escalier

At length one fell on the centre of the escalier, rolled down a few steps, and, bursting, tore up the whole stair, leaving only a deep gulf between us and the portal.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 by Various

It was défense d'entrer, so we only wandered round the grounds and looked in at the windows, down the avenues and round the ponds and hundreds of statues, and went up the great escalier.

From Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 by Anonymous

Ascending one marble flight of the grand escalier, one entered a lofty apartment whose noble proportions and richness of effect were most impressive.

From The Brownings Their Life and Art by Lilian Whiting

Two lions in basalt on each side of the escalier are very striking objects, and the escalier itself is the most superb thing of the kind perhaps in the world.

From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Major W. E Frye

This time I ascended the magnificent escalier of Michel Angelo, having the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius in front.

From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Major W. E Frye