In the recesses of the walls are many bouquets in vases. The one great window — a miracle of intricate carpentry, some twenty feet by twenty — blazes with a geometrical pattern of tiny pieces of glass, forming one gorgeous mosaic. Three of the sashes... A Ride to India Across Persia and Baluchistan - Page 192by Harry De Windt - 1891 - 339 pagesFull view - About this book
| American periodicals - 1885 - 858 pages
...subdued picture artfully set in a sombre frame. In the recesses of the walls are many bouquets in glass vases. The one great window — a miracle of intricate...sashes of this window are thrown up to admit air; the colored glass of the top and four remaining sashes effectually shut out excess of light. The frou-frou... | |
| 1885 - 846 pages
...subdued picture artfully set in a sombre frame. In the recesses of the walls are many bouquets in glass vases. The one great window — a miracle of intricate...sashes of this window are thrown up to admit air; the colored glass of the top and four remaining sashes effectually shut out excess of light. The frou-frou... | |
| 1885 - 558 pages
...bouquets in glass vases. The one great window — a miracle of intricate carpentry, some 20 feet by 20— blazes with a geometrical pattern of tiny pieces of...sashes of this window are thrown up to admit air ; the colored glass of the top and four remaining sashes effectually shut out excess of light. The frou-frou... | |
| Charles James Wills - Iran - 1886 - 352 pages
...subdued picture artfully set in a sombre frame. In the recesses of the walls are many bouquets in glass vases. The one great window — a miracle of intricate...remaining sashes effectually shuts out excess of light. The frou-frou of silk is heard. Three ladies enter the room. Their feet and legs are bare to the knee,... | |
| 1885 - 434 pages
...vases. The one great window—a miracle of intricate carpentry, some twenty feet by twenty—blazes with a geometrical pattern of tiny pieces of glass,...glass of the top and four remaining sashes effectually shut out excess of light. The frou-frou of silk is heard. Three ladies enter the room. Their feet and... | |
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