verde antique
- a variation of verd antique.
Example Sentences
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The chimney-piece, which is sculptured of verde antique and white marble, supports two black marble vases on its mantel.
From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 1 Great Britain and Ireland, part 1 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)
It was as if old Rome itself were here again; as, occasionally, a new quarry is laid open of what was thought long since exhausted, ancient marble, cipollino or verde antique.
From Miscellaneous Studies; a series of essays by Pater, Walter
In the nave the aisles and side apses are parted from the main central spaces by magnificent colonnades of marble pillars, the majority of verde antique.
From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick
A flight of veined marble steps leads to the vestibule, with a floor of scagliola, and twelve large Ionic columns and sixteen pilasters of verde antique.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 389, September 12, 1829 by Various
Her sofas and chairs were of embroidered satin; her tables of inlaid wood and verde antique; her carpets the richest Persian; her paintings and statuary of rarest value.
From Joseph II. and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
