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Pier glass - Wikipedia
A pier glass or trumeau mirror is a mirror which is placed on a pier, i.e. a wall between two windows supporting an upper structure.
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PIER GLASS Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of PIER GLASS is a large high mirror; especially : one designed to occupy the wall space between windows —called also pier mirror.
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Pier glass - Buffalo Architecture and History
Pier glass is a tall, narrow mirror with a rectangular frame, designed to be hung over a pier table, originally a floor mirror facing piers.
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pier-glass
pier-glass (ˈpɪəglɑːs, -æ-) [f. pier n.2 3 + glass n. 8.] A large tall mirror; orig. one fitted to fill up the pier or space between two windows, or over a chimney-piece.1703 Lond. Gaz. No. 3889/4 Lost..7 Peer Glasses, 2 in black Frames, and 5 in Japan'd Frames with cross Bars. 1713 Steele Guard. No...
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Pier Glass - Albany Institute of History and Art
One of the finest American looking glasses (mirrors) from the early nineteenth century, this example's large gilded frame and églomisé (reverse-painted) panels
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PIER GLASS Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Pier glass definition: a tall mirror, often full-length, intended to be set between windows.. See examples of PIER GLASS used in a sentence.
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Pier glass
A pier glass or trumeau mirror is a mirror which is placed on a pier, i.e. a wall between two windows supporting an upper structure. It is therefore generally of a long and tall shape to fit the space. It may be as a hanging mirror or as mirrored glass affixed flush to the pier, in which case it is ...
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Pier Glass | Your Guide to NYC Tourism
Expect a wide array of artisanal, hand-blown glass in this huge studio and store, all of it produced by married co-owners Kevin Kutch and Mary Ellen Buxton.
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Napoleonic Pier Glass | Howe London
A stunning French Empire pier glass at the height of the Napoleonic style, the bi-corn pediment having a central roundel and scrolling ends over corbel ...
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pier-glass, n. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the noun pier-glass is in the early 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for pier-glass is from 1703, in London Gazette.
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Pier glass | American or British | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Title: Pier glass. Date: 1790–1805. Geography: Possibly made in England; Possibly made in United States. Culture: American or British.
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what is PIER GLASS meaning - YouTube
PIER GLASS definition ---------- Susan Miller (2023, April 27.) What does Pier glass mean? www.language.foundation © 2023 Proficiency in ...
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inbreath
inbreath (ˈɪnbrɛθ) [f. in adv. + breath.] A drawing in of the breath.1921 R. Graves Pier-Glass 26 The deep in-breath, The breath roaring out. 1936 J. G. Brandon Dragnet iv. 37 It was accompanied by a hissing inbreath from Ferradi. 1956 J. Lotz in L. T. White Frontiers of Knowledge in Study of Man xi...
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Mary Stevens Beall
In every room, there was a collection of pier-glass, antique mahogany, card tables, and candle stands.
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pier
▪ I. † pier, n.1 Obs. rare. [a. OF. piere, pierre stone:—L. petra, Gr. πέτρα rock.] A stone: in fraunche pier, F. franche pierre, freestone; precious pier, F. pierre précieuse, precious stone.a 1400–50 Alexander 4356 Ne nouthire housing we haue, ay quils we here duell Bot at is fetid of flesch & of ...
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