pier-glass

It had the appearance of a picture with its face turned to the wall, of a frame probably showing a daub on the other side, of some pier-glass detached from a wall and lying forgotten there while waiting to be rehung.

Les Miserables 2008

This luxurious decoration, little in keeping with the habits of Monsieur Grandet, had been, together with the steel pier-glass, the tapestries, and the buffets, which were of rose-wood, included in the purchase of the house.

Eug�nie Grandet 2007

Quickly, but with steps which, for the first time, I noticed, tottered, I went across the room to the great pier-glass, and looked in.

The House on the Borderland 2007

But observe what follows; ‘I wish it had been a poll-axe, and in the hands of his worst enemy.’ — * She tells Miss Howe, that she saw this motion in the pier-glass.

Clarissa Harlowe 2006

There was a large pier-glass mirror between the two windows.

Sister Carrie 2004

She wore yellow silk slippers with bronze buckles; and altogether her appearance was not out of keeping with the character of the reception-room itself, which was a composite of gold-flowered wall-paper, blue and cream-colored Brussels carpet, heavily gold-framed engravings of reclining nudes, and a gilt-framed pier-glass, which rose from the floor to the ceiling.

The Financier 2004

He stood by that pier-glass and leaned his elbow against it.

The Insulted and the Injured 2003

She stood up and surveyed herself in the pier-glass.

Dubliners 2003

There was a narrow pier-glass against the wall, and a chandelier adorned with lustres hung by a bronze chain from the ceiling.

The Idiot 2002

The large room is decorated with yellow-and-white-striped wallpaper, a crystal chandelier, a grandfather clock, four busts (Louis XVIII, both of Fleury's great-grandparents, and the nineteenth-century epigrapher Léon Renier), and two pier-glass mirrors that reflect the scholarly clutter.

Digging in the City of Light 2000