Vertical gardens, warm wood flooring, silk wall panels and contemporary room design are hallmarks of the glamorous 94-room Hansar Bangkok, tucked into a quiet side street in busy Ratchaprasong.

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Selected visitors to her business in an 18th-century house in Dublin would be received in her drawing room with its yellow silk wall-coverings and its framed photographs of famous people.

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The message was recorded in Buckingham Palace's white drawing room with the Queen wearing a fine silk tulle gown by Angela Kelly.

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The rooms are pared-down with monochromatic pale color schemes, high ceilings, and, in one wing (the one you want ask for a room ending in a low number), silk wall coverings.

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The Stein room is where the collection's most prestigious silk paintings live, far from public gaze.

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Diplomats and heads of state bed down surrounded by antiques, jewel-toned silk walls, crystal chandeliers and marble bathrooms at the 138-room Hotel Imperial Vienna, which was built as the residence of the Prince of Wurttemberg, a European aristocrat, in 1863.

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