objet d'art
noun
an object of artistic worth or curiosity, especially a small object.
objets d'art
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pluralof objet d'art.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But there were strange things, too, hidden among the attendant accumulation — objets d’art such as paintings, sculpture, photographs.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2023
But in the last several decades, society has become less formal in entertaining, and that has led to a decline in the desire to own things like silver tea services and decorative objets d’art.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
Boeing’s new, supposedly “leaner” headquarters had 19th-century rugs, an antique French barometer topped with a carved eagle, a glass scepter and an English Regency gilt mirror among the objets d’art dotting its leather-and-wood executive suites.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2021
Plus: an object-by-object rundown of all the objets d’art featured in the Brady house.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2019
Newly successful businessmen erected mansions, filled them with imported objets d’art, hung costly crystal chandeliers in every room, and encircled their properties with groves of graceful maple trees and fragrant magnolias.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
