Or, stay within the castle walls to admire the four-poster and canopied beds, cast-bronze fireplaces, stained-glass windows and sweeping water views.

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To sell the Baccarat Residences, a 50-story glass condominium tower under construction across from the Museum of Modern Art in midtown Manhattan, a model set up in the building's showroom includes striking materials like lacquered ziricote-wood walls and a crackled bronze sculptural wall embedded with tiny pieces of glass made by a British artist.

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Behind the statue and through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows on a large terrace is an enormous Deborah Butterfield bronze horse that looks like it's made from driftwood.

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