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

She was still twisting in front of the cheval glass.

From The High Heart by King, Basil

The Countess had turned her back, but Beatrice caught sight of her face in the cheval glass.

From The Slave of Silence by White, Fred M. (Fred Merrick)

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)

It was an antique room, full of the most beautiful, world-forgotten old furniture, one piece of richly carved oak being a cheval glass that showed her Marion Macrae from head to feet.

From Playing With Fire by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston