Tears rolled down her face as she clung to her one remaining memento of her lost family - a fading picture in a gilded frame.

The pictures were projected on a twenty-foot screen in an ornate gilded frame.

There are works of art in gilded frames and neat mini-kitchens.

In the south of the city, near the fashion district, it has flamboyant decor - four-poster beds, enigmatic portraits in gilded frames, mounted antlers, antiques and a delightfully eclectic feel.

The richly gilded frames of stucco take up the liveliness of the picture and pass it on to the periphery of the vault.