Decorated garlands, which had been lovingly carved over a century ago, had been lovingly restored by the present owner.

Every piece of furniture was lovingly carved, giving the home a tranquil quality.

Sheaths were often lovingly carved and given as love tokens or dowry gifts.

The headboard had been pieced together from narrow slats of walnut, and that fitted into a top molding that looked as if it had been carved lovingly by hand.

Other marvels of mimesis include an actual-size ladybug by Tom Friedman, a field of delicate red mushrooms by Roxy Pain and a lovingly carved and painted dead duck by Michael Combs.

Into every notch that was carved, every line that was etched, he had lovingly carved every hope of his aesthetic and sensitive soul.

Here the artists have lovingly carved and painted polyurethane into exact duplicates of paint buckets, a caulking gun, a paint tray and roller, and a discarded coffee cup.

The long central table and all the twenty chairs around it were of stinkwood, one of the most beautifully grained timbers of Africa, lovingly carved by the skilled Malay slave cabinet-makers.

Dardalion closed the book and leaned back in the chair, gazing down on the lovingly carved and polished wood.