cheval glass
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See him seated before his dressing-glass, a mahogany-framed sliding cheval glass with brass arms on either sides for candles.
From English Costume by Dion Clayton Calthrop
She was still twisting in front of the cheval glass.
From The High Heart by Basil King
She stood before this cheval glass to-night a thoroughly happy little person.
From A Mere Chance, Vol. 1 of 3 A Novel by Ada Cambridge
When his toilet was complete, the young Duc de Choleaux Lasuer stood before the cheval glass in his room whilst he sprinkled a suspicion of Jockey Club upon his handkerchief.
From The Princess Galva A Romance by David Whitelaw
As at the completion of his toilet he stood with a pair of stiff military brushes working at his hair and whiskers, before a big cheval glass, he looked eminently British for his day.
From VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea by David Christie Murray
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