These were for the most part hand-wrought, by the local blacksmith. From Wordnik.com. [Dishes & Beverages of the Old South] Reference
The Gorham Manufacturing Co. of Providence, R.I., produced a hand-wrought line, called Martelé. From Wordnik.com. [Glories of the Gilded Age] Reference
Metal fasteners, which had to be hand-wrought at great expense, were reserved for hinges and other essential moving parts. From Wordnik.com. [THE ARROWS COOKBOOK] Reference
This Breviary was bound in green velvet and clasped with hand-wrought silver, for Cardinal Rodrigue de Castro (1520-1600) of. From Wordnik.com. [Woman as Decoration] Reference
Concise, sparkling text traces the simplicity of adobe construction and the hand-wrought touches and furnishings that define it. From Wordnik.com. [Mexican Design Style: The publications] Reference
All that we see, and describe as having existence, we know to be compound; hand-wrought or compacted by nature, nothing is simplex. From Wordnik.com. [The Six Enneads.] Reference
Over the years, the artists have expanded their ramshackle studios into large stucco homes that form a kind of hand-wrought suburbia. From Wordnik.com. [One Hour Out: Chennai] Reference
A small wooden door, reinforced with hinges of hand-wrought iron, opened before them, making them free of a courtyard paved with flagstones. From Wordnik.com. [Ralestone Luck] Reference
The result is hand-wrought silver that represents a true confluence of styles wherein European forms are enhanced by indigenous decorative motifs. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
Auctioneers both knew him, and called him a mean little s.o.b. But it's a pretty silver and nickel buckle, with a hand-wrought eagle and western flourishes. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Simple, graceful lines, combined with dainty hand-wrought trimmings had produced four frocks which would have sold at a high price in an exclusive city dress shop. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Allen: Right Guard] Reference
A fine — yea, even a splendid room, of great height, and carved grandeur, with hand-wrought bronze sconces and a band of metal bordering, all blackened with oblivion. From Wordnik.com. [The Inn of Tranquillity: Studies and Essays] Reference
From unique dovetail joinery on furniture and hand-wrought iron hardware, to old colonial wall stencils and stucco finishes, we found the variety of innovations astounding. From Wordnik.com. [Mexican Design & Style: Overview] Reference
None of the divine imperfection of your hand-wrought, artist-stuff there!. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman Named Smith] Reference
But there were sad smilings upon the hundred hand-wrought faces in the room. From Wordnik.com. [Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel] Reference
In the centre of this stood a candle-stick, made of wood, evidently hand-wrought. From Wordnik.com. [The King's Arrow A Tale of the United Empire Loyalists] Reference
Why, one piece of their hand-wrought lace wuz worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. From Wordnik.com. [Samantha at the World's Fair] Reference
The ground of the superiority of hand-wrought goods, therefore, is a certain margin of crudeness. From Wordnik.com. [Theory of the Leisure Class] Reference
The walls of another room were covered with grotesquely and elaborately figured hand-wrought tapestry. From Wordnik.com. [A Tramp Abroad — Volume 03] Reference
Traditional hand-wrought techniques like trimwork and moldings were replaced by manufactured elements. From Wordnik.com. Reference
They had bought a pair of hand-wrought andirons shaped like little lighthouses, but Jerry did not stop to admire them. From Wordnik.com. [Jerry's Charge Account] Reference
It is filled with unique hand-wrought iron and tile, custom-made furniture, hand-selected tapestries and European antiques. From Wordnik.com. [Victorville Daily Press :] Reference
There are multiple fireplaces in the house, and hand-wrought iron balconies overlook the spa, pool, pool house and gardens. From Wordnik.com. Reference
She carried him up stairs of oak worn hollow like stone, a mighty hand-wrought balustrade rising with them from hall to roof. From Wordnik.com. [Lazarre] Reference
Judith followed her to where she stood examining an imposing, foreign-looking lamp, with jeweled inlets in the hand-wrought metal shade. From Wordnik.com. [The Indifference of Juliet] Reference
The team began by measuring everything in the Vilnius organ, including the cabinets and the smallest hand-wrought iron fixtures and nails. From Wordnik.com. [post-gazette.com - News] Reference
A fine -- yea, even a splendid room, of great height, and carved grandeur, with hand-wrought bronze sconces and a band of metal bordering, all blackened with oblivion. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Essays of John Galsworthy] Reference
The one in the illustration was put together with ordinary wire nails and the heads of these covered with ornamental heads to represent old-fashioned hand-wrought nails. From Wordnik.com. [Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 3] Reference
I want you first to teach him to make hand-wrought nails. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Untroubled Mind] Reference
It appears to be made of solid timbers, and has two huge hand-wrought locks. ". From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow's End] Reference
"Told in quaint and curious fashion, this tale ... is in every way like a piece of old, hand-wrought tapestry. From Wordnik.com. [1492,] Reference
Odysseus responded truthfully: "He wore a cloak of purple wool, with two clasps of gold, hand-wrought. From Wordnik.com. [Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece] Reference
A delicately hand-wrought bond?. From Wordnik.com. [The Brentons] Reference
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