escalier
Example Sentences
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Entering by the tower portal one comes at once to that magnificent grand escalier which is accounted one of the wonders of the French Renaissance.
From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by Blanche McManus
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
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
He enters the antechamber from the grand escalier.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various
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
