pier glass
Example Sentences
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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
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
There is no pier glass in our house for me to practice on.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
It had been a famous joke to drag that light card-table before the pier glass, which reflected the hand of the unwary gamester.
From The Storm Centre by Murfree, Mary Noailles
She rose and he led her in front of a pier glass.
From The Ten-foot Chain or, Can Love Survive the Shackles? A Unique Symposium by Abdullah, Achmed
