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cheval glass

[shuh-val] / ʃəˈvæl /


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Behind him was the cheval glass and the telephone stand.

From Whispering Wires by Henry Leverage

She stood before this cheval glass to-night a thoroughly happy little person.

From A Mere Chance, Vol. 1 of 3 A Novel by Ada Cambridge

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 Dorothy Menpes

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 Eugene Walter

See him seated before his dressing-glass, a mahogany-framed sliding cheval glass with brass arms on either sides for candles.

From English Costume by Dion Clayton Calthrop


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