Don't go there, however, looking for chateaus and gilded furniture.

Silence settled over the stately room with its tall Corinthian columns and gilded furniture.

The gilded furniture was conspicuous against the purple velvet of the curtains.

There, in contrast to the regal surroundings and the gilded furniture, a plain desk was at the far wall.

(When you come right down to it, the gilded furniture is no less crass than the big box stores.)

She recommended dusting gilded furniture with a soft, sable brush.

Beware of gilded furniture that may have been touched up with gold paint, which will eventually turn brown, she said.

Fluctuations in humidity, she explained, are one of the greatest threats to gilded antique furniture.

The mirrors she hurled at the ceiling; the gilded furniture went to splinters under her fists.