An impressive domed ceiling, gold-leaf detailing, mosaic flooring, sculptures and majestic chandeliers make Corinthian Club an awesome five-floored venue.

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Keene couldn't use regular paint because the sun and the elements would ruin it, so he used gold-leaf metals in blue, gold and green.

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The 4, 000-square-foot property features several 18-karat-gold-leaf ceilings, a guesthouse and 2.3 acres (just under a hectare) of grounds landscaped by Henry Matsutani, designer of the Japanese Tea Gardens in Golden Gate Park.

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She was also presented with an edible replica of the Irish state coach, made from chocolate, sugar and 24-carat gold leaf.

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Shekede said she and colleague Stephen Rickerby were surprised to discover paintings of remarkable "sophistication" -- with walls decorated with gold leaf, precious pigments and organic glazes.

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The illuminated celestial-meets-industrial scene of gold and aluminium leaf spheres and lines, modern by 1930s standards, had been obscured for decades by florescent lights that were modern by '60s standards.

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As the afternoon wears on and the mountains are stained gold and pink, deepening into purple twilight, we sip one flavoured brandy after another - blueberry, beech leaf, rowanberry - and listen as everyone round the table competes to tell anecdotes of local life.

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