In this case, that meant preserving its elegant proportions and details while giving each room a distinct personality.

I realized what lay behind the elegant proportions and graceful arrangements, when Ian stopped abruptly by a large painting on the wall.

The gentleman was particularly pleased by the elegant proportions of the drawing- room.

Together the buildings comprise a harmonious, Georgian whole, unified by golden stone and elegant proportions.

But spareness doesn't preclude fine craftsmanship, elegant proportions and rich textures.

He couldn't help a spasm of jealous anger as he took in its elegant proportions.

The beauty of the rooms lay in their elegant proportions - 12-foot ceilings and generous, six-foot windows.

The courthouse, with its elegant proportions and graceful cupola, has been used continuously since its construction.

Many of the colonial buildings, with their elegant proportions, are roofless.

A pair of exquisite early 19th Century gilt settees of elegant proportions.