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: covered or tinged with gold or a golden color
gilded icons
The reception room, just off the entryway, features colorful wall and ceiling decorations and a gilded overmantel mirror and matching cornices.—
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: having a background of wealth and luxury : prosperous, luxurious
Emily Post was raised among New York's gilded elite.—Susan Berfield
Susan Berfield… despite the upper-crust background and the gilded résumé, Bonham Carter is a pretty modern chick off stage.—Elizabeth Gleick
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Elevate the hearth by hanging a gilded frame mirror over it and draping a seasonal garland on it.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2024
Related Articles Her Schiaparelli Visage earrings, depicting a face in gilded brass with red lips and blue enamel eyes, complemented her look.
—Nick Hall, WWD, 29 Oct. 2024
Food & Drink From mouthwatering pastries in a gilded dining salon in Paris to a legendary Asian spread courtesy of a Singapore icon.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2024
By contrast, the Madame de Sévigné Suite, where honeymooners will fall even more in love with each other, is frothy and feminine and oozes romance with duck-egg blue walls, a canopied bed, oil paintings and gilded features.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2024
Related Articles Her Schiaparelli Visage earrings, depicting a face in gilded brass with red lips and blue enamel eyes, complemented her look.
—Nick Hall, WWD, 29 Oct. 2024
Food & Drink From mouthwatering pastries in a gilded dining salon in Paris to a legendary Asian spread courtesy of a Singapore icon.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2024
By contrast, the Madame de Sévigné Suite, where honeymooners will fall even more in love with each other, is frothy and feminine and oozes romance with duck-egg blue walls, a canopied bed, oil paintings and gilded features.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Gilded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gilded. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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