cheval glass

Example Sentences

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The Phantom, viewing himself in a cheval glass, daubed a dark tint over the gray at his temples.

From The Gray Phantom's Return by Landon, Herman

The old cheval glass was as truthful in its way as Gainsborough, but Gainsborough had never such a lovely subject as Phyl.

From The Ghost Girl by Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere)

An oval cheval glass reflected the floor on whose long unpolished surface sprawled two magnificent white bear skins.

From Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty by Williams, J. Scott (John Scott)

Near the window stood a superb full-length Empire cheval glass, the kind that women love to dress by and survey their beauty.

From The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life by Walter, Eugene

Then she went to a cheval glass, which mirrored her from head to foot, and glanced at herself.

From A Duel by Marsh, Richard