cheval glass

Example Sentences

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She stopped at the cheval glass and arranged her hair with a series of twists that formed a turban secured by loops.

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)

I went home and took a long survey of myself in the mirror, a cheval glass that showed me from crown to toe.

From A Black Adonis by Porter, Linn Boyd

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

A pair of women's gloves were thrown over the cheval glass.

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