| 单词 | mother-of-pearl |
| 例句 | He wore a new Stetson hat with a flat crown, a tan Norfolk jacket with a belt buckle of mother-of-pearl. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But it was his gun they were staring at: silver filigree, and an ivory grip inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Its long silver barrel was embellished with cottonwood leaves and clusters of seedpods, its ivory handle inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The helm beneath his arm was the head of the merling king, with a crown of mother-of-pearl and a jutting beard of jet and jade. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z With my glasses, I see cracks lining sidewalks, the petals on dandelions, the iridescent mother-of-pearl buttons on Danielle’s blouse, and all the words and sentences and math problems that Mrs. Margolis writes on the blackboard. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The furniture was straight out of a sultan's palace: ornate and inlaid with silver and mother-of-pearl. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z One slaver wore a tokar of maroon silk fringed with gold, one a striped tokar of teal and orange, the third an ornate breastplate inlaid with erotic scenes done in jet and jade and mother-of-pearl. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He brought her a prayerbook bound in mother-of-pearl. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Felicia set aside pails of them but selected only one, a mother-of-pearl shell, a baroque Spanish fan with which later to taunt her suitors. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I keep my eye on the mother-of-pearl dove earrings in the shop window, waiting for them to fly away. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I stood in a kind of daze, looking at an old folded lace fan studded with jet and mother-of-pearl. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In the center of the room, on a round wooden table that is painted black but inlaid with light stripes of mother-of-pearl, there is a small iron cauldron. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Day one in the Congo, and here my brand-new tulip-tailored linen suit in Poison Green with square mother-of-pearl buttons was fixing to give up the goat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She said her penance using her mother-of-pearl rosary to keep count of the prayers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s black with a mother-of-pearl design of flowers and butterflies. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He found clean clothes in a cedar chest inlaid with lapis and mother-of-pearl. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the late-day light, its maroon shell shone iridescent as mother-of-pearl. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The same as was done to apply brass to wood or mother-of-pearl to lacquerware. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z It came from the substance of the Mountain itself, which glowed and faded in a slow breathlike rhythm, with a mother-of-pearl radiance. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It was obscenely sharp, and had a mother-of-pearl handle, and Shadow suspected it was usually used to give dead men their final shave. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The box was carved wood, its mother-of-pearl lid inlaid with jasper and chalcedony. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Quite right! You recognized it, I suppose, by its distinctive mother-of-pearl sheen?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It had carved legs and a wooden backrest inlaid with mother-of-pearl triangles. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Some is ornamental and a bit fragile, like the Victorian papier-mâché chairs glistening with mother-of-pearl in the living room. Martha Stewart Opens the Doors to Her Historic Maine Estate 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Armani’s vision was so infinitely subtle that real mother-of-pearl blended with diaphanous chiffon, flowered lace or a cascade of ruffles. Fashion Review: Bold or Subtle, Skin Is In 2013-07-03T17:26:27Z The table appears to be not just clear plastic and stone, as you suggest, but also iridescent chunks of mother-of-pearl from abalone shells. Epoxy can fix a cracked Mexican table made of resin and stones 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z The museum is displaying strands made from human bones, peach pits, seeds, wood, glass, stone, amber, mother-of-pearl, ivory, coral and medicine pellets. Antiques: For Fans of Sendak, the Artist Keeps Giving 2013-08-01T19:05:16Z With its mother-of-pearl inlay, the headstock is still florid, but the body, whose sunburst top fades from burnt orange to cherry, is free of nonfunctional decoration. Art Review: It?s the Craftsman, Not the Singer or the Song 2011-02-10T22:57:32Z Her only concession to glamour is the fingernails: long talons coated in a sci-fi-looking mother-of-pearl lacquer. How Cynthia Erivo took the US by storm – with a little help from Aretha and Oprah 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z He loved that it looked like an old folk instrument, with its red velvet strap and mother-of-pearl keys, and he loved the bright sound. For Josh Groban, a Boot Camp for Broadway 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Instead of decorating them with the traditional mother-of-pearl flowers or leaves, though, he inlays them with tiny numerals laser-cut from abalone shells. 7 Ways to Kick-Start Your Asia Week Art Tour 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Leather, cork, and wood elements lend textural variety and warmth to the neutral room, while antiqued nickel and mother-of-pearl accents add a touch of glamour. Kara Ross opens her first boutique in Manhattan 2014-02-06T05:00:00Z The boxes are flecked with gold and inlaid with mother-of-pearl and buffalo-horn depictions of insects, flowers and foliage. Antiques: Asia Week Dealers Stress Provenance 2011-03-17T20:46:32Z The officers check the clothing down to the crocodile watch straps, sable-fur trim and mother-of-pearl buttons. At JFK Airport, every day is wild for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service inspectors 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Everywhere a diner looks, there’s something to admire from abroad: an onyx ceiling gracing the bar, say, and fanciful mother-of-pearl inlays on the tables.” Review | Punjab Grill is a feast for all the senses 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z This is most evident in her interpretation of inlay, marrying what she calls “noble” materials — mother-of-pearl, brass, stainless steel and even leather — with the more pedestrian acrylic, concrete and wood. The Thriving Designers Who Dominate Beirut’s Flourishing Scene 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z On display at the Ethnographic Museum in Kosovo’s capital of Pristina is a lady’s wooden shoe with a sole covered with intricate carvings and rich inlays of mother-of-pearl. The most striking aspect of Europe’s newest nation: Its normalcy 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Flatware with mother-of-pearl handles also looks just right mixed with silver. Relaxed Summer Table Setting 2010-05-26T17:49:00Z Lessons in cross-cultural affinities become explicit in the exhibition’s final rooms, where there is an exquisitely inlaid turquoise and mother-of-pearl mask that found its way to the Renaissance duke Cosimo de Medici. At the Met, All That Dazzles Is Not Just Gold — It’s Feathers, Too 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z An English oak ivory and mother-of-pearl inlaid cupboard. Auctions: Art Buying Spree at a British Estate 2011-09-16T13:30:07Z One jacket was embroidered along the edges with slivers of mother-of-pearl, with the subtle decoration repeated on the matching dress. On the Runway Blog: At Chanel, Everything But a Mermaid 2011-10-04T16:49:14Z The comparatively minimal top is inlaid with mother-of-pearl stars constellated as they would have appeared over the Northern Hemisphere on May 8, 1821, the day Vanderbilt was born. Peeking Into the Gilded Age at the Met 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Covered with red, black and gold tiles so shiny they’re almost reflective, and studded, in one case, with palm-size pieces of mother-of-pearl, their surfaces dazzle, letting their sinuous shapes slip right behind your eyes. 4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort caused an international uproar earlier this year by serving caviar with plastic, rather than the customary mother-of-pearl spoons. How to make caviar sustainable 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z A high-backed “throne of power” from 19th-century Zanzibar is one of the exhibition’s eye catchers, with fiber-caned seats and inlays of ivory and mother-of-pearl. Swahili, the Pulse of Life at the Crossroads 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z An “English oak, fruitwood and mother-of-pearl inlaid cupboard, late 19th century” hardly looked promising. Auctions: Art Buying Spree at a British Estate 2011-09-16T13:30:07Z The cabinet’s six-foot-tall doors are inlaid with wood, mother-of-pearl and ivory, creating a wide border of bold squares. Art Review: ‘Koloman Moser: Designing Modern Vienna,’ at Neue Galerie 2013-06-06T21:38:06Z Of course you can, old sport, in a Gatsby-branded collared shirt with mother-of-pearl buttons. Can’t Repeat the Past? An Immersive ‘Great Gatsby’ Thinks You Can. 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z According to a statement from the designer’s company, the front of the gown was embroidered with flowers, gold-colored stones, crystals and mother-of-pearl teardrops. On the Runway: And the Bride Wore Armani 2011-07-02T20:38:59Z Aptly, a mother-of-pearl spoon is used to empty the shell. At Masseria, a young gun salutes his mentors with a fancy feast 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z She had poplar boxes handcrafted in Kyoto, Japan, by a supplier of containers for tea-ceremony bowls, and then layered them with materials such as lacquer, mother-of-pearl, and cracked reverse-gilt glass. Jewelry Designer Temple St. Clair Carr's Collaboration with Artist Nancy Lorenz 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z The antique bar — all polished mahogany and cherry and mother-of-pearl inlays — provides a suitable spot for laughing reminiscence, for catching up, for storytelling. At the Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Tall Tales, Resonant Rhymes 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z The collection dates back to the 1710s and represents the luxurious materials of choice for European and American gentlemen architects, including ivory, silver, tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl. Antiques: Restoring the Studio of a Meticulous Sculptor 2010-08-26T22:27:00Z The arrival of a mother-of-pearl caviar spoon sets a diner up for something divine. Pineapple and Pearls review: Dining so fine, we’re seeing 4 stars from the start 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Vallance stopped into the London clothing emporium Duchamp, bought a pair of handcrafted, mother-of-pearl cuff links and then set the ready-made sculptures inside a gilded reliquary made in a French Gothic style. Jeffrey Vallance has a conversation with Leonardo and other giants at CB1 Gallery 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z So take spruce for the front, curly maple for the back and sides, ebony for the fingerboard, and mother-of-pearl for the inlay, and you get not just song but music in the wood. Bellingham mandolin maker crafts beautiful music 2010-12-03T20:41:00Z These works — with textures and protrusions that make them something of a cross between painting and sculpture — are made with mother-of-pearl and acrylic paint. An Artist in Pursuit of Balance 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z At the end of the month, the sun shines through fog “as the water shone like milk and mother-of-pearl.” Time Out: The Beauty of J. A. Baker’s “The Peregrine” 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Tucked inside the Met’s Korea gallery you’ll find a treasure house of stationery boxes, furniture and even stirrups covered with slick black lacquer and inlaid with glittering mother-of-pearl. Woodblock Prints and Hindu Gods at Asia Week New York 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Each disc is adorned with geometric inserts of white mother-of-pearl, while the sapphire crystal is decorated with blocks of metalized black and gold. Special Report: Watches: Magic in the Timing 2010-03-17T20:20:00Z Always serve with a mother-of-pearl spoon—never metal, which interferes with the flavor—and chilled vodka. Bronson’s Last Call: Recipes for an Olympics Viewing Party 2014-02-14T05:00:00Z Best was the in-room minibar, with more than 40 items from around the globe, including Scottish shortbread, Dutch peppermints, three kinds of cheeses and Russian caviar accompanied by mother-of-pearl spoons. Check In, Check Out: Hotel Review: the Hotel Saint Cecilia in Austin, Tex. 2010-04-29T19:45:00Z William T. Georgis, who also designed the restaurant, relied on silver, gray and navy tones, with a bar faced in mother-of-pearl and tabletops made of translucent onyx. The Pool, a Seafood Restaurant in the Former Four Seasons, to Open July 19 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z Smoked cherry panels crossbanded with bamboo and inlaid with mother-of-pearl accent the interior, repeating the blossom motif in the silk. Rolls-Royce Presents Serenity, a One-of-a-Kind Phantom 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Voisin, who has the mother-of-pearl skin that Balzac writes about, is perfectly cast as the naïve young poet who generates pity when he is foppish and humiliated at the theater. "Lost Illusions" is a sumptuous period piece on the allure of fame, followers and fake news 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z There are more than 80 different precious stones to choose from, ranging from the standard amethyst, tiger’s-eye and lapis lazuli to the more grand leopard jasper, chrysoprase and mother-of-pearl. | Gilbert Albert Interchangeable Rings 2013-04-24T17:06:39Z From mother-of-pearl paint—the most expensive ever developed by Rolls-Royce—to handwoven silk, Serenity elevates the Phantom to a new level of opulence. Rolls-Royce Presents Serenity, a One-of-a-Kind Phantom 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z The wood grain lines, dotted with mother-of-pearl, were positioned to represent tiny gleaming swords, bird feathers and draped robes. Holiday Gift Guide: Antique Collections, From Royal Goblets to Buddhist Robes 2012-11-22T20:51:14Z They were buttons made of mother-of-pearl that covered their jet-black suits and hats in intricate patterns, sewn by hand into elaborate designs that glitter in the sunlight. London’s Other Royals, the ‘Pearlies,’ Keep Alive Cockney Customs 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z He told an interviewer that he once designed a mermaid dress made of mother-of-pearl disks in the 1960s for a client who owned an art gallery. Paco Rabanne, fashion designer who distilled ’60s spirit, dies at 88 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z As one of the highest clouds in our atmosphere, they form in very cold conditions and with their shimmering colours they are often referred to as "mother-of-pearl". Rare 'mother-of-pearl' cloud spotted in Scotland 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Nonetheless, it's hard work in these "Cinderella palaces" as she refers to them, with their high ceilings and chandeliers, antiques inlaid with gold, mother-of-pearl table tops, and freshly cut flowers. The seven-day-a-week life of a maid for Qatar's royal and rich 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Floating above the bar is a shimmering panel of mother-of-pearl; illuminating the tables are lights tucked into floppy woven baskets. Review | Amazonia and Causa: Two delicious tastes of Peru under one roof 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z In the late 1870s, he became known for covering his clothing with mother-of-pearl buttons to draw attention as he collected money for hospitals and orphanages. London’s Other Royals, the ‘Pearlies,’ Keep Alive Cockney Customs 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z The mollusc deposits layers of aragonite and conchiolin, which together form nacre, also know as mother-of-pearl. How India is building a pearl farming industry 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Formed in air that is around minus 80 C, sunlight reflecting off tiny ice crystals in the cloud give it the pearly colours -the reason why they are also called mother-of-pearl. Rare 'mother-of-pearl' cloud spotted in Scotland 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Examples of actual preservation are unaltered biological materials like insects in amber or original minerals like mother-of-pearl on the interior of a shell. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Among the items of furniture being installed, the one closest to his heart was a massive, 12-foot-tall antique wedding chest made in Syria and inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The Man Who Made the Sari Haute 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z While some pearly traditions have shifted, the rules on the buttons themselves have stayed consistent: They must be true mother-of-pearl, not imitation. London’s Other Royals, the ‘Pearlies,’ Keep Alive Cockney Customs 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z Ms Ransome ended up wearing another dress at her wedding but she did carry in her purse a mother-of-pearl hair clip from Gertrude's box of treasures. Plymouth wedding dress saved from skip in Australia 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z The ultimate connoisseur uses a traditional mother-of-pearl spoon. There’s nothing like a caviar celebration — and it doesn’t need to cost you an arm and an egg 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Buttons, including one made of mother-of-pearl, showed they had been dressed by people who mourned them. A racist scientist built a collection of human skulls. Should we still study them? 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Among the stunning examples of ancient Roman artistry are elaborate mosaics and frescoes, a marble staircase, capitals of colored marble and limestone, and an imperial guard’s bronze brooch inset with gold and mother-of-pearl. Caligula’s Garden of Delights, Unearthed and Restored 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z The corner includes an antique sconce above the bench and a small octagonal wood table with mother-of-pearl detailing from an auction in Tuscany. Homeowners collaborate with designers and elevate a project to success 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Without thinking, Fred immediately pointed to his sister’s cello on the wall, as well as a custom-made guitar with mother-of-pearl inlay. Column One: The mystery of a stolen rare cello has a surprise ending 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z It was inexpensive costume jewelry, made by Swank, but it had a cool design: a goldtone sword with a fragment of fake mother-of-pearl set in the hilt. Perspective | From hubcaps to swords, readers share more lost-and-found tales 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Nacreous clouds, which are also known as mother-of-pearl clouds, are very rare to appear but impossibe to forget. NASA captures breathtaking image of nacreous clouds over Sweden 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z In 1698, five ships set sail from Scotland, carrying a cargo of fine trade goods, including wigs, woollen socks and blankets, mother-of-pearl combs, Bibles, and twenty-five thousand pairs of leather shoes. How Mosquitoes Changed Everything 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Caviar 101 includes six to eight tastes of premium caviar selections including non-sturgeon roe and Osetra caviar, right off the mother-of-pearl spoon. Make date night fancier with a caviar tasting | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Tiny pancakes, huge egos and gobs of glossy black fish eggs from the Caspian Sea hoovered up on little mother-of-pearl spoons. After China turned it into a cheap snack, caviar is at risk of losing its status as a luxury good 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z It was valued at £5,000 - although it would eventually prove to be worth much more - and inset with ruby, mother-of-pearl and moonstones. The treasure hunt that gripped a nation 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Handles alone are works of art, Anderson said, many formed of ivory and mother-of-pearl. Rare Chinese manuscript found in closet 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z The objects were often “japanned” — covered with glossy black coating, decorated with gold and mother-of-pearl. Could Papier-Mâché Be the Perfect Medium for Our Times? 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z Saab’s loose, full silk gowns gleamed with embroidered sequins and beading that referenced the sparkle of tropical fish, sea mollusks and mother-of-pearl. Valentino’s dramatic Paris couture has Celine Dion weeping 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Smith is a compact, green-eyed man with a level gaze and a quiet demeanor, and he wore a Western shirt with mother-of-pearl buttons, bluejeans, square-toed cowboy boots, and spurs. The Day the Great Plains Burned 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z In addition, products using down, teeth and bone – including mother-of-pearl, which is taken from the shell of some molluscs – also fall under the planned ban. Asos pledge to ban mohair, cashmere and silk from 2019 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z A waiter entered the room carrying eight alarming-looking knives, sheathed in wooden scabbards decorated with mother-of-pearl inlays. Koks, the World’s Most Remote Foodie Destination 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z She claimed Nakesha’s remains, had her cremated at a Greenwich Village funeral home and had her ashes placed in an urn made with mother-of-pearl with flecks of gold. A ‘Bright Light,’ Dimmed in the Shadows of Homelessness 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z These included shells such as mother-of-pearl that were widely circulated in the Americas and cowry shells that were used in Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. When — and why — did people first start using money? 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z Guitar maker Taylor Guitars said that permits needed from the Fish and Wildlife Service for mother-of-pearl used to decorate instruments was unnecessarily raising its costs. Trump officials to unveil plan to cut factory rules this week 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Its lid bears a mosaic of the crossed flags of Syria and Russia on a stark white mother-of-pearl background. Damascus: thin sheen of normality coats menace in once-friendly city 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z The mother-of-pearl bustier I wore to my graduation, say. Not so haute: six writers on their biggest fashion mistakes 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z She is also selling inaugural cuff links, charm bracelets and a limited number of mother-of-pearl pins with Swarovski crystals for $250. What’s selling at the inauguration: Socks, mugs and Trump-scented candles 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Sisi’s grandfather began a business making arabesques, wooden objects that are intricately patterned with inlaid mother-of-pearl. Egypt’s Failed Revolution 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z One of the conference room walls is covered with mother-of-pearl seashells, and the floors in the hallways are designed to look like the teak and holly floors on yachts. Selling Yachts in an Office That Rises and Falls With the Tides 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z In the Takiyya Suleimaniah souk is a shop crammed full of traditional walnut wood boxes, their lids intricate with tiny mosaics of inlaid mother-of-pearl and bone. Damascus: thin sheen of normality coats menace in once-friendly city 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z In my hotel room, I found a beautiful set of handmade, classic Syrian furniture, a style called mosaic, wood inlaid with mother-of-pearl. My Journey Into Aleppo: Watching a Moonscape of War Turn Into a Functioning City 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z “Not goulash?” she would say with a gimlet eye, glaring at me over her mother-of-pearl glasses. This Goulash Runs Deep: A Classic Recipe 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z The vaulted ceiling in the former Registry Room, made of 28,258 Guastavino tiles, was cleaned until it looked — as Mr. Belle aptly put it — like mother-of-pearl. An Architect Who Built His Career on Resuscitating New York Landmarks 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Many of the original details, such as the brass portholes and mother-of-pearl light sconces, were polished to their original splendor. All Aboard a Vintage Yacht for $55,000 a Week 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z She ended up buying several pieces, including a mother-of-pearl necklace. Indiana project offers exploited women hope, redemption 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z As she and her colleagues began painstakingly scraping away the plaster, a radiant face emerged, illuminated by mother-of-pearl. In Bethlehem's Ancient Church, a Long Unseen Presence Appears The current occupant, Tracy Kahn, longtime curator of the collection, greets Marshall-Hill with a mother-of-pearl handled grapefruit knife. Why the world's top flavor maker keeps visiting UC Riverside for inspiration 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Yoked shirts with mother-of-pearl snaps on the plackets and cuffs; embroidered roses; stiff blue jeans turned up at the cuffs; a rainbow of cowboy boots, sliding across the floor. The new south: the evolving identity of Music City, Tennessee's cultural heart 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z They dressed their latest lead, the sorcerer, in a Sevillano hat lined with snakes drinking from a mother-of-pearl lake; an intricate, bug-and bead-encrusted Egyptian collar; an earring, eye patch and scepter. A Rap Video With a Side of 3D-Printed Jewelry 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z Many drowned to fuel the British Empire’s demand for mother-of-pearl combs and cutlery handles. 'It’s not for everyone': the hot, dangerous work behind the lustre of the world's best pearls 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z The collection included Trump Home lotion dispensers, tables, mother-of-pearl bath accessories, lighting, decorative mirrors and leather jewelry boxes. Trump’s businesses feel few adverse effects from an unfiltered candidate 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Each of the instruments is built by hand, some with mother-of-pearl placed delicately in the fretboard. Beloit man gets creative with handcrafted custom guitars 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z The most striking feature of the 33 mm quartz powered chronometer is a mother-of-pearl dial adorned with 10 round-cut diamonds in the shape of a large number 10 at the 10 o’clock marker. Danica Patrick Unveils 10th Anniversary Tissot Watch At Indianapolis Jeweler 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Eclectic, hectic, and loaded in every sense, the duplex was a motherlode of hand-painted floor screens and mother-of-pearl tables, its walls splashed with flashy modernist paintings and lit with leaded Tiffany lamps. William F. Buckley would have loathed Fox News: Inside the right-wing media’s intellectual downfall 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z The objet d’art has approximately 3,300 diamonds, 139 natural pearls, carved rock crystal and mother-of-pearl set on white and yellow gold. Fabergé Unveils New 'Imperial Egg' At Baselworld 2015 And Names Its Buyer 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z The back of the watch features a transparent caseback to view the mechanical movement, complete with a pink mother-of-pearl inlay on the oscillating weight. 6 Sensational Heart and Flower Watches for Valentine's Day ... From Diamonds to Plastic 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z This Queen Mary — boldface-worthy in a smaller way, what with tiny mother-of-pearl portholes and a top-hatted figurine of Winston Churchill strolling on the sun deck — has berthed in the storefront since the 1990s. There Are Tricks to Steering the Queen Mary, Even a Model of It 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z The sea snail’s mottled red and green mother-of-pearl shell is used for decorative purposes while its large muscular foot is a culinary delicacy. Prized sea snail not at risk of extinction, federal officials say 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z The latter structure, with polymer molecules acting like mortar between tiny, flat bricks of clay, is more tough and durable and is found in natural materials like mother-of-pearl. Clay composites modelled in computer 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Diamonds, yellow sapphires and white and golden mother-of-pearl set in 18k white gold. Van Cleef & Arpels, Forevermark, Roger Dubuis, IWC Host Events at Art Basel Miami Beach 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z Her main partner in this project is fine contemporary artist, Nancy Lorenz—known for working with precious materials such as mother-of-pearl inlay, lacquer, and gold leaf—who created a signature jewel box for each piece. Temple St. Clair Unveils First High Jewelry Collection 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z Mr. French, who lives in Manhattan, recently bought a new model D’Angelico guitar, a single cutaway with a spruce top and mother-of-pearl inlay. Resurrecting the Artistry, and the Name, of a Singular Guitar Craftsman 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z The “Bohème Date Automatic” features several styles of diamonds, gold and stainless steel with mother-of-pearl, diamond pavé or guilloche dial finishes. Montblanc Launches Bohème Watch Collection In Shanghai With Star-Studded Affair 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z This timepiece possesses two dials, which can be reversed to show either one at any time: on this particular model one side is adorned with lapis lazuli and on the other natural mother-of-pearl. Jaeger-LeCoultre And 71st Venice Film Festival Sparkle As James Franco's 'The Sound And The Fury' Garners Award 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z The tiles, the color of mother-of-pearl, are designed to reflect the bay’s flickering light and changing blue-gray tones. A Banker’s Bold Vision Inspires an Arts Center, and Neighbors’ Doubts 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Take a closer look at Buddha’s feet; the sizable soles are lined with mother-of-pearl. Why You Should Visit Thailand Right Now 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z A pearl forms inside the soft tissue of a living shelled mollusk when the animal reacts to grit by coating it with concentric layers of crystalline calcium carbonate called nacre, or mother-of-pearl. What you should know about pearls 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z The resort was actually a monument to Keating and, like him, it was over the top with an irrigated golf course, a pool lined in mother-of-pearl tile, and a multimillion-dollar art collection. Behind the scenes of Charles Keating’s sexist financial empire 2014-04-06T12:00:00Z The sac coats the irritant with layers of smooth nacre, also known as mother-of-pearl. As the Pearl Turns 2013-06-27T17:15:20.503Z At that time pearls themselves were a rare prize - it was the mother-of-pearl lining the shell that was sought for buttons and ornaments. Pearlers past and present in Australian town 2012-09-09T23:50:46Z In his airy home studio, he keeps his mother’s Steinway piano and his father’s saxophone, its keys capped in pristine mother-of-pearl. Can Ravi Coltrane Live Up to His Father’s Legend? 2012-08-10T16:27:56Z The design, she says, is based on the lotus and the sun, and is decorated using rare wood, marble, mother-of-pearl and crystal, crafted by Indian artisans. Inside world's ?priciest house? 2012-05-18T10:36:24Z The mountains were never for two hours the same; the sea in the evenings was mother-of-pearl; and the rising moon seemed to stand up on it, like the lateen of a felucca of gold. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z Feet propped on a mother-of-pearl chest, he listened gravely, smoking his clay pipe, brandy in reach, his comments as mellow as his drink, Oxford accent to my liking. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z In the loft, with its metallic olive-green walls, decorative boxes from Ms. Peck’s extensive travels — cedar from Morocco, mother-of-pearl from Turkey, jade from China — provide flecks of color. | East 11th Street: East 11th Street/Habitats - A Test Kitchen for Design 2012-04-14T02:17:17Z An ornamental shell-work clock ticked away upon a pedestal inlaid with ivory and mother-of-pearl. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z She laid her work—a woollen comforter, that she was knitting—on the small and beautiful table at her side, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, and walked to the window. Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z Its interior shone with gold, gems, and mother-of-pearl. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Barring the two great statues and an ancient cabinet inlaid with ivory and mother-of-pearl, the room was rather below her undefined anticipations. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z He carried under his arm a handsome fowling-piece, inlaid with mother-of-pearl; a small pouch, intended for ammunition alone, hung over his shoulder. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z There was indeed, as she had said, a mixture of 'everything,' from tin pails and mother-of-pearl buttons to red herrings and tallow-candles. Nurse Heatherdale's Story 2012-03-06T03:00:21.190Z Our nobleman did not hesitate; the handle to his door bell was not of gold, but mother-of-pearl, pure and prismatic. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Better the simplest fastenings of mother-of-pearl than such staring vulgarity of display. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z The surface is sometimes inlaid with ivory, metal, mother-of-pearl, slices of agate and other substances, as in the Boulle or marquetry work already alluded to. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z These honesty pods are a most useful substitute for mother-of-pearl. Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities 2012-02-26T03:00:14.933Z Lined with mother-of-pearl and scarlet mussels, resting on beds of soft sponge or purple moss-tufts, these fairy grottoes are the favorite retreat of King Crab and his myrmidons, of the star-fish and sea-urchin. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z On the table lay a lute, singularly overlaid with mother-of-pearl and coloured wood, and representing birds and flowers in splendid forms. Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck 2012-02-13T03:00:19.620Z A lute was lying on the table, singularly overlaid with mother-of-pearl, and coloured wood; and representing birds and flowers in very splendid forms. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z Souvenirs of Santiago, little crosses delicately cut and chased, mimic churches, towers, shrines gave employ to scores of artists in silver and mother-of-pearl. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z In front of the pillars at the gate two black elephants stand on wooden plinths, and the fore-court of the Temple and the space at the side are paved with mother-of-pearl. Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities 2012-02-26T03:00:14.933Z Brass, German silver, silver, horn, tortoise-shell, ivory, bone, mother-of-pearl, and numerous fancy woods are all brought into requisition for handles and other parts of cutlery, each demanding special treatment according to its nature. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z The star in the middle was a large piece of mother-of-pearl, worked out in the most skilful manner into many intersecting circles, almost like the centre of a window in a Gothic church. Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck 2012-02-13T03:00:19.620Z The star in the middle was a large piece of mother-of-pearl, worked in the most skilful manner into many intersecting circular figures, almost like the centre of a window in a Gothic church. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z The same principle of interference afforded explanation of the colours of striated surfaces, such as mother-of-pearl, which vary with the direction in which they are seen. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z Card counters, especially the golden and mother-of-pearl kinds, and dominoes, and the willow-pattern pots and a blue cup or so from the glass-fronted cupboard. Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities 2012-02-26T03:00:14.933Z But his early career was spent in archaeology as a restorer of artifacts — everything from 2,000-year-old clay pots to mother-of-pearl inlays — for a museum complex in Iasi, Romania. Old Watches Get New Lives Through Dimitrie Vicovanu, Master Restorer 2012-01-17T01:55:52Z Indeed the fishery is carried on less for its costly contents than for the sake of the mother-of-pearl itself, of which some 800 or 900 tons are shipped annually. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z The Chinese especially are adepts at placing certain small bodies, specially prepared, in the shells of the pearl oyster, which, after a short time, becomes coated with mother-of-pearl, or nacre. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z His conductor, who was evidently a good man, from the delight he honestly showed at this artless tribute to his magnificence, took him to a small cabinet containing a chest inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z In front is a pavement made of mother-of-pearl card counters, and the inside of the court is made of one large red tile with a pattern of white on it. Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities 2012-02-26T03:00:14.933Z Model, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z The back and ribs of the guitar are of maple, ash or cherry-wood, frequently inlaid with rose-wood, mother-of-pearl, tortoise-shell, &c., while the soundboard is of pine and has one large ornamental rose sound hole. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z This, their membrane, afterwards becomes interpermeated by the calcareous matter, till, finally, layers of mother-of-pearl are deposited all around the nucleus, the whole formation corresponding with the chalk-like concretions occurring in other creatures. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z They play the part of the grain of sand which the mollusc has enveloped in mother-of-pearl. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z There is a door, too, a mother-of-pearl one; in a former life it was the card-case of a much-loved aunt, who nobly contributed it to the Temple. Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities 2012-02-26T03:00:14.933Z Its wooden furniture inlaid with mother-of-pearl and brass lanterns are in high demand throughout the region. Syrians Say They Are Feeling Grip of Economic Sanctions 2011-12-02T17:03:39Z The instrument is decorated as much as possible, the scroll being a dragon's head, or something equally fantastic: and the body of the fiddle is richly carved and ornamented with incrustations of ivory and mother-of-pearl. Norway 2011-11-29T03:00:15.103Z Another relic of her we discover in a bureau entirely incrusted with mother-of-pearl, an article that makes one's mouth water, if one has any mouth, which all men, like all horses, have not. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z The waters contain plenty of fish, and turtle, also some mother-of-pearl shells. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Look! now we are going over the sea, now we are approaching the shore, lined with soft mother-of-pearl.” Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z Next in importance are cotton-spinning and weaving, machine embroidery, brewing, and the mother-of-pearl industry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z What best brought her to realize her enthusiasm, was the arrival of a Turk at Nieva, selling mother-of-pearl ornaments and slippers. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z In one of the staterooms where the empress's mother resides, the floor consists of a parquet of fine wood inlaid with wreaths of mother-of-pearl, and the panels of the room were incrusted with lapis lazuli. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z Many of them are loaded with bracelets from the wrists to near the elbows, either of metal, of tortoise-shell, or mother-of-pearl. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z She wept, and the nymphs caught up her tears in mother-of-pearl shells. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z There are several ancient churches and convents, in one of which the interior of the chancel roof is inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z The jet and mother-of-pearl beads of the ladies' rosaries, clinking together, made a soft, melancholy tintillation. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z The doors of the choir are exquisitely inlaid with ebony, cedar, mother-of-pearl, and tortoiseshell. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z The monuments are in the form of sarcophagi, with pyramidal tops, covered with rich Cashmere shawls, having each at the head a large white turban, and enclosed by a railing covered with mother-of-pearl. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z My presence did not seem to disturb them or arouse their curiosity, and, beyond gazing at the mother-of-pearl buttons on my white coat, they did not appear to be struck by me. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z Benjamina clasped her beloved husband's hand in one of hers, while with the other she pressed the mother-of-pearl cross to her heart. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:26.667Z The Emperor's robe is deep purple embroidered with gold and mother-of-pearl, those that the others wear are white and gold with coloured edging. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z Buhl, būl, n. unburnished gold, brass, or mother-of-pearl worked in patterns for inlaying: furniture ornamented with such. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z The glory of all was the opal-crowned manakin, a midget in green coat and sulphur waistcoat, with a cap of scaly, iridescent, silvery mother-of-pearl plates, in no way akin to feathers. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z Her colour was bright, her eyes black; her coral lips spoke of happiness, light-heartedness, and strength; and her white teeth, which showed plainly when she smiled, gleamed like mother-of-pearl beside her slightly brown cheeks. Iermola 2011-10-06T02:00:40.637Z He held in his hand a cross of shining mother-of-pearl, which his mother had given him when a child, bidding him present it to her to whom in future he should give his heart. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:26.667Z And now she goes to greet the little water-angels that feed on waterzoey from coral cauldrons, and on freshest oysters from plates of mother-of-pearl. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z A young man with oiled and curled ringlets, wearing a long silken robe, and carrying a cane inlaid with mother-of-pearl, pushed toward them, followed by a slave laden with cushions for him to sit upon. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z "Well," said Harriet, "I will be seated at the table also, not reading, but working a pair of cambric cuffs; my mother-of-pearl work-box before me." Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z Just for a moment she hesitated, thinking how far from home Francisco would be in the palace of mother-of-pearl in the depths of the sea. Minor Poems Little Classics, Vol. 15 2011-09-29T02:00:16.533Z The scarf wreathed round her shoulders flashed all the colours of mother-of-pearl, and throwing it from her she hummed to herself a little song about violets and eglantine, and sweet musk roses. The Fairies and the Christmas Child 2011-09-29T02:00:12.583Z Some of these cradles are very beautiful, and are inlaid with ivory and mother-of-pearl, and they bear appropriate inscriptions, carved in Arabic characters on the woodwork, such as "Under the Shadow of the Almighty," etc. Turkey Peeps at Many Lands 2011-09-21T02:00:31.190Z But there was one with some lovely mother-of-pearl ornaments. Brenda's Bargain A Story for Girls 2011-09-09T02:01:09.477Z It was a showy little revolver, the handle mother-of-pearl, the barrel golden in that light. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z He had grown still handsomer while he had lived in the palace of mother-of-pearl in the depths of the sea, and there were twice as many pretty maidens who cast smiling glances in his direction. Minor Poems Little Classics, Vol. 15 2011-09-29T02:00:16.533Z The gates flew open as Paul approached them, and through a passage of mother-of-pearl he reached a chamber that flashed with opal lights. The Fairies and the Christmas Child 2011-09-29T02:00:12.583Z On one side of the room is a wardrobe with countless drawers, a masterpiece of art, inlaid with tortoise-shell, lapis lazuli, and mother-of-pearl. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z And in under her soft fur Mary’s skin is as clean and white and pure as mother-of-pearl. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Along the southern coast of Central America the children find beautiful mother-of-pearl shells on the water’s edge. Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America 2011-09-01T02:00:19.377Z Now it happened that Francisco had grown to love the beautiful palace of mother-of-pearl in the depths of the sea. Minor Poems Little Classics, Vol. 15 2011-09-29T02:00:16.533Z The old man, speaking in the pure Spanish of Castille, trembled a little as he sat at a round table of red lima-wood encrusted with mother-of-pearl. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z By his side hangs a broad scimitar in an ivory sheath, and the mother-of-pearl handle of a crooked Turkish dagger peeps forth from a scarlet girdle richly set with precious stones. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z I was trying to match the tone of an opalescent cloud inlaid with mother-of-pearl, the shadow side all purplish gray. The Other Fellow 2011-08-23T02:00:31.420Z With trembling fingers she cut the string—it was a delicate casket of mother-of-pearl. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Mrs. Falk had finished with the window and was now arranging the rosewood table, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, on which the proofs of the monthly report were to be laid. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z Costly Turkish bureaus, inlaid with bronze, ebony, mother-of-pearl, were standing at the side of unplaned shelves; simple wooden chairs at the side of soft sofas. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z The sun sank into a haze like mother-of-pearl. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z And the tables and seats inside, and the bed, were all beautiful mother-of-pearl. Minnie; or, The Little Woman A Fairy Story 2011-07-18T02:00:19.717Z Also he offered presents to my honored Parents, which they deigned to accept,—the Count, a golden cup; the Countess, a work-box, in which all the implements are of mother-of-pearl and gold. The Journal of Countess Fran?oise Krasinska Great Grandmother of Victor Emmanuel 2011-07-10T02:00:25.767Z Hurrah! then, there it is; and what a beauty—rosewood and mother-of-pearl—just fitted for an elegant young lady. Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters 2011-07-10T02:00:16.790Z Others desired palaces, feasts, excesses, purple robes, and chariots inlaid with mother-of-pearl and ivory; he lived like a shepherd. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z It is El Aud of Arabia; all opalescent inlay of mother-of-pearl, pegs and frets marked with dull color. A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z The sticks were made of mother-of-pearl or ivory, carved with extraordinary skill in France, Italy, England and other countries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z A very large cushioned divan draped with dark green silk stood before a curtained recess in the opposite wall, and a large open volume lay upon a Koran stand of black wood inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z They are often highly decorated, using wood and mother-of-pearl. Egypt's Sufis see Islamist threat after Mubarak 2011-06-14T08:07:14Z The Egyptian sun did not darken her face, in which the rosy rays of light seemed to be enclosed in transparent mother-of-pearl. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z And gay, with all this mother-of-pearl inlay and the little colored stones set in the pegs! A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z Silver, white metal, brass, etc., are cut into a veneer of tortoise-shell or mother-of-pearl, producing a decorative effect which, in the opinion of the writer, is more accurately described as "gorgeous" than "beautiful." Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z Her tiny ears were shaded with pink, like mother-of-pearl, and this same pinky shade was to be seen not only on her cheeks, but on her forehead, her neck, and her hands. Bijou 2011-05-25T02:00:22.743Z On a table of mother-of-pearl stood some cheroots and a glass globe of water. Told on the Pagoda Tales of Burmah 2011-05-22T02:00:12.060Z Now pearls are better than uninjured mother-of-pearl; an idea which I should like to have written in letters of gold. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z Ebony, ivory and tortoiseshell; crystal, amber and mother-of-pearl; lacquer, gold and silver, and almost every other metal have been employed for this purpose. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z The people are chiefly employed in the production of embroidered dresses, and in carving in a beautiful way mother-of-pearl. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z Very good work may be made by cutting away the wood here and there, and introducing substances which can not be imitated, such as ivory or tortoise-shell, metal, jet, or mother-of-pearl. St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11 An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-05-07T02:00:31.650Z Klaus Heinrich was thirteen years old when he stood at the solitary mother-of-pearl table in the middle of the cold silver hall, and tried to probe the reality of things around him. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z Her lips were trembling, and she had some difficulty in preventing her nervous fingers from breaking into pieces the delicate mother-of-pearl fan which they held. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z Certainly the Cuban Guajiro shares 'Arry's propensity for mother-of-pearl and silver buttons, with which he covers every available part of his clothing, his jacket, his waistcoat, and his trousers. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z She gave him a casket of mother-of-pearl; it was rainbow-tinted and its clasps were of coral and of jade. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z The carved ceiling was long since removed, and sold to guitar-makers and carpenters; the balustrades, inlaid with mother-of-pearl and tortoise-shell, were utilized as fuel. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z The hilt and the buckle were of burnished gold and the handle was of mother-of-pearl. Tales from Spenser; Chosen from the Faerie Queene 2011-02-06T03:00:52.580Z Various materials are employed in their manufacture; gold is necessarily rare, silver less so, while others are composed of amber, coral, mother-of-pearl, and beads. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z Her straw hat of mother-of-pearl colour was trimmed with black lace. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z There was gold and silver, and jade and coral, and amber and tortoise-shell and mother-of-pearl. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z And there was a dear little secr�taire inlaid with mother-of-pearl and tortoise shell, over the top of which a palm placidly waved its flattering fronds. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z The trinket was a small round cameo cut out of mother-of-pearl and set in gold; it represented St. George and the dragon. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z In the meadow stood a gigantic palace; the white marble walls glistened, the roof shone like a rainbow, and was covered with mother-of-pearl, and the crystal windows burned like fire in the sun. Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi 2010-12-20T17:11:44.353Z This white light penetrated her skin with mother-of-pearl tones, gave a pink hue to her lids, and made her eyeballs glitter. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z The instrument took three months to custom-design — a mother-of-pearl pattern beneath the strings evokes the double helix of DNA — and another three months to be built. Dr. Francis Collins discovered genes that cause cystic fibrosis, Huntington's 2010-09-27T19:12:00Z "Oh, Colonel," she said with a smile, regarding her long, bony fingers, on which her crescent-shaped nails shone like mother-of-pearl, "you know I never denounce unless I have to." The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z The rugs are woven suede and leather, the couches and chairs silk and velvet brocades, the crystal Lalique, Baccarat and Venetian, the swathed silk curtains harnessed by mother-of-pearl inlaid tiebacks. Being a Paying Guest of the King 2010-07-23T22:59:00Z This oyster, he says, which is the mother-of-pearl, at a certain season of the year, gapes and receives one or more drops of a kind of dew, which are ultimately converted into pearls. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History In the embrasure of the window, there stood an ancestral bequest, in the shape of a huge escritoire, finely carved, with inlaid mother-of-pearl drawers, where many secrets lay hid. The Undying Past For dessert knives and forks, those with mother-of-pearl handles are the best; the colour is so pleasant, and they are very easily cleaned. Household Organization The furniture was of sandal and citron wood inlaid with mother-of-pearl, ivory, silver, or relieved with gold and precious malachite. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) The chief exports are trepang, tortoise-shell, pearls, mother-of-pearl, and edible birds'-nests. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli It is still a handsome and populous place, enclosed by a wall, with many noteworthy buildings; manufactures of fine silk and cotton fabrics, cloths of gold and silver, pottery, paper, enamel, mother-of-pearl, &c. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide The detective strode across the library rugs and snapped on the wall switch by jabbing at a mother-of-pearl button. Whispering Wires The ceiling was of mother-of-pearl and showed a constant changing of tints of red and blue and yellow and green, all blending into the gleaming white, as only mother-of-pearl can. In Story-land To see that lackered work inlaid with mother-of-pearl, which we familiarly call Japan, in its perfection, we must evidently visit it at home. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 In the shadowy chamber the keys of mother-of-pearl gleamed with dull colors under his fingers. The Valiants of Virginia One there is of moony mother-of-pearl, meetest covert of rest, when life grows a little weary of conquest and play, and greatly enamoured of dreams. The Unknown Sea He glanced at it, started folding two edges, then smiled brightly as he crossed the room, picked up the mother-of-pearl penholder and dipped it into the ink. Whispering Wires He wore a grey overcoat that seemed too narrow across the shoulders, and beneath it a woollen shirt finely tucked, and ornamented with a row of mother-of-pearl buttons. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers Many are even shorter than this, too short to be separately distinguished even under the highest power of the microscope, when they give the effect of moir� or mother-of-pearl. The Mechanism of Life On the duchess' little writing-table—Japanese lacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl landscapes and ivory storks—he found a sheet of paper, a pencil. Majesty A Novel The mother-of-pearl slide which runs along a mortised groove further protects the hair on the outside of the nut. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" Several were seated in chariots of mother-of-pearl and turtle-shell, drawn by some hideous sea monster. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I On her forehead is a mother-of-pearl ornament, held by a fine chain under her hair. Pandora's Box A Tragedy in Three Acts Pearls and mother-of-pearl both owe their iridescence to a similar ruled structure, which is developed in the living tissue of a mollusc. The Mechanism of Life The chestnut-trees waft their fresh green fans; and the sky is still like mother-of-pearl, though a dust of twilight is beginning to hover over it. Majesty A Novel The Renaissance artists chiefly employed wood in making furniture, ornamenting it with gilding and painting, and inlaying it with agate, cornelian, lapis-lazuli, marble of various tints, ivory, tortoise-shell, mother-of-pearl and various woods. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" All the houses and palaces were evidently formed by the hand of nature, save where here and there a window or a mother-of-pearl roof or pavement betrayed manual skill. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I The hair was allowed to fall from under the bonnet over the shoulders, in a number of minute braids, decorated with mother-of-pearl and coral beads. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 The blue midland sea, the clear blue of heaven just turning to opal, and the glint of mother-of-pearl coming up with the gloaming! The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion Vases of frosted rose, Of limpid alabaster, Filled with the mountain snows; Goblets of mother-of-pearl, One filigree silver-swirl; Vessels of gold foamed up With spray of spar on the cup. One Day & Another A Lyrical Eclogue The finer kinds are of mother-of-pearl, fine gold or silver; others of less value are made of plated steel, horn, brass, copper, beads, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" He opened and shut his huge mouth at us by way of salute, as we entered the hall, which was paved with mother-of-pearl, inlaid with pale coral and turtle-shell. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I The second case is made of mother-of-pearl carved with an intricate floral design. Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology THE silver dawn was softened to a mother-of-pearl morning that seemed less primal than autumnal. Carnival Her dress was of black silk, and she had suspended from her neck a mother-of-pearl cross that glistened and shone upon her breast. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine A fashion so senseless that I should, certainly, have doubted its existence if I had not, as a child, often played with my mother's mother-of-pearl box of patches. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) The walls and ceiling of my bed-chamber were covered over with handsome shells, the floor inlaid with mother-of-pearl and coral, over which was a carpet of variegated seaweed, plaited in a pattern. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I The cases are made of mother-of-pearl, silver, shagreen, and tortoise shell. Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology "And inside there are pillars of marble and mother-of-pearl." What We Saw in Egypt On one side of the room was an artistic cabinet with countless drawers, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, lapis lazuli and tortoise-shell. The Golden Age in Transylvania W is a twisty piece of mother-of-pearl that they found inside a big mother-of-pearl shell, and sawed off with a wire dipped in sand and water. Just So Stories The bed posts were inlaid with mother-of-pearl, agate, lapis lazuli, and other rare stones. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I The head looked as though it were sculptured out of mother-of-pearl. The City Curious To transfer engravings to mother-of-pearl, coat the shell with thin white copal varnish. Paper and Printing Recipes A Handy Volume of Practical Recipes, Concerning the Every-Day Business of Stationers, Printers, Binders, and the Kindred Trades In parts," says Suetonius, "this house was entirely overlaid with gold and adorned with jewels and mother-of-pearl. Roman Women The glittering heap of their shells, in certain spots under the wave, gave out singular irradiations, amidst which the eye caught glimpses of confused azure and gold, and mother-of-pearl, of every tint of the water. Toilers of the Sea Charles stared dully at the useless weapon, with its mounting of mother-of-pearl, which he still held. The Bright Shawl Once more his face assumed a clarity as though it were made of mother-of-pearl, and he cried out: "Reckybecky!" The City Curious A hairpin or two, a broken mother-of-pearl button from a summer waist, the stub of a lead-pencil wherewith a certain genius sketched. The "Genius" On an Egyptian marble table stood a work-box curiously inlaid with malachite and richly gilded, and there lay some withered flowers, a small thimble, and a pair of scissors with mother-of-pearl handles. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part The little town appeared to prosper from the manufacture and sale of souvenirs of carved mother-of-pearl and olive-wood. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise He thought of himself now as dedicated to that: Charles reviewed the comfortable amount of his letter of credit, his personal qualifications, the derringer mounted in mother-of-pearl, in the light of one end. The Bright Shawl The Confectioner, placing his hand against his mother-of-pearl forehead, murmured, "I have a pain there." The City Curious This picture is a mother-of-pearl mosaic representing St. George and the dragon, and appears to be a votive image built into the wall. Timar's Two Worlds The materials are precious woods, ebony, sandal-wood, etc., with shell, mother-of-pearl, silver, and gold. Threads of Grey and Gold Her pale cheek was as transparent as mother-of-pearl; there was still a dark black circle from agitation and pain round her eyes. The Grandee We were ushered into a Japanese room, beautiful proportions, a lovely kakemono in the alcove—it’s a scroll, not a kimono—and a five-legged little table made of metal with mother-of-pearl inlay. Letters from China and Japan Her skin was pearl white and other colors seemed to play faintly upon it, so that it reminded Garin of mother-of-pearl with its lights and shadows. The People of the Crater He found the movable piece of mother-of-pearl, in whose place was a thick sheet of glass. Timar's Two Worlds He discovered a treasure in the field, a little mother-of-pearl knife, very old and rusty, and presented it to Trudel. Fairy Tales from the German Forests They were also bare-footed, and wore on the head a band of cloth, highly ornamented with mother-of-pearl instead of camel’s hair, as the Chaldee. Vestiges of the Mayas or, Facts Tending to Prove that Communications and Intimate Relations Must Have Existed, in very Remote Times, Between the Inhabitants of Mayab and Those of Asia and Africa Above the fireplace rows of weapons were ranged–queer swords and daggers with gold and mother-of-pearl on their hilts, a ship’s cutlass, several scimitars, and the strangest guns and pistols. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John The white is generally mother-of-pearl, or marble, veined with a pale grey, and a good deal of Oriental alabaster is used. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia The mother-of-pearl permits the passage of light to the apartments, and excludes the heat of the sun. Adventures in the Philippine Islands The harness and trappings were magnificently decorated with beautiful designs in mother-of-pearl and gold, and the men, when astride their horses and garbed in their long flowing white burnouses, looked the very personification of dignity. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. The mother-of-pearl is made of a sort of soft glass, somewhat after the appearance of Venetian glass, and put on the shell hot. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 27, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly The Dutch sometimes made use of mother-of-pearl, in pieces upon which engraving broke up the hard glitter of the material, mingled with brass wire and nails or studs driven into the surface of the wood. Intarsia and Marquetry The panel above the simple bishop's throne has a hill, with a golden cross on a green ground diapered with mother-of-pearl, and with tall panels at the sides with the seven golden candlesticks. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia One of them dashed her chariot with such violence against that of Rosette, that the little chariot of mother-of-pearl would inevitably have been crushed had it not been constructed by fairies. Old French Fairy Tales A warehouse of Turkish tables exhibited the luxurious ingenuity of the workers in mother-of-pearl. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 Mrs. Stacy took a mother-of-pearl opera glass from her lap, and obediently turned it upon the royal box. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals The design employed tulips and other flowers, foliage, birds, etc., all in gay colours; ivory and mother-of-pearl were used occasionally for salient points, such as eyes. Intarsia and Marquetry They proved, however, to be only harmless fishermen in search of the great tepai mother-of-pearl shell and smaller black oyster-shell, in which pearls are found, and which abound on the shores of the island. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' And now a little chariot of pearls and mother-of-pearl, drawn by two magnificent steeds with harness of straw-colored velvet ornamented with sapphires, drew up before the princess. Old French Fairy Tales My father has a silver-gilt goblet, admirably chased; and my mother, a beautiful box made of mother-of-pearl mounted in gold. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy It was set on a high plain or mesa, facing a wide valley spreading miles away to the south where mother-of-pearl mountains were ranged like strung jewels far against the Mexican sky. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine The character of the design changed in consequence, and mother-of-pearl, ivory, tortoiseshell, silver, and other materials were used. Intarsia and Marquetry At the feasts given by the Sultan, the dishes, and even the plates, are all of mother-of-pearl shells, of the finest golden-lipped variety, each with one or more large pearls adhering to it. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' The chapel walls are entirely encrusted in mother-of-pearl, gilt bronze, and beautiful marbles. Italy, the Magic Land Pistols, guns, and yataghans are mounted in silver and mother-of-pearl, coral and other stones, with skill and taste. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 Basket after basket shone with masses of transparent iridescent crystal, the slimy crustaceans waving their tentacles desperately about, setting the black of their receptacles a-glitter with the soft colors of mother-of-pearl. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore But it was a bonefish—a glistening mother-of-pearl bonefish. Tales of Fishes Through the window came the noise of people busy at Bethlehem's chief industry, the cutting and polishing of mother-of-pearl for mementoes. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit Robert E. Peary 81 Snuffbox inlaid with mother-of-pearl and horn made around 1769 83 Mark of Samuel Minott and monogram of Elias Hasket Derby on silver tankard 83 Punch set presented to Col. Presentation Pieces in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper No. 47 [Smithsonian Institution] Dodd occasionally decorated the face of his bows with mother-of-pearl, as in the example shown in Fig. The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III. She kissed them all, and led them into a great hall, the walls and ceiling of which were of mother-of-pearl, while the floor was of pink coral, laid in a hundred beautiful patterns. Five Mice in a Mouse-trap by the Man in the Moon. He had purple fins, long, graceful, sharp; purple stripes on a background of dark, mottled bronze green; mother-of-pearl tint fading into the green; and great opal eyes with dark spots in the center. Tales of Fishes It was a folding knife in a case of tortoise shell inlaid with strange signs in silver and mother-of-pearl. Mr. Wicker's Window The cover has an undersurface of horn, and the silver on the outer surface is inlaid with mother-of-pearl and tortoise shell in a filigree pattern. Presentation Pieces in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper No. 47 [Smithsonian Institution] And her greenish eyes seemed to rock a secret, and her hands like mother-of-pearl seemed luminous, transparent, as if the secret were burning visible in them. The Rainbow He takes us into a dark gloomy room full of cabinets of black lacquer richly decorated with gold and mother-of-pearl. Round the Wonderful World One moment he lay there, glowing like mother-of-pearl, a rare fish, fresh from the sea. Tales of Fishes The first consisted of a rock of coral with sea-weeds, with Neptune at the summit mounted on a dolphin which bore a throne of mother-of-pearl, tritons, mermaids, and other marine creatures being in attendance. Memorials of Old London Volume I Have you ever played with mother-of-pearl card counters? Harding's luck She had a mother-of-pearl rosary that had been her own father's. The Rainbow Univ. “things”; a = absolutely ugly; b = bathing-machines; c = encrusted with salt; d = kept near the sea; e = made of mother-of-pearl; h = quite dry; k = things that may be kept in a drawing-room. Symbolic Logic IN the center of the valley was a great cluster of palaces that appeared to be built of crystal and silver and mother-of-pearl, and golden filigree- work. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland And the child, wondering, yet perfectly docile, pulled out the little mother-of-pearl 58 rosary that she always wore under her dress, and reverently murmured one of the prayers her mother had taught her. A Bookful of Girls She next opened a small box of dark, polished wood, its lid inlaid with bits of mother-of-pearl forming a bird with swirling wings. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel There was a moon behind clouds, shedding a diffused light, gleaming now and again in bits of smoky mother-of-pearl. The Rainbow The ceiling was made of mother-of-pearl, and the walls of ivory, and the lights which hung from the roof sparkled with diamonds. Harper's Young People, February 17, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Their chief ornaments are a buffalo or elk-skin robe, decorated with beads; and sea-shells, or mother-of-pearl, attached to an otter-skin collar, and hung in the hair, which falls in front in two queues. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe The floor and roof were of rich and beautiful mosaics; the walls were adorned with the more memorable battles of the Sardinian nation; and the furniture was minutely and elaborately inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge She looked down at the polished ebony box with the double-headed eagle of Constantinople in mother-of-pearl inlay. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel The narrow lanes are lined in many sections by stores containing very attractive goods, curiosities, silks, fine China ware, ivory, scented woods, mother-of-pearl and carved tortoise shell, all goods of native manufacture. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months The oysters are gently opened, small hemispherical discs of mother-of-pearl are introduced between shell and mantle and the oyster replanted. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public At the pigeon-hole that tickets come out of, another person, also in white satin, was ready with a mother-of-pearl ticket, round, like a card counter. The Magic World Hair, down, scales, mother-of-pearl and other items of the animal's apparel: these are all produced of their own accord, on an automatic loom. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Since no one helped him to rise, he remained seated, and gazed about him with a drugged and vacuous stare, while the light of the approaching sunset shimmered over his mother-of-pearl buttons. Merry-Garden and Other Stories Gradually, others came out, then a white and ghostly moon, with a veil of cloud about it, grey, yet iridescent, like mother-of-pearl. Master of the Vineyard To the base is then neatly cemented a piece of mother-of-pearl to complete a nearly spherical shape, and the portions of the surface that have not been covered with true pearl are then polished. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public And off she went in her mother-of-pearl coach, leaving Aura to look through the bound volumes of The Perfect Lady in the palace library, to find out the proper costume for a beggar maid. The Magic World Lacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl was another beautiful concept of the Nara epoch. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era On a couch of mother-of-pearl, surrounded by sleeping fishes and drowsy syrens, who could evidently afford her no assistance, lay the sick lady. Folk-lore and Legends: German The mosaics are singularly gorgeous, and the apse walls, as at Torcello, are inlaid with rich marble and mother-of-pearl. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" The back parts of the cultured pearl, being only polished mother-of-pearl, have the appearance of the ordinary pearl button, rather than that of true pearl. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public The wharves are filled with bales of copra, mother-of-pearl shells, plumage of native birds, dried fish, bundles of rattan, and precious woods from the primeval forests of the interior. Through the Malay Archipelago Pearl fishing is a paying business, especially since the great advance in the price of the mother-of-pearl shells, but one which demands much nautical skill and the surmounting of many perils. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon On one topmost shelf he came upon a small wooden box inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Shapes that Haunt the Dusk In front of him walked a lady, fashionably attired, holding a mother-of-pearl portemonnaie carelessly in her hand. The Young Adventurer or Tom's Trip Across the Plains By night the boats are gorgeous with their mirrors and myriad lamps alight, and blackwood tables and stools inlaid with mother-of-pearl; but by the light of day they look tawdry to the point of shabbiness. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan The roof is a low dome of larch wood, intricately carved and inlaid with ivory and with mother-of-pearl; it has been likened to the faceted surface of an elaborately cut gem. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia Rosina, already established in her chair, with a mother-of-pearl lorgnette upon her lap and a pair of field-glasses swinging from the card-holder, felt more placidly happy than she had in years. A Woman's Will She wore a light-colored driving-coat which reached to her heels, and adorned with mother-of-pearl buttons big enough to be used for saucers. Shapes that Haunt the Dusk Crystal chandeliers were suspended to the spars which supported the canvas ceiling; and the pillars which supported those spars were gilt and inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf The turtle-dove flew among the branches of the tall trees, and as the sunbeams fell upon her wings, they glistened as if they were mother-of-pearl. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen It was shifting colours to-day like a mother-of-pearl shell—a great band of dark grey on the horizon, and then a soft carpet of green turning to grey again by the shore. The Wooden Horse Some of them are so old that they have colors all over them like mother-of-pearl,—red and blue and yellow. A Little Country Girl Their boats can't upset, Lal, and the waters are transparent, and shallow enough for them to fish up coloured shells, coral, and mother-of-pearl. The Tale of Lal A Fantasy Your floors are of rough, ugly rocks, ours are of mother-of-pearl. Cornwall's Wonderland After rejecting many necklaces and crowns that I did not deem to be of sufficient splendour, I finally fixed upon a tulwar, which I found in a box of mother-of-pearl by itself. Athelstane Ford The natives had nothing to trade with but bits of iron and fish-hooks made of mother-of-pearl. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century We have a good fishing for mussels which resemble mother-of-pearl, and if the pearl we have seen in the king's ears and about their necks come from these shells we know the banks. The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia And there in the land of the mermaids, hidden between wonderful shells of mother-of-pearl, lie 99 the jewels that are the purest and most beautiful in the world. Madge Morton's Victory After listening to him without laughing at his folly, she asked him to sup with her, and at dessert gave him three citrons, and a beautiful knife with a mother-of-pearl handle. Laboulaye's Fairy Book After he had carefully traced all these, he produced a small box of ebony, skilfully inlaid with streaks of mother-of-pearl. Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers Amongst them were some clubs, most of them made of casuarina wood, skilfully carved, or embossed in an artistic manner with mother-of-pearl or with whalebone. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century The newly risen sun was behind her, shooting misty beams across a lake of mother-of-pearl. The Huntress It is the mother-of-pearl shell that usually covers the precious pearl. Madge Morton's Victory She had lost her little mother-of-pearl hunchback in the labyrinth of underground passages at the Blackpool Tower Circus. The Bill-Toppers They wore head-dresses of silver work with beads of malachite and mother-of-pearl, and had heavy silver ornaments hanging on their breasts. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia The ingeniously-constructed fish-hook of the Pacific islanders, made of mother-of-pearl, with hair tufts, serving at once both as hook and bait. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. They are sharply defined against the sound skin, are reddish, slightly elevated and infiltrated, and more or less abundantly covered with whitish, grayish or mother-of-pearl colored scales. Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine What treasures had they lost when he threw the mother-of-pearl shells away? Madge Morton's Victory Now Lily just happened to want a new dress, a new petticoat and a tiny mother-of-pearl lucky charm. The Bill-Toppers There were soft lights at dawn and when the sun sank in which the long embankment glimmered as if carved in mother-of-pearl. Brandon of the Engineers The mother-of-pearl which lines some shells, both univalve and bivalve. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. They are covered more or less abundantly with whitish, silvery or mother-of-pearl colored imbricated scales. Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine To his experienced eye the glow was that of mother-of-pearl. Madge Morton's Victory It was a mother-of-pearl handle, he said, with trimmings of steel, and quite small. The Other Side of the Door The room was furnished somberly but richly with heavy hangings and teakwood furniture decorated with mother-of-pearl. The Secret Witness But the face of the Sovereign of the waters shone with a light more tender than either the mother-of-pearl or the crystal. Honey-Bee 1911 Scarlet, mauve, mother-of-pearl, the blue Capri, and the blue of cobalt. Hunters Out of Space These purple streaks grow browner; the patches of blue assume the paleness of mother-of-pearl. The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul I saw a glitter near the curb, a flash of steel, a shine of mother-of-pearl, and that was the pistol he had flung away. The Other Side of the Door It is surrounded by a beautiful white marble lattice-work screen, ornamented with brass, and the canopy over the tomb of the saint is inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Travels in the Far East You opened windows and boiled water, or summoned a valet to your bedside by the gentle pressure you applied to a mother-of-pearl stud set in silver plate which, by some miracle, was always within reach. The Book of All-Power They are dressed much better and more picturesquely than the women, wearing bright silk turbans, sashes with gay fringe, and blouses often fancifully colored and secured by brass or mother-of-pearl buttons. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia It rises above the torso of a woman white as mother-of-pearl. The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul In addition to the usual trade, sugar and mother-of-pearl are important exports. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges Around the covered grave there is a low marble rail, and over it a beautiful canopy, inlaid with mother-of-pearl; in the walls are finely pierced screens. Travels in the Far East The prismatic colors gleamed over it, as if on a surface of mother-of-pearl, page 422. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide Its sticks were mother-of-pearl, encrusted with diamonds, and on its silk was the cruel story of Pyramus and Thisbe set forth in brilliant colours, but in what wondrous manner no one quite knew. Tutors' Lane Harpoons, made of cane, were used to catch fish, and fish-hooks of mother-of-pearl. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries It was made of various materials—wood, bone, ivory, mother-of-pearl, and silver: and the forms which it assumed were exceedingly diversified. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce It happened that I had been presented with a penknife consisting of two rather leaden blades covered with a brilliant iridescent mother-of-pearl handle. Confessions of a Book-Lover It was large and square, of inlaid rosewood, with handsomely carved legs, and had mother-of-pearl keys faintly tinged with brown all around their edges. The Heart of Arethusa Such elegant fans and card cases and mother-of-pearl portemonnaies bound with silver and steel! A Little Girl in Old New York The women wore a petticoat of native cloth, and a broad fillet made of the fibre of the cocoanut husk, with a piece of mother-of-pearl shell the size of a tea-saucer in front. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries The slopes of the hills are mother-of-pearl, their tops melting into cloud shadows so delicate in tone that you cannot distinguish where one leaves off and the other begins. The Parthenon By Way Of Papendrecht From there are obtained some of the finest pearls to be found, and also many tons of mother-of-pearl shells. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Their baskets, formed of dried grass, were neatly woven, the edges ornamented with mother-of-pearl and shells; while on the sides were interwoven red feathers in various devices. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold At a late hour took to the skiff for our quiet retreat, which rose, in this time of moonlight, above the shining waters like some fairy garden resting on a bed of mother-of-pearl. Impressions of America During The Years 1833, 1834, and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume II. Two of them had large ornaments of mother-of-pearl hanging round their necks. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries The sun went low like a scarlet eggy probing the mother-of-pearl lake with a long red line of shadow, until it wasted into grayness and so disappeared. The Cursed Patois From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 The average depth from which the mother-of-pearl shell is gathered is seven or eight fathoms. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania The only articles found on board were a few fishing-hooks: the upper part was formed of stone, and the other of bone or mother-of-pearl. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold Only a few fishing villages lay along the coasts used by Egyptian merchants as markets for mother-of-pearl, emeralds, gold, and sweet-smelling perfumes. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole On either side were other ornaments of tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl, with feathers in the upper part. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries Two small tables, inlaid with tortoise-shell and mother-of-pearl, stood side by side in the middle of the apartment. Paul Patoff Palm leaves, robes, and their bare right shoulders and arms are all in harmonious browns and yellows; the water is bluish mother-of-pearl. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah These, they said, were procured at the sea-coast on the northern side of Paria, and they showed the mother-of-pearl shells from which they were taken. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold The pistols also are mounted with silver; the poniard has often precious stones in its handle, and its sheath is inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Life of Schamyl And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia They wore their hair short, and had ornaments in the form of necklaces, bracelets, and finger-rings, made of bone, shells, or mother-of-pearl. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries Say! he was dressed to the minute, from the pink in his buttonhole, to the mother-of-pearl gloves; and the back of his frock coat had an in-curve such as your forty-fat sisters dream about. Shorty McCabe Certainly, of my most pleasant recollections, this wide landscape, and all its light tints of mother-of-pearl, will remain one of the most delightful. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah It made like mother-of-pearl the small grey house with pointed windows occupied, this December, by Stonewall Jackson. The Long Roll “Pope Joan” is little played now, if at all; “Fish” too; how rarely one sees those mother-of-pearl fish! Pickwickian Manners and Customs But her eyes were on the distant, tender blue of the coast about Whitehaven, and the Isle of Man hovering in a mother-of-pearl haze, like a dream-island about to alight. Patsy At this moment a Greek servant came in, followed by two other women, bringing in the dinner on trays, which they laid upon small low tables of ebony inlaid with mother-of-pearl. French and Oriental Love in a Harem It was of velvet, the color of mother-of-pearl, with gold leaves and flowers and birds embroidered upon it. King Arthur and His Knights The slant rays of the sun struck them and turned them mother-of-pearl. The Long Roll Here he was shown into a small but comfortable apartment, very Eastern in its character, with a mother-of-pearl table in one corner bearing some slight refreshment, and a low couch at the further end. In the Track of the Troops The party all sat on embroidered cushions on the floor, round a small low table made of silver and mother-of-pearl. The Pirate City An Algerine Tale It was made of mother-of-pearl with rich carvings, and gold and silver and precious stones were used to adorn it. Tales of Giants from Brazil A few silver rings, on her fat fingers, and a necklace of mother-of-pearl, were her ornaments. The Phantom Ship On either side of the next deck were two cabins, with a roof in front of them made of bits of mother-of-pearl instead of glass. Mark Seaworth The oyster, to defend itself from the worm, covers the hole with a substance which becomes as hard as the shell, and brilliant as mother-of-pearl.” In the Eastern Seas Upon the present occasion he brought out two mother-of-pearl baits such as would be used to attract the fish when no real bait could be obtained. Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas Then the Giantess of the Great River and the Spring Princess hastened back to the wonderful palace of mother-of-pearl set with gold and silver and precious stones, where the Great River runs into the Sea. Tales of Giants from Brazil It bade Ambrose inform his mother and all his friends and kin that he was well and coming to preferment, and inclosed for Aldonza a small mother-of-pearl cross blessed by the Pope. The Armourer's Prentices "Are all mussels equally good for making mother-of-pearl?" The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries In another spot people were busy tying up bundles of mother-of-pearl shell. In the Eastern Seas A little mosaic brooch set in silver, a mother-of-pearl with steel border, and a tortoise-shell one in the shape of a crescent; these made up her possessions. Grandmother Dear A Book for Boys and Girls For three months of every year she lived in the palace of mother-of-pearl where the Great River runs into the sea. Tales of Giants from Brazil Andrew could not help regarding the mother-of-pearl sky as a favourable omen. Better Dead The mother-of-pearl industry, however, is of big importance, it has an economic value to the country, and consequently it's our business to see that the natural resources are as wisely used as possible. The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries A row of mother-of-pearl shells apparently ornamented each side of the gunwale. In the Eastern Seas They gather pearls and mother-of-pearl, and barter them for European goods at a ridiculously low price. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People She had thought that all the rivers and lakes, the palace of mother-of-pearl, and her own mother heart would have to get along as best they could without a visit from the Spring Princess. Tales of Giants from Brazil These mirrors they set in elaborate frames of glass, silver, carved wood, mother-of-pearl, coral, tarsi, or into frames of painted wood. The Story of Glass The matchlocks, both of Lahore and the country, are often highly finished and inlaid with mother-of-pearl and gold; those of Boondi are the best. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala They had a strange cargo on board,—bales of that nasty-looking stuff, the sea-slug, and birds’ nests, and mother-of-pearl shell, and I do not know how many other odd things. In the Eastern Seas Several Bottles of Perfumes, arranged in a peculiar 214fashion, stand upon a smaller table of mother-of-pearl: opposite to these are placed the appurtenances of Lavation richly wrought in frosted silver. Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History When the Spring Princess arrived at the beautiful palace of mother-of-pearl and gold and silver and precious stones, where the Great River runs into the sea, there was no one at home. Tales of Giants from Brazil Again a cloud of black garments moved from the blue room to the chamber which was full of spring colors, of childhood's playthings, of mother-of-pearl rainbow gleams. The Argonauts A piece of mother-of-pearl, or even a film of oil on the street or on water, has the same effect, owing to the fine inequalities in its surface. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told There is, for instance, the great mosque, rival to the Taj-Mahal, the inside of which is entirely overlaid with mother-of-pearl. Ranching, Sport and Travel I gave a little brown-eyed child my own mother-of-pearl beads, mounted in silver, and was glad I had it to give. My New Curate Her own voice echoed back to her through the beautiful halls of mother-of-pearl with their rich carvings. Tales of Giants from Brazil He surrounded himself with suits of armour, Genoa velvet, mother-of-pearl, ebony and ivory, carving and gilding. Art in England Notes and Studies Sally, My Dear, Once again I crept up a river of mother-of-pearl in the gauzy dawn to this island sanctuary. Jane Journeys On The outer side of this corridor is composed of coarse and dark-coloured mother-of-pearl shell of little value, set in a wooden framework of small squares, forming windows which move on slides. Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 I thought of his hands touching you—his voice speaking to you—you, young as an angel, as beautiful as the goddess that floated in upon the world in a mother-of-pearl dinghy! Ambrotox and Limping Dick He took the little one into his palace of gold and silver and mother-of-pearl with ornaments of diamonds, and there the baby received excellent care. Tales of Giants from Brazil Without, it had the tints of the mother-of-pearl, while its framework was of silver. The Angel Children or, Stories from Cloud-Land The roof of the kiosk was of mother-of-pearl inlaid with tortoise-shell; the pavement, a mosaic of rare marbles and precious stones, representing the most delicious fruits and the most beautiful flowers. Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity And in its bright rays they could count nine islands and islets, sprinkled here and there like emeralds in a sparkling sheet of mother-of-pearl. Around the World in Ten Days The teeth are not like badly cut ivory, as in Bantu, but regular and of a mother-of-pearl appearance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" On examining the eye by looking straight into it through the pupil, the anterior wall of the capsule appeared opaque in its whole extent, and of a color and luster like mother-of-pearl. The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. As gold and clear crystal are lovely, as mother-of-pearl is exquisitely fair and delicate-looking, so beautiful, so fair, so delicate appeared Panch-Phul Ranee. Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know But on this night it was not white; it was soft and creamy, like mother-of-pearl. My Friend the Chauffeur Dundee led the way across the basement to a cubbyhole next to the coal room, entered and came out with a narrow, deep drawer of ebony inlaid with mother-of-pearl.... Murder at Bridge The wall above the high altar is faced with beautiful mosaics of marbles, blue glass and mother-of-pearl. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" We found green coins, pottery fragments, and shells with very lovely mother-of-pearl. The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad The opium-lamps were already lit; on a beautiful tray inlaid with mother-of-pearl there were pipes for visitors, and phials of prepared opium. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma Ah, but it showed the tiny mother-of-pearl star which stamped it as a Bungknoll. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 1, 1920 From the two-stringed bow to these huge twelve-stringed Egyptian harps, six feet high and beautifully finished with veneer, inlaid with ivory and mother-of-pearl, no one can say how many centuries elapsed. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. It is, says he, made of mother-of-pearl; so much for the 'raw material,' as the economists say. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg From Elizabeth's day down, all the family adventurers brought their treasures here—beaten gold and hammered silver—mother-of-pearl and peacock feathers, strange woods and stranger spices, porcelains and embroideries and blown glass. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story One is full of carved furniture of costly woods, inlaid with ivory, mother-of-pearl, gold and silver, and rich stones of the time of 'Ulászló.' Dr. Dumany's Wife He stepped to the end of the desk and with his scholarly white finger touched a mother-of-pearl bell button. Never-Fail Blake In fact, combs of the last-mentioned type seem to be more highly prized than the plain incised bamboo ones, a fact due probably to the scarcity of mother-of-pearl. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir She was sitting in a straight-backed chair,—for Mrs. Dale scorned the weakness of a rocking-chair,—before a spindle-legged table, covered with green baize and with a cherry-wood rim inlaid with mother-of-pearl and ivory. John Ward, Preacher There is no shade in a rainbow, nor in an opal, nor in a piece of mother-of-pearl, nor in a well-designed painted window; only various hues of perfect colour. Giotto and his works in Padua An Explanatory Notice of the Series of Woodcuts Executed for the Arundel Society After the Frescoes in the Arena Chapel For a moment she looked out at the water undulating under the moon like mother-of-pearl on a waving fan. The Lighted Match The room was furnished with a feeling for delicate color—gold and ivory—Japanese prints—pale silks and cr�pes—a bit of jade—a cabinet inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The Tin Soldier Night was falling, and the sky faded slowly from mother-of-pearl to a leaden gray. Leaves from a Field Note-Book And the sewing-table, ebony inlaid with mother-of-pearl, that stood always by the south window? Honey-Sweet There was even a little piano, the only one in the village, with slender, fluted legs, and a mother-of-pearl garland over the key-board. Madelon A Novel Tiny tables, inlaid with ivory and mother-of-pearl, were scattered about, on which were caskets filled with beautiful jewels and rare curios from foreign lands. The Mysterious Shin Shira Once he crossed his eyes at me, meditatively, above the mother-of-pearl rims. Romance Little mer-boats of carved pink coral with purple seaweed sails or of mother-of-pearl with rosy, mer-flower-petal sails, were floating through the streets. Maida's Little Shop Recently, however, crystalline paraffine has been obtained from ozokerite by dissolving the latter in warm amyl alcohol; on cooling the greater part separates out in crystals having the luster of mother-of-pearl. Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 Here is an "abalone blister," iridescent like mother-of-pearl, carrying in it something of "the shade and the shine of the sea" from which the mother-shell originally came. Greenwich Village The low, and exquisitely carved French bedstead was half hidden by a flowing drapery of embroidered lace, which, depending from a small hoop of mother-of-pearl in the ceiling, hung like a tent over it. May Brooke He waved his pistol towards the side; I noticed that the butt was inlaid with mother-of-pearl Lumsden rushed at him and clawed at his clothes, imploring him not to be rash. Romance The Fairy, who was waiting at the door of the house, took the poor puppet in her arms and carried him into a little room that was wainscoted with mother-of-pearl. Pinocchio The Tale of a Puppet The mother-of-pearl shimmer of evening was turning the headlands to mist, and the air smelled of cedar and pine. Montlivet The blocks are seven in number, made of mother-of-pearl, highly polished and finely engraved on either side. Amusements in Mathematics The Cave of Proteus rises out of the Sea; it consists of several arches of Rock-work adorned with mother-of-pearl, coral, and abundance of shells of various kinds. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 Sir Chichester, with larger mother-of-pearl buttons on his fawn-coloured overcoat than ever decorated even a welshing bookmaker on Brighton Downs, led Hillyard up to Lady Splay. The Summons In other parts it was entirely overlaid with gold, and adorned with jewels and mother-of-pearl. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University |
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