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Examples
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The villa's decorative wooden doors and shutters are accented with gold-leaf patterns.
Resort Living in Chiang Mai Andre Cooray 2012
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He had a major's gold-leaf insignia plate on his vehicle.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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Architect Hugh Hardy restored the gold-leaf glory of Radio City Music Hall in 1999, returned Bryant Park from dereliction to Parisian-style elegance and spurred the revival of 42nd Street by reincarnating the New Victory Theater and the New Amsterdam.
Designing a Dramatic Era Julie V. Iovine 2011
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A ceiling from 16th-century Spain has been cleaned and lit with more spotlights to better show off its effusions of geometric patterns and gold-leaf tendrils.
A New Home for Arab Treasures Kelly Crow 2011
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In two relatively brief scenes, McKean captured the vulgarian's egotism — he's constantly being followed by reality-TV camera — but had little time to scratch below the tacky gold-leaf surface.
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More than 15 types of lace were featured on the clothes, and it seemed everything was dipped in gold-leaf embroidery, including the models' hair.
PHOTOS: 15 Types Of Lace & Dramatic Slits At Jason Wu Hilary Moss 2011
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The gold-leaf mirror with baroque carvings had no one to talk to.
What a Little Lace Can Do Sara Ruffin Costello 2012
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Is that it, no half-time caviar and gold-leaf toilet roll?
Dominic Matteo 2011
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More than 15 types of lace were featured on the clothes, and it seemed everything was dipped in gold-leaf embroidery, including the models' hair.
PHOTOS: 15 Types Of Lace & Dramatic Slits At Jason Wu Hilary Moss 2011
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Natalie Keyssar for The Wall Street Journal The couple decided to retain the blue and gold-leaf columns put in place by previous owners, Mr. Lung says.
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