plafond
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The salle de danse is peculiarly elegant, and in one of the apartments is a fine painting on the plafond representing Jupiter hurling thunderbolts on the Giants.
From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Frye, Major W. E
Nothing can be more rich than this plafond.
From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Frye, Major W. E
On the plafond of the Pergola is an allegorical painting representing the restored Kings of Europe replaced on their thrones by Valor and Justice.
From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Frye, Major W. E
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
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
