The manager then led us not to our suite but to a large reception room, with a great dome supported by gilded columns.
The space between icons was divided by six carved gilded columns of complex shape.
The main altar stands before a construction with five winged angels on top of the gilded columns.
They made a show of admiring the ornate bookcases and gilded columns.
The millinery department, on the second floor at the 21st street corner, was a showpiece, with gilded columns.
At either end of the spina was a meta, or turning point, in the form of large gilded columns.
Only the priest Remath remained standing, at a distance against a gilded column.
The mezzanine resembles a 1920's film palace with gilded columns, potted palms and wall lighting.
Paintings and gilded columns of gold and silver were also in it.
Two yawning servants leaning against a gilded column regarded the newcomers lazily, but made no move to help them.
