Terra Cotta

He began using cream-colored stationery embossed with his name in terra-cotta letters: RAYMOND CARVER. ❋ Carol Sklenicka (2009)

Do yourself a favor and eat at the big, terra-cotta colored restaurant right in the middle of town. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"To find such a complete set of terra-cotta figures is extremely rare," Mr. Bijzet says. ❋ Margaret Studer (2011)

A terra-cotta bowl of chicken livers bathed in lemon juice and garlic taxied down onto the table. ❋ Annia Ciezadlo (2011)

The terra-cotta head of Estrager reminds us that while Rodin based his distinctive approach on close observation of actuality, he never reproduced his observations literally. ❋ Karen Wilkin (2011)

Harry suggested a terra-cotta red and he was right. ❋ Annie Proulx (2011)

The sight lines are such that as we take in a seventh-century 3½-foot vertical stele of Vishnu from northern or eastern India we also catch a glimpse of a terra-cotta roundel made some 200 years earlier. ❋ Lee Lawrence (2011)

The terrace, which overlooks the formal gardens, has a sweeping view of Florence, with Brunelleschi's great cathedral dome centered amid towers and terra-cotta roofs. ❋ Andrew Harper (2010)

To a shelter magazine–perfect mix of Corsican antiques and traditional French country furniture, add cool terra-cotta tiles underfoot, huge chestnut beams overhead, and a massive wood-burning fireplace in the living room. ❋ Forbes Life Staff (2010)

Yet if they stopped at one of the vitrines of small works by the 19th-century master, they could study one of the museum's great treasures: an intimate terra-cotta portrait head, made in preparation for Rodin's brooding monument to Honoré de Balzac. ❋ Karen Wilkin (2011)

Today, inside the terra-cotta colored building, giant trees stretch more than 20 meters into the air through a caved-in roof. ❋ Joe Cochrane (2011)

Another major lot in this sale will be a group of four terra-cotta Flemish putti representing the senses of smell, taste, sight and touch from 1733, attributed to Jan Pieter van Bauerscheit II estimate: £150,000-£250,000. ❋ Margaret Studer (2011)

And who could deny that this postcard-perfect landscape of vast blue waters and sloping green hills dotted with terra-cotta villas is anything but dazzling? ❋ Maria Russo (2011)

At Sitka & Spruce, braised lamb simmers with flageolet beans in a fireplace and ends up in a terra-cotta pot with grilled house-made merguez sausage, a poached egg from The Corson Building's chicken coop and a brown butter and walnut drizzle. ❋ Kitty Greenwald (2011)

A row of sculptures—from the tender, white marble "Alsatian Orphan" and patinated terra-cotta "Bust of a Woman" to the exuberant bronze "Head of Balzac"—lines the gallery's mantle. ❋ Lance Esplund (2011)