Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] objets " in BNC.
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| 1 | Galliher the court ordered the defendant to disclose full particulars of a flat in Paris ( which was thought to contain valuable pictures and objets d'art allegedly transferred to the defendant in fraud of the creditors of another ) , to verify the information on affidavit , and to permit a named French avocat to inspect the contents of the flat . |
| 2 | With their fortune they collected an earldom from Charles I , built Althorp House in Northamptonshire , acquired a family crest and motto — ‘ God defend the right ’ — and amassed a fine collection of art , antiques , books and objets d'art . |
| 3 | Sixteenth-century mansion with fine furniture , tapestries and objets d'art . |
| 4 | For those weary of collecting paintings or objets d'art , this dispersal of the John Willett Collection of African Ungulates offers that long-awaited opportunity to purchase the complete skeleton of Megaceros Hibernicus ( est. £30,000–40,000 ; $15,500–20,700 ) . |
| 5 | The Astor family 's contribution to Hever 's rich history can be appreciated through the superb collections of furniture , paintings and objets d'art and through the quality of workmanship employed , particularly in the wood carving and plasterwork . |
| 6 | The seven Old Master galleries have been intelligently installed , and a long corridor has been converted into an evocation of a baroque Kunstkammer , complete with pilastered cabinets for the display of paintings and objets d'art . |
| 7 | Across the garden , the second room contains paintings and objets d'art from the sixteenth , seventeenth and eighteenth centuries . |
| 8 | A top line interior decorator had been given a free hand when Hugo had bought the triplex two years ago and no expense had been spared — the walls were hung with some of Hugo 's collection of Old Masters , glowing against the background of watered silk , the shelves were lined with leather bound first editions which neither Hugo nor Sally would ever open , much less read , every nook and cranny was filled with treasures and objets d'art displayed on dainty pedestals . |
| 9 | Articles for which Zurich is famous are antiques and objets d'art ( Neumarkt area ) and of course Swiss watches . |