marquetterie

On my right hand and on my left, as I stood inside the door, were chiffoniers and little stands in buhl and marquetterie, loaded with figures in

The Woman in White 2003

On my right hand and on my left, as I stood inside the door, were chiffoniers and little stands in buhl and marquetterie, 5 loaded with figures in Dresden china, with rare vases, ivory ornaments, and toys and curiosities that sparkled at all points with gold, silver, and precious stones.

The Woman in White 1860

On my right hand and on my left, as I stood inside the door, were chiffoniers and little stands in buhl and marquetterie, loaded with figures in Dresden china, with rare vases, ivory ornaments, and toys and curiosities that sparkled at all points with gold, silver, and precious stones.

The Woman in White Wilkie Collins 1856

The house, to which the sign was the appendage, struck me, at first entering, as not having been built for an _hotellerie_; the rooms were low, but large, and the floors _parquette_; here and there were to be seen remains of former wealth in pieces of _marquetterie_ for furniture, and clocks of

Olla Podrida Frederick Marryat 1820

But what could equal the chaste splendour of the drawing-rooms? — the carpets were so magnificently fluffy that your foot made no more noise on them than your shadow: on their white ground bloomed roses and tulips as big as warming-pans: about the room were high chairs and low chairs, bandy-legged chairs, chairs so attenuated that it was a wonder any but a sylph could sit upon them, marquetterie-tables covered with marvellous gimcracks, china ornaments of all ages and countries, bronzes, gilt daggers,

The History of Pendennis 2006