Word: sumptuously
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...reign of King Louis XIV. To control the restive feudal nobles he subdued, Louis built the huge palace at Versailles, turned it into a vast gilded cage where the aristocracy, cut off from their lands, were reduced to an idle group waiting on the Sun King. In that sumptuous court, elegance became an obsession, and Louis put the obsession to use. He organized Paris' dressmakers and tailors. Two life-sized dolls, dressed in the latest fashions, were shipped monthly across the Channel to London...
...Bauhaus that Architect Marcel Breuer designed the first chrome metal chair, whose descendants now populate the land as lawn or kitchen furniture. In Berlin, Mies van der Rohe first developed the cantilever metal chair, went on to produce the famed "Barcelona" chair, designed for his sumptuous German Pavilion at Barcelona's 1929 International Exposition. For the Barcelona chair he used chrome-plated stainless steel, covered the cushions with sumptuous kid leather. Cost of the chair today, done in hand-sewn natural leather...
...Lauren to go for a ride before going back to the office. She accepts. Some hours later, the ride ends in Miami, where the Texan's two-motor transport lands. He phones ahead to a local inn, and, lo, Lauren is led a few minutes later to a sumptuous suite where vases are filled with roses, tables laden with fruit, closets packed with gowns, shelves lined with hats, and bureau drawers jammed with whatever else a rich Texan's Cinderella should put on and take off. Sizing things up, Lauren decides that her lunch hour has lasted long...
...third floor is entirely devoted to the seven private dining rooms serviced by eight portable bars. The largest of these is the sumptuous Biddle room which can seat 150 for dinner, and is used for class meetings...
...human and hilarious. Bundle of Joy is wholesome. It is an energetic attempt to prove that what was done so deftly in the '30s, Hollywood's golden age of light comedy, can be done just as well in the '50s. Producer Edmund Grainger has lavished a sumptuous production on the slight yarn, and given the lead roles to Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, a celebrated young married couple in real life who recently produced a bundle of joy on their own. The film also has eight new tunes and Technicolor...