1.   One man sorted through a pile of clothing scattered among the plaster and paint chips, ignoring the chipped cherub that hovered above on a frieze.

2.   Pale blue paint chips from a getaway car.

3.   Q. The paint is chipping badly on the tops of my porch railing.

4.   Rolling a canvas into a tube can cause the paint to chip and line the work with crevices, the specialists said.

5.   Silos three stories high, white paint chipping off their sides, serve as landmarks.