cheval glass

Example Sentences

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She was peering into the cheval glass over her shoulder, giving her attention to two things at once.

From The High Heart by King, Basil

Charlotte had privately borrowed one of Aunt Virginia's skirts, and practised before the cheval glass, but the flowing lines that so much pleased her she found unattainable.

From The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story by Merrill, Frank T. (Frank Thayer)

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 Calthrop, Dion Clayton

Among the latter was a complete toilet service of silver-gilt, including not merely small vessels, but large pieces of furniture, such as an arm-chair and cheval glass.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan

The last speech was delivered in front of a cheval glass, before which the speaker had stopped, as if to admire her person.

From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne