Collocations withmarble
These are words often used in combination withmarble.
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black marble
Her daughter arranged for a black marble plate in the crypt to commemorate her mother.
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brown marble
The design follows the standardized pillar-trispan design featuring white-flecked, brown marble pillars and tiled walls.
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carved marble
The interior was magnificent, with carved marble chimneypieces, many fine ceilings and plasterwork of a high quality.
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coloured marble
And instead of a filigree skeleton of a gothic building, he applied a surface of coloured marble in geometric patterns.
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green marble
There is a dark green marble base and wood wainscot with molded cap.
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grey marble
Grey marble became widely employed by architects and sculptors on numerous buildings and tombs.
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marble altar
In 1755 the entire eastern end of the church collapsed, destroying the famous marble altar.
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marble base
On top of the marble base was a rectangular capstone with curved sides, which was also pierced through the center.
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marble bust
Today the only surviving parts are the marble bust, the sarcophagus resting on strigillated supports and a pedestal with the coat-of-arms.
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marble column
The lectern stands on a simple marble column.
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marble dust
Polished plaster itself tends to consist of slaked lime, marble dust, and/or marble chips (which give each plaster its distinctive look).
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marble fireplace
A single large room is to the south; the north wing contains a dining room with marble fireplace, and the kitchen.
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marble floor
The specular reflectance of the internal marble floor was modelled by giving this area a reflectance of 0.48 and a thin acetate sheet finish.
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marble flooring
The granite and marble flooring of the temple is provided with heating for the winter.
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marble hall
During the reconstruction, the library, imperial staircase and marble hall were added.
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marble panel
The exterior is notable for inset marble panels at the eighth and 12th floors, and the projecting iron and glass marquee over the main entrance.
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marble pillar
I went through a grand entrance hall with marble pillars, and it might have been a social evening or conversazione.
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marble plaque
The marble plaque and the inscription is written in eight verses divided in eight equal fields.
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marble quarry
The town has been mostly agricultural throughout its existence, although several small mills and a marble quarry existed in the nineteenth century.
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marble stair
The curved marble stair is at the center of the east side of the building.
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marble staircase
I walked up the marble staircase and the front doors were thrown open by flunkeys.
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marble statue
Transformed into a marble statue, he makes all kinds of mischief.
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marble step
This 10 cm red marble step can be found in front of the iconostasis, and its area is called soleas.
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marble table
One uncorked bottle of extra dry wine, flanked by two wine glasses, rests on the center of a marble table.
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marble tomb
A marble tomb was begun in the courtyard.
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pink marble
It is covered in slabs of pink marble.
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polished marble
They have almost begun to twitch with pleasure when they have produced some scheme for a covered parade ground surfaced with polished marble.
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white marble
The floor was white marble, and the checkerboard tiles below the baldechino were pink and black.
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