cheval glass

Example Sentences

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The old cheval glass was as truthful in its way as Gainsborough, but Gainsborough had never such a lovely subject as Phyl.

From The Ghost Girl by Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere)

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)

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

Behind him was the cheval glass and the telephone stand.

From Whispering Wires by Leverage, Henry

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)