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...Such rarity was not lost on the artisans of 16th-century Europe, who used burr, often from walnut trees, as a veneer in marquetry along with fine materials such as ivory, brass and mother-of-pearl....
...Among the reasons, when he was a junior banker in his twenties, he had so impressed the top brass of the listed casino operator, Penn National Gaming, now called Penn Entertainment, that they invited him...
...Sail east for Indonesia People you know may have been to Komodo, the Banda islands or Raja Ampat, the three vertices that make up eastern Indonesia’s “coral triangle”, which harbours some of the best diving...
...It was the middle of the lunchtime rush in the Four Seasons, and the brass rods of Richard Lippold’s sculpture hung above, like abstractions of weightless swords. III....
...Consolidation calls in Spain Spanish telecoms group MasMovil drew a close to a complex love triangle on Tuesday when it announced that it had entered exclusive talks to merge with French rival Orange in...
...Yet Black’s presence at a meeting of Apollo’s top brass could undermine efforts by the $455bn investment group to emerge from the shadow of its billionaire co-founder and largest shareholder....
...No polished brass, wood or curtains. It was all pastel fabrics, Afrocentric textiles, honeycomb mosaics and high-tech blinds....
...It’s an exceptional piece: a geometric spiral of triangles surround a pair of interlocking swans in shades of grey, off-white and pale blue....
...Its curving triangles appear simultaneously to spin away and towards each other, in an ecstasy of movement that defies the sculpture’s essential immobility....
...Vanity Fair has the story of how Blockbuster's top brass all but laughed Reed Hastings out of the room when he tried to sell his company to them for $50m in 2000....
...As early as the spring of 2018, top brass at YouTube began to question whether a subscription-based model was the best move for a video site that had attracted billions of users with cat videos, baking and...
...Miguel, £45 Crafted in Valencia from 100 per cent recycled glass, this design comes in a variety of forms, sizes and colours. libertylondon.com Tinct side table by Justyna Poplawska, €2,181 Set in a brass...
...The cart is a cocktail of plain geometry and rich materials – an assemblage of triangles and circles in honey imbuia wood and brass....
...The lease was signed by a company named BSREP III Nero LLC, a possible allusion to the emperor who was blamed for the burning of Rome....
...It is of extraordinary beauty,” says Cardin, admiring the two dressers with marquetry of tortoise-shell, brass and pewter into ebony. “This furniture is very rare and nobody wanted it 50 years ago....
...But within the metropolitan area, Tribeca, the “Triangle Below Canal Street” in lower Manhattan, might be the place to watch....
...Key FTC staffers wanted to sue the search giant, and no wonder — many of its top brass, like chief economist Hal Varian and former executive Marissa Mayer, come off as being quite happy to prioritise Google...
...They are ground and polished in Germany or England, then set in brass bevels in Suffolk, before being finished in Southwark. Such logistics require four administrative staff....
...He lifts his degree piece, a cylindrical vase of 1.5kg of silver, the plan of which is based on a circle overlapping with an equilateral triangle — with the added complexity of tapering to a narrow base...
...In “Reading”, a book stands in for the triangle dip of her genitals, its fuzzy print implying pubic hair....
...No surprise, then, that the Credit Suisse management team was disappointed when proxy advisers opposed its corporate pay plan, citing 2016 losses, despite the fact that the top brass took a 40 per cent cut...
...custom-designed home with a pool in the foothills $5m A 9,000 sq ft mountain-top home with wide views of the area More homes at propertylistings.ft.com Photographs: Nick Cote/Visit Phoenix; Baxter Imaging LLC...
...These are the first criminal charges in the UK to be filed against a bank and its former top brass emanating from activities during the financial crisis....
...Shoreditch Design Triangle Shoreditch An inflated vinyl and PVC building-block castle by French artist Camille Walala is this year’s “Landmark Project”, taking over Exchange Square in Broadgate....
...My favourites include an Acne overcoat in dark blue wool and a dove-grey one by Richard Nicoll. acnestudios.com The last thing I bought and loved was a pair of Lara Bohinc cylindrical marble and brass candleholders...
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