This ultra-exclusive quayside hotel is all standalone bathtubs, spotlit deck beds, varnished wooden floors and swish private lounges.
But in the hands of the first-time director, Arne Glimcher, it becomes the worst sort of varnished kitsch.
De Waal added a modern carbon-fiber rig, sumptuous varnished deckhouses and other features not found on the original Js.
But the stern steerers retain a passionate following even today for their impressive size and beautiful detailing, including varnished woodwork and custom-designed metal hardware.
In a lecture at the British Museum, Mantel said Catherine appeared to have been "gloss-varnished" with a perfect plastic smile, and having no personality.
The sun heats the varnished wooden deck to the point where it feels like an egg broken on the side would fry in an instant.
The rarest of this group is a pair of ivory-gripped pistols previously owned by King Farouk of Egypt, which come in their original varnished walnut case.
It seemed somehow unfinished, the kitchen not quite right, the doors either poorly fitting or missing, the varnished cabinets made of thin wood, the floors creaky and uneven.
If a word could describe the yachts that skim into harbor at these events it might be "glimmering": pearlescent hulls, onyx floors and marble staircases, exotic woods varnished to a fare-thee-well.
At the other end of the scale is a breathtaking, if slightly unsettling, 12-foot rocket made almost entirely out of varnished redwood and assembled with attention to detail that would make Ted Kaczynski proud.
Favorites are a recently acquired set of 17th-century Dutch silvered, painted and varnished leather wall hangings, shown with Pieter de Hooch's painting "Leisure Time in an Elegant Setting" (c. 1663-65) in which similar coverings appear.
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