10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIER GLASS»
Discover the use of
pier glass in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
pier glass and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
The Pier Glass encompasses the wider themes of relationships, memories and histories and with its skilful plotting, weaves them into one story.
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Networking: Communicating with Bodies and Machines in the ...
Eliot's most powerful representation of egotistical perception is her fascinating
pier-glass metaphor: Your pier-glass or extensive surface of polished steel made
to be rubbed by a housemaid, will be minutely and multitudmously scratched in
all ...
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Approaching Apocalypse: Unveiling Revelation in Victorian ...
The scratches on the pier-glass foreground those very issues in that they focus
attention on the observing consciousness. The parable relates specifically to
Rosamund Vincy, who understands the world as a pattern formed around her, ...
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Edith Wharton and the Making of Fashion
In the early wardrobe scene, we find Undine dressing up before a pier-glass
mirror, a performance that signifies the ritual of primping as well as shopping and
links such activities to sexual desire. The pier- glass mirror may have looked
much ...
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Albany Institute of History & Art: 200 Years of Collecting
83 Pier Glass Unidentified Maker c. 1806—15 eastern white pine, yellow poplar,
and eastern hemlock; ht. 86%; w. 307/8 Gift of the estate of Catherine Gansevoort
(Mrs. Abraham) Lansing, 1919.4.10 One of the finest American looking glasses ...
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A Guide to the Knowledge of Pottery, Porcelain, and Other ...
4143 A VERY ELEGANT PIER GLASS, in elaborately carved and gilt frame, by
Chippendale, of scroll pattern, with birds, festoons of flowers and foliage, the
ornaments dividing it into several parts, with branches for three lights — extreme
...
Henry George Bohn, Ralph Bernal, 1871
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An Encyclopædia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and ...
A pier-glass placed opposite the chimney-glass always has an excellent effect,
as they reflect one another ; so that the size of the room is doubled from
whichever end the spectator directs his view. A black ebony plinth, French
polished, ...
John Claudius Loudon, 1839
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The Insulted and Injured
Why, it was there, in Paris, sir, at Madame Joubert's, we broke an English pier
glass.” “What did you break?” “A pier glass. There was a pier glass extending up
the whole wall and to the ceiling, and Karp Vasilich was so drunk that he began ...
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Graves and the Goddess: Essays on Robert Graves's The White ...
... he recognized the right dominance of woman, the power of the matriarchy. So
he created the homicidal succubus of "The Pier-Glass" as a forceful substitute for
Nancy (94). Such a view is only half convincing, the half about his acceptance of
...
Ian Firla, Grevel Lindop, 2003
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PIER GLASS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
pier glass is used in the context of the following news items.
American Furniture 2014
Beckerdite dates it to 1775-90, citing the leaf carving pattern similar to that on the 1771 Cadwalader pier glass. “The most widely known ... «Maine Antique Digest, Jun 15»
166 Lefferts Place
The regal parlor floor features original banisters and window frames, original crown moldings throughout and two beautiful pier glass (mirrors). «New York Times, Apr 15»
Exciting times ahead for The House of Dun
“This year the grand saloon will be the centre of attention with the installation of full length pier glass mirrors, the relocation of china cabinets ... «Montrose Review, Dec 14»
Home decorated in grand scale is featured on Sugar Plum Tour
A forest fairy from artist Mark Roberts perches atop a pier glass that came from McGonegal's family. A Santa in a white sheepskin coat, ... «Akron Beacon Journal, Dec 14»
National Trust invites you to join Great British Walks
The aptly named Red Room is painted a vibrant orange-red, with gold curtains that accentuate the picture frames and pier glass. In the Carved ... «Midhurst and Petworth Observer, Sep 14»
The world's hippest 'hoods...
... sits on the water with views of the Statue of Liberty, and stores like Erie Basin (No.388; eriebasin.com) and Pier Glass (No. 499) offer ... «Irish Independent, Jun 14»
Houghton Hall, Norfolk – I: A Seat of the Marquess of Cholmondeley …
In 1745 it had seven tables, 22 chairs, a pier glass, a settee, four stands, a thermometer, four brass and two glass sconces, fine pictures and two ... «Country Life, Jun 13»
Red Hook Still Crying Out for Relief in Sandy's Wake
Nearby, at the Beard Street Warehouses, Pier Glass was nearly washed away. Mary Ellen Buxton-Kutch and her husband Kevin have owned ... «Daily Beast, Nov 12»
Email Philadelphia Museum of Art Acquires "The Fox and the …
... where it is at the base of a large pier glass. On “The Fox and the Grapes” high chest and dressing table, the scene may have related directly ... «ArtfixDaily, Aug 12»
The Handmaid's Tale
... convex, a pier glass, like the eye of a fish, and myself in it like a distorted shadow, a parody of something, some fairy-tale figure in a red cloak, ... «NPR, Aug 11»
