pier glass
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The place is unpretentiously furnished with family antiques, including alabaster figures of Venus & Adonis under an Early American pier glass.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is no pier glass in our house for me to practice on.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Behind my half-head, in the center of the picture, in the empty sky, a pier glass is hanging, convex and encircled by an ornate frame.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
The space between two tall chests of drawers formed a sort of alcove in which stood a pier glass, whose tarnished frame was draped in white net.
From Explorers of the Dawn by Christopher Morley
I was quite startled when I saw myself in the long pier glass; my neck and arms were gleaming through the dainty, cobwebby lace, a ruby pendant sparkled like a crimson star at my throat.
From Wee Wifie by Rosa Nouchette Carey
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