| 单词 | ormolu |
| 例句 | Christie’s basked in the glory of “a world auction record for ormolu mounted porcelain.” Auctions: Buyers Scoop Up the Trophies at Auctions 2011-07-15T11:30:07Z It took months to bring back the shine of its ormolu bronze decorations, but when it was finally in place in the living room, I felt a rush of emotion. | The Narrative of Home 2014-05-06T15:28:42Z Refined but vigorously chiseled ormolu mounts punctuate the architecture of form. Auctions: At Auction, the Treasures of a Tycoon War Hero 2011-04-08T13:29:04Z Braydon’s first word was “ormolu” — a gold-colored alloy of copper, zinc and sometimes tin. ‘No joke’: Initial rounds of National Spelling Bee get tough 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z No gilded ormolu appears, certainly, but pieces are not without decorative flourishes. Hemingway’s Homey Cuban House 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z The letter she had locked, in marked isolation, as if no property of hers, but simply a document that was in her keeping, in the pretty ormolu casket that stood on the drawing-room chimney-piece. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Then, rising, she took out of a small cupboard in an ormolu cabinet a decanter containing some colourless liquid. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z Taking little and big together, Dutch clocks, cuckoo clocks, châlet clocks, skeleton clocks, and pendules in ormolu, bronze, marble, ebony, and alabaster cases, there were exactly thirty-two. A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest 2011-10-12T02:00:51.367Z "My dear Philip, you never congratulated me last night; pray do so now!" cried Lady Marabout, delightedly, wiping her pen on the pennon, which a small ormolu knight obligingly carried for that useful purpose. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z When the tiny ormolu clock on her dressing-table struck five she drew up the blind. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z With tortoise-shell panels inlaid with brass and other metals, and ormolu mountings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z Upon the mantelshelf itself there stood under a tall glass shade an ormolu clock, with figures of nymphs and Cupid. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z There may be fine tapestries, numerous family portraits and other pictures, elaborate pieces of Boule and ormolu furniture, ornate clocks, and many other beautiful objects, but restraint and constraint are the prevalent notes. France 2011-03-27T02:00:11.847Z There was silence between us for a time, and the ormolu clock on the marble mantelpiece ticked loudly. Betty Grier 2011-02-24T03:01:04.507Z A little ormolu clock was ticking busily on the bureau, and an easel clock stood upon the work table. Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse 2011-02-14T03:00:33.337Z With panels of Japanese lacquer and ormolu mountings, in the style of Caffieri. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z Confused, she looked at the clock under its elaborate azure and ormolu foliations, then turned toward him, still uncertain of her immunity. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z Is it possible?” she exclaims, looking at the ormolu dial on the mantelshelf. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z This is, after all, a workie with access to a lot more ormolu gewgaws and Georgian plate than most and Granny and Grandpa can't leave everything to the corgis. This week: George Osborne, Stanley McChrystal and Princess Eugenie 2010-06-25T23:05:00Z “Let her take her time with her,” Laura declared; and they proceeded to hang the alarm clock around Miss Boggs’ neck, the ormolu on one arm and the table clock on the other. Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse 2011-02-14T03:00:33.337Z Of tulip and sycamore woods inlaid with other coloured woods, ormolu mounts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z The ormolu clock struck two—the sound aroused her at last. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir They stood recounting to each other, wistfully, the stores of clothes, the silk curtains, the uncut pieces of broadcloth, the household linen, the great eight-day clocks in their gilt ormolu cases. The Firebrand The organ, in the domed top, is in a case decorated with ormolu and Wedgwood. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" Behind her back, Mrs. Arundel stole nervous peeps at the little ormolu clock on the mantelpiece. Shadows of Flames A Novel Once in the drawing-room, Ginger began to disembarrass himself of his coat, and with incomparable gloom proceeded to roll it up and place it upon the mantelpiece beside the ormolu clock. Adventures of Bindle For there, amid the singing birds and the scented roses, stood a tall, slim girl, in a pink muslin dress—and where were the ormolu or brocatelle could embellish any room as she did? Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir He leaned against the mantelpiece, glanced once at the ormolu timepiece with the address of a Paris maker below the winding-holes, and fell again to fingering his unshaven chin. The Firebrand Her house is very finely furnished, with heavy pile carpets and many mirrors, and buhl and ormolu everywhere. An Isle in the Water Mrs. Clinton glanced at the ormolu clock, representing Time with a scythe and hour-glass, on the mantelpiece, but said nothing. The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons An ormolu reading lamp stood by the silken curtains of the bed. Memoirs of Life and Literature There were great bowls of red roses upon the small ormolu table and on the mantelpiece. The Moving Finger Scattered about were vases in old S�vres, clocks in ormolu, miniatures, and the innumerable objects of ancestral and artistic 74value pertaining to a noble house. The Pines of Lory Consoles, any amount of mirrors, gilding, crimson silk, ormolu—all a little "off colour." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 19 April 1890 The little ormolu clock on the mantel chimed the hour of five. Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love The splendors of the great drawing-room are still fresh: the white enamel is brilliant, the ormolu untarnished, and the rich upholstery gorgeous as when first received from Paris. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 Across the middle of the room stretched a reproduction Louis Quinze table with ormolu mounts, and on it were stacked regular piles of magazines, French and English. Juggernaut The fireplace was of smooth, chilly white marble, with an ormolu clock on the mantelpiece, and a fire-screen painted with Watteau shepherds and shepherdesses, making silken unreal love and scandalously neglecting silky unreal sheep. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life The wood-work is painted white, and enriched with wreaths of leaves in ormolu. The Care of Books She sat with fixed eyes, deep in thought, for some time after Pauline had left her, then looked uneasily at the little gem of a watch dangling on its ormolu and jasper stand. Vixen, Volume II. Long gilded mirrors between tall windows occupied one side of the room, and had marble shelves beneath them upon which were placed ornate Bohemian glass vases and ormolu clocks and candlesticks. Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir At a monumental door on the ground floor the man paused, his hand upon the massive ormolu handle, waiting for Madame la Duchesse to come up. The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days Once she got out of the room, she made a dash for a shadowy corner made by an old ormolu secretaire between the two doors. Polly's Business Venture Then came the stiff and formal early Victorian metal work—iron fenders with steel tops relieved occasionally by ormolu ornament. Chats on Household Curios I had seen Miss Collett, and the mahogany and ormolu dining-room, with its great gilt mirrors, seemed a fitting background for her. The Lowest Rung Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy Here we passed a veritable department store, its ground-floor plate-glass window set as a drawing-room, with gilded, brocaded chairs, marquetry table, and ormolu clock, and I know not what costliness of rug and curtain. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska There were no flowers upon the table, and only very few wax candles burned in the ormolu and crystal chandelier overhead. The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days He liked to think of those gilded saloons; it might be interesting to know what he thought they resembled—most probably a somewhat old-fashioned earthly paradise of ormolu. Young Mr. Barter's Repentance From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray The binding is of mother-o'-pearl, bound in ormolu and richly gilt and engraved. Chats on Household Curios The little ormolu clock, regardless of emotion, ticks on undisturbed until three full minutes vanish into the past. Molly Bawn They may be stored with—” “Treasures of buhl and ormolu!” sighed Kit softly. A Houseful of Girls Being of a susceptible nature, he fell in love with a great many things in the course of his investigations, and the ormolu inkpot was several times eclipsed. Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton The furniture was French; and opposite the throne Canova's Hebe, bounded with a golden cup from a pedestal of ormolu. The Young Duke While the little ormolu clock on the dressing-case was whirring softly and chiming the hour she stared at the money-block as if the sight of it had fascinated her. The Price Alas! alas! the little ormolu ornament that ticks with such provoking empressement upon the chimney-piece assures her that her robing has occupied exactly ten minutes from start to finish. Molly Bawn She placed a strong metal box on the ormolu stand near her chair, and had just resumed her seat when Mr. Laurance entered, and approached her. Infelice Though nothing was further from his mind than putting his sadly reduced pocket-money into an ormolu inkpot, his tender heart could not bear to dash the stationer’s hopes too rudely. Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton On emerging, she went into her own bedroom, which, from the Aubusson carpet to the Dresden and ormolu appliques, might have arrived in a bonbon box direct from the avenue de l'Opéra in Paris. The Title Market Little ormolu fountains, which stream on the same principle, are now common ornaments for the chimney-piece in Paris. The History of Napoleon Buonaparte She moved a little on one side and took up an ornament from an ormolu table. A Prince of Sinners In the centre, at back, between the two windows, is the fireplace; on the mantel are two vases and a clock in dark blue ormolu. The Climbers A Play in Four Acts Then Miss Hermione lifted the top of an ormolu box on the chimney-piece of a boudoir and showed Amy and me, under the rose as it were, some cigarettes, with a laugh. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. As she muttered this the little ormolu clock on the mantlepiece struck twelve. The Lost Lady of Lone Just then, a little ormolu clock, on the mantel-piece inside, gave a preliminary whirr, and hastily struck the hour of noon. Bressant The light from the multiple candelabras of ormolu and cut lustres streamed from the walls over Jasper Penny, sunk forward in profound absorption, and his mother's busy, fat hands working with gay worsteds. The Three Black Pennys A Novel Commodes were painted, or richly ornamented with lacquer panels, or panels of rosewood or violet wood, and all were embellished with wonderful bronze or ormolu. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today A small ormolu clock ticked there, and while he groped for the matches he put out a hand to stop the noise, which had suddenly grown intolerable. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales And going to an escritoire covered with ormolu—one of those pieces of French furniture which cost hundreds of pounds—he took out a bundle of Evelyn's notices. Sister Teresa Every tick of the little ormolu clock marked away a large part of her life, and yet was wearisome to so much of it as remained. Bressant The handsome clock of ormolu A quarter past is showing, And soon 'twill be a quarter to, When you must think of going. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 26, 1892 There was a great deal of beautiful ornament in gilded bronze and ormolu on the furniture, and many colored woods were used in marquetry. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today But the candelabra of glass and ormolu, hanging from the ceiling, were very nearly of the date of the palace, and superb. The Marriage of William Ashe Three ormolu fenders, and five bright ones are placed together with the mantelpieces; and they certainly make a goodly show. The World's Fair Nothing more was heard, after that, but the hasty ticking of the little ormolu clock, as its hands traveled steadily around the circle. Bressant The furniture was French; and opposite the throne Canova's Hebe, by Bertolini, bounded with a golden cup from a pedestal of ormolu. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 Massive furniture without real beauty of line, loaded with ormolu, took the place of the old. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today An hour by an inlaid ormolu clock she sat there, her feet in soft, elastic-sided shoes, just lifted from the floor. Every Soul Hath Its Song The fourth and last mantelpiece is painted black, and ornamented with ormolu; it contains a polished steel stove. The World's Fair Eleven o'clock struck from the little ormolu timepiece. Bressant Adjoining the bed was the fireplace; near the fireplace stood a corner cupboard filled with crockery and surmounted by a grand ormolu clock, singularly at variance with the rest of the articles. In the Days of My Youth The Gobelin and Beauvais Tapestry Works produced their wonderful series of tapestries, and Boulle inlay of brass and tortoise shell was lavished on furniture, and the ormolu mounts were beautiful and elaborate. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today The ormolu clock struck, and from various parts of the house musical repetitions. Every Soul Hath Its Song These ormolu mountings were gilt by an old-fashioned process,14 which left upon the metal a thick deposit of gold, and were cunningly chiselled by the skilful hands of Caffieri or his contemporaries. Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time A small ormolu clock ticked rapidly upon the mantel-piece, the swing of the gilded pendulum being visible beneath. Bressant The clock was of ormolu upon a painted stand, that was surmounted by a stout little gilt Cupid in a triumphal chariot, drawn by a pair of hard-working doves. In the Days of My Youth The metal was softened in outline by engraving, and then ormolu mounts were added. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today Ormsby was looking past her to the old-fashioned ormolu clock on the high mantel, comparing the time with his watch, but he was not oblivious of the telltale flush. The Grafters The mounting of the furniture in ormolu of a rich and highly-finished character, completed the design. Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time Then, as Sophie leaned against the window, she heard the little ormolu clock, in the room below, faintly tinkle out the half-hour after eleven. Bressant She also benignantly intimated to him, aloud, the nature of the objects upon which he looked, and to which he was unaccustomed: as, 'Exotics, George,' 'An aviary, George,' 'An ormolu clock, George,' and the like. Our Mutual Friend By courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Inlaid desk with beautifully chiselled ormolu mounts. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today Close upon eleven! the hands of the handsome Louis XV. clock upon its ormolu bracket seemed to move along with maddening rapidity. The Scarlet Pimpernel Contemporary with Boule's work, were the richly-mounted tables, having slabs of Egyptian porphyry, or Florentine marble mosaic; and marqueterie cabinets, with beautiful mountings of ormolu, or gilt bronze. Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time There was a silence during which the tick of the monumental ormolu clock on the white marble mantelpiece grew as loud as the boom of a minute-gun. The Age of Innocence Mrs. Peniston rose abruptly, and, advancing to the ormolu clock surmounted by a helmeted Minerva, which throned on the chimney-piece between two malachite vases, passed her lace handkerchief between the helmet and its visor. House of Mirth The dragon mounts of ormolu on it show the strong influence the Orient had at the time. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today This evening, in the drawing-room, there were two very pretty ormolu caskets upon the little marble table. Wylder's Hand Several cabinets of "Old" English lac are included in the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue; and they were richly mounted with ormolu, in the French style; this sale took place in 1842. Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time More candles, in sconces against the walls, and two pairs of noble moderator-lamps, on bronze and ormolu pedestals six feet high, lighted the drawing-room. The Lovels of Arden The other woman had turned away and was fingering the chains of an ormolu candlestick on the mantelpiece. The Incomplete Amorist The ormolu mounts were most elaborate, curved and ornate like the carving, and were used wherever possible. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today On a cabinet near to where she stood was a casket of ormolu, which she unlocked, and took out a miniature, opened, and looked at it for a long time. Wylder's Hand The amount of spirit imparted into the chasing of this ormolu is simply marvellous—it has never been equalled and could not be excelled. Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time My lady shivered and looked round at the bright collection of bric-a-brac, as if the Sevres and bronze, the buhl and ormolu, had been the moldering adornments of some ruined castle. Lady Audley's Secret "No sleep for me! sleep if you can—I mean to sit up with a decanter!—let me see"—looking at the ormolu clock on the mantel—"it's only two hours to morning." Redburn. His First Voyage None of the pinchbeck pedigrees and ormolu titles of the continent. Endymion At one of the ormolu tables, near a lamp with a pink shade, Gaston insisted on making at least a partial statement. The Reverberator Another fine specimen illustrated on page 170 is the small cabinet made of kingwood, with fine ormolu mounts, and some beautiful Sêvres plaques. Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time The little ormolu clock on the chimney-piece struck the quarter after eleven while Lady Audley was employed in this manner; five minutes afterward she re-entered the room in which she had left Phoebe Marks. Lady Audley's Secret Less ormolu and tinsel of all kinds in the drawing-rooms, and sweeter air in the regions above. Friends in Council — First Series As to certain ornaments, he observed that the silver was plated and the gold ormolu. The Eustace Diamonds They ascended to the Cedar drawing-room, one of the grandest rooms in the house, all gilding and ormolu, and magnificent upholstery—Master Baby following in the arms of his nurse. A Terrible Secret Claudia suddenly looked up to the ormolu clock that stood upon the mantel shelf. Self-Raised Or, From the Depths She glanced at the ormolu clock on the mantelpiece. The Red Planet It was made of tulip wood, inlaid in patterns; and was mounted in ormolu. The Jewel of Seven Stars He will fete you, and opera you, and dazzle your young imagination with e'p'ergnes, and salvers, and buhl and ormolu. Christie Johnstone She takes her breakfast, and then Beatrix conducts her over the house—a wonder of splendor, of velvet carpets, magnificent upholstering, lace drapings, gilding and ormolu. A Terrible Secret He paused, looking at the spacious rug, which was of warm blues and creams, and at the gilt ormolu bed. The Titan He heard the rattle of hoofs and the grind of the wheel against the pavement, and looking up, he glanced across at the ormolu timepiece on his overmantel. The Trampling of the Lilies The empanelled walls were white, with here a gilt mirror, flanked on either side by a girandole in ormolu. The Lion's Skin Every day that he called he found her scribbling away at a little ormolu table on a lot of half-sheets of note-paper. Eugene Pickering In the middle of the table was a rather fine vase of craquel�, ornamented with ormolu in the bad taste of the time of Louis XVI. The Memoirs of Victor Hugo She darted across the room to an ormolu table on which her handbag was lying. Okewood of the Secret Service Thursday evening, and the hand of the ormolu clock pointed to a quarter to ten. Dora Thorne She had all sorts of necklaces, bracelets, and earrings in gold, in garnets, in mother-of-pearl, in ormolu. Men's Wives It was a room overwhelmingly gilded, with an abundance of ormolu encrustations on the furniture, in which it nowise differed from what was customary in the dwellings of people of birth and wealth. Scaramouche He discussed woods with him—rosewood, mahogany, walnut, English oak, bird's-eye maple, and the manufactured effects such as ormolu, marquetry, and Boule, or buhl. The Financier, a novel The ormolu clock ticked on and chimed forth nine. Other Things Being Equal |
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