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  • One of the most interesting section is surely the Lighting and Lamps one: more than 40 different brands, thousand of products from desk lamps to torchieres and so on are available for you at unbeatable price.

    Archive 2008-08-01 2008

  • The dwelling toward which he was being "escorted," for the two larger guards had not yet released their grip on him, was a low, rambling place that was itself star-spotted with light, some harsh and artificial but the rest a warm amber glow of live-flame torchieres.

    The Romulan Way Diane Duane 2000

  • The dwelling toward which he was being "escorted," for the two larger guards had not yet released their grip on him, was a low, rambling place that was itself star-spotted with light, some harsh and artificial but the rest a warm amber glow of live-flame torchieres.

    The Romulan Way Diane Duane 2000

  • Nicolson, it included tall sunburst torchieres by Tony Duquette for Baker, a Macassar ebony dining table by Councill Furniture, and an abstract oil painting by Joanne Landis.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Jennie Nunn 2011

  • Designer lighting fixtures and lamps: pendant lighting, ceiling lights, wall sconces, landscape lighting; table lamps, floor lamps, and torchieres in …

    WebProNews Feed ohgod123 2010

  • In the front gallery are most of the older generation artists: Diane Hansen with her ornately baroque glass torchieres; Lynn di Nino's deeply disturbing shower curtain hung with mugshots and descriptions of local sex offenders, a kind of self-imposed "Psycho;" three detailed miniatures from shed-painter Jeremy Mangan (at 35, he's in the middle, age-wise);

    The News Tribune Blogs 2010

  • Nicolson, it included tall sunburst torchieres by Tony Duquette for Baker, a Macassar ebony dining table by Councill Furniture, and an abstract oil painting by Joanne Landis.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Jennie Nunn 2010

  • Four 60-inch wreaths suspended with silk cord hang behind antique torchieres complementing mantel garlands.

    unknown title 2009

  • The rule promulgates test procedures and definitions for the following items as required by EPAct 2005: fluorescent lamp ballasts; ceiling fans and ceiling fan light kits; illuminated exit signs; torchieres; low-voltage dry-type distribution transformers; traffic signal modules and pedestrian modules; unit heaters; medium base compact fluorescent lamps; dehumidifiers; commercial prerinse spray valves; mercury vapor lamp ballasts; commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment; commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers; automatic commercial ice makers; and commercial clothes washers.

    U.S. Department of Energy - Press Releases 2009

  • The rule promulgates test procedures and definitions for the following items as required by EPAct 2005: fluorescent lamp ballasts; ceiling fans and ceiling fan light kits; illuminated exit signs; torchieres; low-voltage dry-type distribution transformers; traffic signal modules and pedestrian modules; unit heaters; medium base compact fluorescent lamps; dehumidifiers; commercial prerinse spray valves; mercury vapor lamp ballasts; commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment; commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers; automatic commercial ice makers; and commercial clothes washers.

    U.S. Department of Energy - Press Releases 2008

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