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How to use chimneypiece in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word chimneypiece? Here are some examples.

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It was equipped with a chimneypiece and once had a suite of rustic furniture.
Gesso is a fortified plaster compound used for ornamentation applied to the chimneypiece with a glue.
The English chimneypiece of the 19th and 20th century, with its swags and egg-and-dart mouldings, was very much the invention of Adam.
Monumental wood chimneypiece with Four Seasons trumeau on stone mantel in the Napoleon III style from the 19th century.
The chimneypiece shown in the photos was not acquired, but we have many similar pieces that would compliment the panelling.
The mantel protrudes against side panels that echo and give majesty to this chimneypiece.
Close in date to the kneehole desk is a small mantel clock on the chimneypiece of the Green Drawing Room, veneered with red tortoiseshell and surmounted by a figure of Fame.
In the room on the left, with its elegant chimneypiece, are a nineteenth century bust and portrait of the poet and some furniture, including a chair that belonged to him.
He wrote to Scott saying he had been rehanging his collection to show my fine painting of Venus's backside by Velasquez, which I have at length exalted over my chimneypiece in the library.
The parlour is distinguished by an Adam style chimneypiece installed by Potter.
The chimneypiece continued to be the usual main focus of rooms, and was now given a classical treatment, and increasingly topped by a painting or a mirror.
Examples from Classical Literature
On the chimneypiece, the tables, and the consoles, were strewn the jewel-cases.
I am quite at your command, and I went and leaned against the chimneypiece.
Let me hide, too, these ridiculous monsters which ornament my chimneypiece.
Bartolomeo clenched his fists and struck them on the marble of the chimneypiece.
He smiled at his own reflection in the mirror over the chimneypiece.
He turned and laid his arms on the chimneypiece, burying his head on them.
The massive chimneypiece was of black oak, and above it were carved the arms of the House of Fentolin.
There were shells on the chimneypiece, and two or three china figures.
The size of the chimneypiece impressed him, and also its rich carving.
Above the chimneypiece hung two trout-rods, a landing-net, and an old gun.
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