11.   On view will be furniture, paintings, decorative objects, personal mementos, books, and clothing.

12.   Over the last decade, both auction houses have opened special divisions offering a range of courses about the history and appraisal of fine art and decorative objects.

13.   She had an unusual ability to create beauty in her surroundings, placing furniture and decorative objects imaginatively together.

14.   So quilts became decorative objects, placed on the top of bedspreads or draped over chairs and sofas.

15.   The collection includes every area of folk art, from paintings and works on paper to furniture and decorative objects of all kinds.

16.   The growth of this style is illustrated with photos, drawings and decorative objects.

17.   The items offered for sale include European furnishings, Asian works of art and numerous decorative objects.

18.   The mission of this specialized, philosophically focused museum is to plumb the ideological depths of decorative objects.

19.   The room seems more posh than poor, what with a handsome painting on the wall and decorative objects on a table.

20.   The third site, Sothebys.com, will sell the more traditional auction-house fare, such as paintings, furniture and decorative objects.