plafond

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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

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

Have some paper cases ready, which lay on a plafond with some paper underneath.

From Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery A Manual of Cheap and Wholesome Diet by Payne, A. G.

Within the thickness of this wall, staircases descend to a lower gallery over the plafond of the proanos of the colonnade lighted from above.

From History of the Washington National Monument and of the Washington National Monument Society by Harvey, Frederick Loviad

On the plafond is a painting representing the discovery of America by Columbus; for the Genoese duly appreciate, and never can forget their illustrious countryman.

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