plafond
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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 Frederick Loviad Harvey
Nothing can be more rich than this plafond.
From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Major W. E Frye
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
Ingres, too, who in those days was considered the greatest draughtsman since the time of Raphael, had contributed a masterpiece to the decoration of the hall, a plafond, "The Apotheosis of Napoleon I."
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
