balustrade
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A plush, red velvet fauteuil tucked into the lower right corner of the picture is like an upscale launching pad, which has propelled the man to the balustrade along a tall French window.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2025
"During the refit the historic atrium balustrade will be removed and restored off site and reinforced with metal to meet current standards."
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2023
The cabanas are now gone, and regulars may notice that, inside, the few steps leading to the dining room and the balustrade around it are, too.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2021
The company was filming the balcony scene from “Romeo and Juliet” on the Wave Hill estate in the Bronx, where lush gardens and a rustic stone balustrade offered a graceful site.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2021
“Like a falling star,” she had said, choking on sobs, when she and Ruby had finally unclenched their hands from the balustrade and the plum boughs that had saved them from sharing her fate.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
"This required stone balustrades on the front façade to be reinstated and renewed. Other loose material that posed a risk also had to be removed and repairs carried out to the roof."
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2023
Today, the tall white facades molder above shops old and new, the flaking stucco reliefs looking preposterous next to the brightly colored laundry draped over the balustrades.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2022
The trash was replaced with trees, grass, limestone lion statues, granite balustrades and rose beds, which Mr. Reiver first used as an outdoor showroom for his antiques gallery next door.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2021
These fancy and fanciful houses are what can happen when you go nutso with a jigsaw: wooden gingerbread and curlicues and scrollwork and turned balustrades galore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2021
To climb the rocky hills at the peak of which our neighbors’ porches rose even higher, their balustrades festooned with potted plants, the zinc overhangs sparkling in the midday sun.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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