plafond

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Oui, messieurs, he was right, and such a plafond is not produced in a day.

From Fragments of an Autobiography by Moscheles, Felix

Ingres, too, who in those days was considered the greatest draughtsman since the time of Raphael, had contributed a masterpiece to the decoration of the hall, a plafond, "The Apotheosis of Napoleon I."

From Fragments of an Autobiography by Moscheles, Felix

Tu dis: 'Le plafond croule; ils vont, si l'on me voit, Empêcher que je sorte.'

From Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) by Leighton, John

Have some paper cases ready, which lay on a plafond with some paper underneath.

From Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery A Manual of Cheap and Wholesome Diet by Payne, A. G.

Silken carpets covered the floor, and the plafond of this gigantic hall was formed by the thousand-starred arch of heaven.

From The Daughter of an Empress by Greene, Nathaniel