plafond
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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 Major W. E Frye
Did not the great Monsieur Delacroix say with his characteristic modesty, when his plafond in the Galerie d'Apollon was uncovered: 'Where should I be without the assistance of my friend Sinel?'
From Fragments of an Autobiography by Felix Moscheles
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 A. G. Payne
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 Major W. E Frye
The hills, however, were little only because the stretch was so vast; it was really a broad plafond upon which they had solemnly entered to dance a minuet with the playful shadows of the clouds.
From Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 by Various
