plafond

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Did not the great Monsieur Delacroix say with his characteristic modesty, when his plafond in the Galerie d'Apollon was uncovered: 'Where should I be without the assistance of my friend Sinel?'

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

The hills, however, were little only because the stretch was so vast; it was really a broad plafond upon which they had solemnly entered to dance a minuet with the playful shadows of the clouds.

From Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 by Various

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

Beautiful oil-paintings, in tasteful gold frames, ornament the plafond; but the magnificent chandelier is the greatest curiosity. 

From Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North by Pfeiffer, Ida