portiere

The moment I lifted the 'portiere' the girl jumped up briskly and regarded me with a touch of haughtiness, meant, I think, to hide a slight confusion.

The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

As she thought thus Jacqueline noiselessly opened the door of the salon, over which, on the inner side, hung a thick plush 'portiere'.

The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

The moment I lifted the 'portiere' the girl jumped up briskly and regarded me with a touch of haughtiness, meant, I think, to hide a slight confusion.

The Ink-Stain (Tache d'encre) — Complete Ren�� Bazin 1892

As she thought thus Jacqueline noiselessly opened the door of the salon, over which, on the inner side, hung a thick plush 'portiere'.

Jacqueline — Complete 1873

In the hallway he added a double door, with a "portiere" to the inner one.

The Celibates Honor�� de Balzac 1824

In the hallway he added a double door, with a "portiere" to the inner one.

The Two Brothers Honor�� de Balzac 1824

Mention should also be made of the exhibit of N.J. Nayrolles, who displays a portiere which is an exact reproduction of one executed for the president of the French Republic; the curtains of M. Waré; the linen drapery and robe de chambre of antique velvet and old Colbert lace of Mme. Franck; infants 'wardrobes of Mme. Susse; the embroideries of Mme. Leroudier; the bonnets of Mme. Esther Mayer and M. Auguste Petit; the corsets and petticoats of

Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 1894

Swinging from the rope portiere, slathering the pomade upon my beardless face, and all manner of the metaphysical ick in my oversized cuspidors!

Excerpt from Urdoxa 2.0 2010

It was 1962, and it seemed that the portiere at the residence where I was living was the only person in Rome who wasn't happy with the jovial Pope John XXIII.

A Hail Mary pass, Karl Rove 2006

She switched the lights on, and he looked past a grimy portiere into a dingy, disorderly bedroom.

Succedaneum 2004