 | John Murray - 1898 - 670 pages
...size, said to have been carved out of a single emerald. On either side of the throne stood an umbrella, one of the Oriental emblems of royalty. They were formed of crimson velvet, 7'ichly embroidered and fringed with pearls ; the handles were 8 ft. high, of solid gold, and studded... | |
 | Francis Henry Skrine, Sir Edward Denison Ross - 1899 - 532 pages
...size, said to have been carved out of a single emerald. On either side of the throne stood an umbrella, one of the Oriental emblems of royalty. They were...high, of solid gold and studded with diamonds. The cost of this superb work of art has been variously stated at sums varying from one to six millions... | |
 | Francis Henry Skrine, Sir Edward Denison Ross - 1899 - 566 pages
...size, said to have been carved out of a single emerald. On either side of the throne stood an umbrella, one of the Oriental emblems of royalty. They were...high, of solid gold and studded with diamonds. The cost of this superb work of art has been variously stated at sums varying from one to six millions... | |
 | Francis Henry Skrine, Sir Edward Denison Ross - 1899 - 592 pages
...size, said to have been carved out of a single emerald. On either side of the throne stood an umbrella, one of the Oriental emblems of royalty. They were...high, of solid gold and studded with diamonds. The cost of this superb work of art has been variously stated at sums varying from one to six millions... | |
 | Samuel H. Noble - 1900 - 192 pages
...ordinary size, and it was carved from a single emerald. On either side of the throne stood an umbrella— one of the Oriental emblems of royalty. They were...high, of solid gold and studded with diamonds. The cost of this throne is said to have been six millions pounds sterling. During the mutiny in India,... | |
 | Edgar Mantelbert Condit - 1904 - 668 pages
...ordinary size, carved out of a single emerald. On either side of the throne stood an umbrella made of crimson velvet, richly embroidered and fringed...feet high, of solid gold and studded with diamonds." This gem probably of the whole world, together with seventy million pounds sterling of gold and silver,... | |
 | William Eleroy Curtis - 1905 - 572 pages
...ordinary size carved out of a single emerald. On either side of the throne stood an umbrella, one of the emblems of royalty. They were formed of crimson velvet,...pearls. The handles were eight feet high, of solid gold thickly studded with diamonds." This throne, according to a medical gentleman named Bernier, the writer... | |
 | William Eleroy Curtis - 1905 - 598 pages
...ordinary size carved out of a single emerald. On either side of the throne stood an umbrella, one of the emblems of royalty. They were formed of crimson velvet,...pearls. The handles were eight feet high, of solid gold thickly studded with diamonds." This throne, according to a medical gentleman named Bernier, the writer... | |
 | Michael Myers Shoemaker - 1912 - 648 pages
...size, said to have been carved out of a single emerald. On either side of the throne stood an umbrella, one of the oriental emblems of royalty. They were...high, of solid gold, and studded with diamonds. The cost of this superb work of art has been variously stated at sums varying from one to six millions... | |
 | Annie L. Henley - 1912 - 152 pages
...carved from a single emerald. On each side of the throne was an umbrella — emblem of royalty — made of crimson velvet richly embroidered and fringed with pearls; the handles were eight feet high of gold studded with diamonds." The throne was planned by Austin de Bordeaux, who, after defrauding several... | |
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... supported by twelve pillars, all richly emblazoned with costly gems, and a fringe of pearls ornamented the borders of the canopy. Between the two peacocks stood the figure of a parrot of the ordinary size... 
