pier glass

Example Sentences

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The place is unpretentiously furnished with family antiques, including alabaster figures of Venus & Adonis under an Early American pier glass.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is no pier glass in our house for me to practice on.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Behind my half-head, in the center of the picture, in the empty sky, a pier glass is hanging, convex and encircled by an ornate frame.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

All that Trudy had considered as really essential to the making of a home was a phonograph and a pier glass; the rest was simple––rent a furnished place and wear out someone else’s things.

From The Gorgeous Girl by Bartley, Nalbro

She dressed hurriedly, catching sight of her figure in the long pier glass as she pulled on her stockings.

From The Tragic Bride by Young, Francis Brett