cheval glass

Example Sentences

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These screens were so brilliant that they were like gold mirrors in which a lady might see her reflection just as accurately as in any Parisian cheval glass.

From Japan A Record in Colour by Menpes, Dorothy

Near the window stood a superb full-length Empire cheval glass, the kind that women love to dress by and survey their beauty.

From The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life by Walter, Eugene

While the Vicar shouted his orders on the landing rails, the Angel surveyed himself in the cheval glass with immense delight.

From The Wonderful Visit by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

There were lights on the mantelpiece, on the dressing-table, on the washstand, and two in tall sticks burned before the cheval glass as though it had been an altar.

From Moor Fires by Young, E. H. (Emily Hilda)

And I could not disprove a thing he said; and when I looked at myself in the cheval glass, I was not at all sure that I did not look like the traditional goblin.

From The Psychical Researcher's Tale - The Sceptical Poltergeist From "The New Decameron", Volume III. by Beresford, J. D. (John Davys)