquing and hung an old washboard on the wall.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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