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More popular, and more expensive, are the Art Deco clock garnitures, often made of marble or onyx, which as well as a central clock come with matching ornaments either side, sometimes in the form of stylised bronze or spelter figures of people or animals.
Garnitures and a Case Study of the Bifurcated Movement in
Etude des garnitures chromosomiques de deux Veneridae: Ruditapes decussatus (L.) et Ruditapes philippinarum (Adams et Reeve).
Sandwiches may have many toppings, garnitures, sides, dips, and accompaniments served with them or aside them.
These clocks are not as uncommon as one would believe and they turn up in the sale room at least once a week in various colours and finishes, but this example is incomplete, it should have what are termed as garnitures. These are ornamental pieces which stand either side of the clock and are finished in marble to match the central clock.
His famous appetizer Tramonto's Caviar Staircase is constructed on the plate to amuse and delight, and served with garnitures that climb the stairs.
Other items here include the Rose-Diamond Garniture, the "Moor" sculpture adorned with breathtaking emeralds, and other selected garnitures of ruby, sapphire, and emerald.
* Explain means of enhancing a display using garnitures
Designs for the marvellous bowls, teapots, jelly moulds, garnitures, for the chimney piece, and so on, were in white bas-relief and set upon green or blue jasper ware looked back to the classical period which in Wedgwood's day was revealing itself in Rome, as archaeologists uncovered the past.
As well might the exquisite classic statue be arrayed in corsets, manches en gigot, garnitures en tulle, &c.