patinate

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  1. coat with a patina
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  • A truly poignant object is the patinated bronze sheet with names of Olympic champions inscribed on it from the first century B.C. to A.D. 385, after which the Olympics were outlawed. Transformational Objects
  • Two of Lalique's most stunning pieces on display here are a necklace of patinated glass, enamel, gold and rose-cut diamonds that captures the natural beauty of poppies, and a handcrafted gold pendant that depicts a scene of snow-covered trees. Glories of the Gilded Age
  • Art lovers approaching the venerable Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's sparkling new entrance pavilion are in for a shock when they catch sight of its striking copper facade, chemically patinated to bright Statue-of-Liberty green. Lee Rosenbaum: Gardner Wander: The New, the Old, the Glass Bottleneck in Between (Video)
  • Established in 1947 by an intrepid French female exile, this tiny, nicotine-patinated haunt hasn't changed since, only accreted more layers. 10 of the best barrio bars in Barcelona
  • Life for the humans is patinated with grime and squalor. Die Frau ohne Schatten; BBC Proms 61 & 62 – review
  • Josiah Wedgwood used "Dr. Turner's brown varnish" to put an antiqued bronze surface on pottery. 1 Metals were varnished to protect them from rust, preserve their luster without constant polishing, deepen their color or patinate the surface. The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe
  • Arranged in a radial pattern, the stone arches are crowned by a shallow domed roof clad in panels of green pre-patinated copper.
  • Elliott had also called the Mestrovic restoration "highly questionable" because the coating gave the bronzes a rubbery, dime-store look and wouldn't allow them to patinate naturally. Chicago Reader
  • A row of sculptures—from the tender, white marble "Alsatian Orphan" and patinated terra-cotta "Bust of a Woman" to the exuberant bronze "Head of Balzac"—lines the gallery's mantle. A Close-Up of a Master
  • These works, made of painted and patinated bronze, again employ bold black outlines, primary colors and hatching.
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