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...Chanel started designing jewellery in about 1924 and it became an important part of the “Chanel look”, says Connie Karol Burks, project curator at the V&A....
...She also makes a delectable appetiser board that comes with grilled vegetables, pâté, tapenades and toasted fresh bread, which is one of the staples of her menu....
...Afshar highlights Caro’s “Table Piece V” (1966, £120,000) as an example of his minimalist practice that was not necessarily adopted by his pupils....
...And most people watch at home, without delirium, especially if the fixture is, say, New Zealand v Slovakia....
.... £11,000. www.richardgardnerantiques.co.uk ii Winecooler Davenport Most designs are identified with a particular period but some have a “timeless” quality....
.... $20,000 www.pookandpook.com iii Davenport English An entry in a 1790s order book of Gillows, the English cabinet-maker, states: “Captain Davenport, a desk”....
...with Dalí and César in the past as well as sculptors Calude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne, is meanwhile attempting to capitalise on heightened interest in “design art”, with a set of new three-dimensional pâte...
...Better, they think, turned into rich dark pâté or a perfect goulash, served with gingery pumpkin....
...A tournament of few surprises meant that the biggest names in tennis lined up head-to-head in the semi-finals: Federer [1] v Safin [4], Andy Roddick [2] v Lleyton Hewitt [3]....
...A £400 Christmas hamper has been created to celebrate V&C's 70th anniversary this year....
...These became the mainstay of a delicious meal that began with a velouté of pumpkin and ended with individual apple tarts, crisp circles of pâte brisée topped with buttery slices of caramelised fruit....
...There is spicy Obatzter cheese spread and bretzels, meatballs, pates, salmon, herrings and apple strudel with sweet Bavarian cream....
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