escalier
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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
Descending by the grand escalier he found himself in one of the narrow corridors which communicated by private staircases with the left wing of the palace.
From The Firebrand by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
From the Nu descendant un escalier, considered "an explosion in a fireworks factory" to his celebrated ready-mades, Duchamp pursued the call to "de-artify" art.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin
I loved that escalier electrique; one day I will return and ascend and descend upon it for hours.
From The Lost Naval Papers by Bennet Copplestone
A corridor and escalier dérobé at the back of these two apartments admit the attendance of servants, without their passing through the vestibule.
From The Idler in France by Marguerite, Countess of Blessington
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