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...Michael Anastassiades’ black oak Card bookcase is another head-turner: its delicate profiles are intersected with satin brass joints – a masterclass in simplicity....
...Designed to hold and charge two tablets, two smartphones and a smartwatch. davidlinley.com Luca table lamp by Heathfield & Co, from £295 The ceramic base comes in three colours and the lamp is finished with satin...
...Consequently, their ongoing Wild Minimalism collection is a modern take on archaic forms in roughly hewn, almost black reclaimed oak....
.... roomelondon.com Beice armchair by Merve Kahraman £4,294 Designed and manufactured in Turkey, this contemporary piece has a choice of frame in American walnut or white oak. 1stdibs.com Aami Aami mug...
...Available in gloss red, gloss white and satin black. audioaffair.co.uk 5....
...The picture is in a carved oak frame with very delicate skeletal leaves, seed pods and grasses mounted on dark-green velvet....
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...Perhaps that was what appealed so strongly about the complex fume of this beautifully balanced, satin-smooth wine — and it also seemed to be the only one of the four that is reasonably fairly priced....
...Anne Boleyn’s brother George slept on a soft feather mattress with down pillows on a gilded bedstead draped in cloth of gold with white satin, with embellishments in tawny cloth of gold, fringed in white...
...SocGen is understood to have invited a number of different companies to bid on the loans, including a host of private equity groups, such as Blackstone, Carlyle, Lone Star and Oak Tree and Italian hedge...
...The government has issued a number of circulars, according to London-based North Square Blue Oak. And three new rules look to be a step in the right direction....
...£14.95 Flint Wines Clos Floridène 2006 Graves Famed oenologist Denis Dubourdieu’s home property. Energetic and seductive....
...Walgreens, the largest US drugstore chain, was up 0.3 per cent to $34.19 after announcing plans to buy rival Duane Reade for $1.08bn, a figure that includes $457m of debt, from affiliates of Oak Hill Capital...
...As the world sinks deeper into recession and property markets come to a standstill, how will homeowners react? Will they cut back on special purchases or will “improve, don’t move” be their maxim?...
...Its beauty lies in the propeller-like twist to the satin brushed stainless steel frame. Manufactured by Fritz Hansen since 1980, it is much imitated but has never been bettered....
...Mr Doctoroff, who was the managing partner of Oak Hill Capital Management before joining the administration, will be the second-ranking executive at Bloomberg LP, under Peter Grauer, who became executive...
...Built in 1830, rooms are high-ceilinged and loaded with marble, frescoes, silks and satins. The vast drawing rooms are crowded with gilded portraits....
...The McCormick Foundation, founded in 1955 after the death of Robert McCormick, the long-time editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune, could emerge as a candidate to bid for the Chicago properties....
...Hilton’s contribution to the Case catalogue is the handsome and sturdy Cross frame table, which is made from a solid oak base and an oak veneered top (allowing the unusual thickness)....
...London property developer Mike Spink recently put oak floorboards in his Oxfordshire farmhouse but intentionally chose a low grade wood. “Not … the highest as they wouldn’t have looked right,” he says....
...The proposal was a scaled-back version of an earlier idea to spin off 65 per cent of such McOpCo units, borrow against the company’s multi-billion dollar property holdings and return the proceeds to shareholders...
...But interiors will also be softened by subdued colours - burnt orange, olive green or prune - while grey oak appears on floors and built-in storage units....
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