The clay forms are twisted and broken, with complex surface patterns and gilded interiors that suggest ancient ceremonial vessels.

More sweeping vistas, more gilded interiors, a drunken bacchanal reminiscent of a Victorian "Animal House," molto sobbing, even (duck!)

The 1,800-seat memorial opened in 1932, which doesn't seem terribly long ago, but there is already a full complement of fabled ghosts rattling around the newly gilded interior.

Moskovskaya Pravda said designers had drafted plans for restoring the Bolshoi's gilded interior with the same materials used in earlier centuries.

The house has intricate genealogies and even more elaborate carved and gilded interior and exterior decorations.

The ugly exterior is the result of post-war reconstruction; happily, the magnificently over-the-top original gilded interior has been retained.

Now, after a three-year closing, a $9.5 million refurbishment has restored the gilded interior of Apsley House to its former extravagant glory.

It is highlighted by its small chapel, constructed after the 1755 Earthquake, heavily carved with gilded interior and retable.

The building had beautiful gilded interiors, a magnificent staircase in cast iron, and an immense hall.

Recently restored to its original magnificence, the opera house is distinguished by the 12 monumental Corinthian columns on its facade and the acoustics of its gilded interior.