| 单词 | wainscoting |
| 例句 | The walls were all heavy wainscoting and damask wallpaper, while the four-poster bed was fitted with fine linen. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He’d wanted inglenooks, somebody had said, and an overscaled fireplace and alcoves, built-in window seats and wainscoting, a battered porch base and low stone walls along his entrance walk. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Here’s where that brute stuck his nose out,” she said, kicking the wainscoting immediately below the picture. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “A rat. I saw him stick his beastly nose out of the wainscoting. There’s a hole down there. I gave him a good fright, anyway.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The passage down which he led them was softly carpeted, with cream-papered walls and white wainscoting, all exquisitely clean. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Winston whined and grizzled, made futile demands for food, fretted about the room, pulling everything out of place and kicking the wainscoting until the neighbors banged on the wall, while the younger child wailed intermittently. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The long hallway had narrow wainscoting halfway up to the high ceiling. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z A tall white woman in her nightclothes leaned against the wainscoting in the kitchen. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Around the room, the wainscoting panels have been painted to depict scenes of pre-Civil War times, happy Negroes picking cotton, horses pulling wagons, white- bearded statesmen on the steps of our capitol. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Where I remembered patinas of green mold there was wallpaper and wainscoting and cheerful shades of paint. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The dog jumped over him, like a tiny hurdler at the Olympics, but he went too fast and slid directly into the wall, smacking his head against the wainscoting. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The moon lit the wide front hall in pale ribbons, turning the dust and broken bits of chair and wainscoting and climbing vines from feral houseplants into fairy tale turrets. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The corridor’s walls were a deep forest green adorned with maple wainscoting. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Still, they would be impressed, he hoped, by the lovely bay windows, the shining parquet floors, the impressive winding staircase, the wooden wainscoting, as they sipped champagne and dipped samosas in chutney. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z And what does the specter of Suki want — if that is indeed what rattles the door frames and carves squiggles in the wainscoting. Review: In ‘The Little Stranger,’ a Haunted House and a Fading Way of Life 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z For the interiors, a vinyl-faced wallpaper with a reflective base was layered with black ink to convey details such as marble columns or wood wainscoting. Met Museum Brings Some Versailles to New York 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z "It also works equally well to line a half wall wallpapered above wainscoting." The classic decorating trick that’s making a comeback 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z The main room is lined with wainscoting, its dark-green color custom-tweaked to update the original green wainscoting. The Same, Only Different: Designing a New Union Square Cafe 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Certainly the cafe, with its white wainscoting and walls decorated with framed pressed flowers and embroideries, looks as much Midwestern as it does Swedish. Choice Tables: Delicious Desserts at Stockholm?s Cafes 2010-12-22T23:15:43Z The interior, featuring an oval staircase and an entrance with white marble wainscoting and mosaic stair risers, is equally striking. A Rare Tiffany Building Owned by a Nonprofit May Be Sold 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z Working on a shoestring budget, he upgraded the tiny open kitchen and turned the 49-seat dining room into a cheerful, airy space with subway tile wainscoting and a wall of windows overlooking lush sidewalk planters. At San Francisco Restaurant, Produce Takes a Star Turn 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Moving forward, the exhibition design modernizes: the wainscoting recedes, the colored walls fade away, and in the last room we encounter Turner in the anachronistic surrounds of a contemporary white cube. J.M.W. Turner: The Romantic Turns Reformist 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Enlarged photos hung above the rag-rolled wainscoting, and a bookcase sported their published works. Will Self walks through Britain's flag-waving heartlands 2013-03-07T11:31:01Z Many vintage homes today are seeing the light, as naked wood staircases, wainscoting, baseboards and beams receive coat upon coat of pale-colored paint. Ornament or Crime? With Painted Woodwork, There Is No Middle Ground 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Faux bamboo wainscoting trims the long, narrow dining room. Green Leaf's Vietnamese cuisine finds a second home in Belltown 2012-09-06T20:21:04Z Hang a series of wreaths along your wainscoting for an unexpected touch. Christmas Wreaths 2010-11-19T16:21:00Z We repainted the white trim, and now the wainscoting looks yellow in comparison. How to paint wainscoting that has tiny grooves 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Snug, spotless and utilitarian, lined with white and black tile floors, white wainscoting, white beadboard walls. A Maine Inn With a Storied Past Gets a Modern Makeover 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z This summer, when they teamed up on “The $100,000 Pyramid,” Stewart quizzed Snoop on home furnishings—duvets, ottomans, wainscoting—and he knew all the answers. Martha Stewart, Comedy Genius? 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z In the mansion, the museum’s larger pictures by Van Dyck or Velázquez hang above wainscoting; Ingres’s razor-edged portrait of the Comtesse d’Haussonville is protected by a table of marble and gilt bronze. The Frick Savors the Opulence of Emptiness 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z The McCloskeys were seated on a tufted settee the color of chocolate, hands crossed on their laps, with a backdrop of glowing, carved wainscoting. The gun-toting McCloskeys said they feared death. They survived to fight the culture wars. 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Reproductions of Monet canvases perched on wooden railings shared space with caramel-colored pine wainscoting, a red Oriental carpet and a few wicker side chairs. Overnighter: Finding Solitude at Monet’s Gardens 2013-06-06T15:25:59Z The pine wainscoting, woodwork on the doors, and decorative details on the central staircase are all original. On the Market: A Historic Southern Farmhouse 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z In the larger salons, the giant motifs seem closer to human scale, chiefly because the carpet borders sometimes reiterate the architecture, implying wide molding around doors or wainscoting along walls. Critic’s Notebook: Rudolf Stingel’s Carpeting Makeover in Venice 2013-08-20T22:13:15Z The expanse is white with subway tiles and green with wainscoting and cozy booths. Review | There’s a lot in the name, and on the plate, at Ruthie’s All-Day in Arlington 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Other Victorian additions to the home include stained glass, mantle pieces, coffered and tin ceilings, walnut wainscoting and inlaid parquet floors. Massachusetts home where Lizzie Borden lived is selling for $890G 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z It was a nice job, except the paint in the grooves on the wainscoting deteriorated very quickly, leaving unsightly gaps. How to repair bathroom wainscoting 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Other touches that evoke the original are warm cherry wood, dark-green wainscoting, decorative elements with an Arts and Crafts look, and most of the art on the walls. Union Square Cafe Has a New Space but a Familiar Feel 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z The house was built in the 1850s and retains many of its original features including wide plank floors, wide millwork, wainscoting and a center hall staircase. House Tour: Andes, N.Y. 2011-06-23T20:45:41Z I believe the wainscoting is original to the house, so about 20 years old, and I think it was spray-painted before installation. How to paint wainscoting that has tiny grooves 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z There’s the pink granite wainscoting at its foot, and how it reveals that the streets aren’t level. Take a (Solo) Stroll. Your Next Art Fix May Be Around the Block. 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z The courtroom is small, with green wainscoting and a raised area behind a railing for the judge, court officials and jury. On a Virginia driving tour, tracing patriot Patrick Henry’s path to history 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Katherine designed the space, formerly Argia’s, and it’s a charmer done up with handsome blue wainscoting and booths the color of butterscotch. Review | Falls Church is lining up for Thompson Italian. You should, too. 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z It doesn’t help that it hangs above dark wood wainscoting, rather than closer to the floor and more in the viewer’s space. Cy Twombly: ‘Treatise on the Veil’ 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z A room complete with wainscoting, booths, checkerboard flooring and a disco ball is the setting for a long list of drinks, notably beer cocktails inspired by street food. Fresco by Scotto Reopens With Sidewalk Seating 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z The camera pans across a dilapidated interior, featuring peeling white paint and chartreuse wainscoting. How subway tile became the go-to solution for farmhouse chic 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z Period details include wainscoting, shuttered windows and French doors. Listed: Turn-Of-The-Century Gold Coast Home 2010-02-24T20:20:00Z Not long ago, City Center decided to refurbish the room, whitewashing it and refinishing the old wainscoting, so beforehand Mr. Otero-Pailos arranged to make latex casts of the woodwork, vents, electrical outlets and so on. The Pain and Sweat of Merce Cunningham Dancers, Captured in Latex 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Yet this summer, the elegantly austere room with its recently renovated stenciled ceiling, mahogany wainscoting and bronzed chain curtains hosted the International Contemporary Ensemble during its residence at the Mostly Mozart Festival. Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s Music Wanders the Park Avenue Armory 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z It’s as plain as a Shaker church, with clamshell-colored wainscoting below white walls unbroken by pictures or anything else. Can a Pop-Up Settle Down Without Losing Its Fizz? 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Afrocentric art adorns the walls, and white wainscoting provides visual detail to draw together the massive space. How one Black family is making inroads in the largely White world of historic home renovation 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z The golden-yellow background of spiraling and wavy lines could almost pass for wallpaper and wainscoting; highlights and shadows are exaggerated, but not yet abstract; and the connoisseur’s pleasure, though unexplained, is evident. Winold Reiss, an Immigrant Modernist Way Ahead of His Time 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Above the wainscoting of book-matched burl and below the wedding-cake crown moldings, original fixtures ordered up by some long-dead insurance executive, hang framed photographs in black and white, one above another, gallery style. Restaurant Review: The Clocktower in Midtown South 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z "Borders can be used in the same way that wainscoting or board and batten is used — to create separation on a wall while adding texture and depth to a space," she notes. The classic decorating trick that’s making a comeback 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z The space, with its old-timey wainscoting and its central bar, is easy to mistake for a tavern. Refined British Restaurant Found Hiding in a Brooklyn Bar 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Wearing wallpaper and wainscoting and pressed tin, Red Hook Tavern does a straight-faced impression of a whiskey-simmered New York corner bar of a certain age. A Brooklyn Burger That Conjures Old New York 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z In one arresting work, attic wainscoting is a series of vertical black rectangles lined up one after the next against grayed ground. Review: James Castle made thousands of resolute drawings with soot and spit 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Three bedrooms, three baths, original flooring, wainscoting, bookshelves and other built-ins, mammoth stone fireplace and other architectural details. Timing is everything for Donald Trump’s legal strategy 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z But if we looked too relaxed, the hated manager would notice and come up with some horrible task, like scrubbing the dingy wainscoting in the kitchen. Perspective | Reflections on the surreal nature of my first ‘real’ job 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z The dining room has a coffered ceiling, tall wainscoting with wallpapered panels, and a period chandelier and sconces. 1912 Cleveland Park house lists for $2.6 million 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z The staircase to the upper level has two large windows and wainscoting on the walls, with an oversize round light fixture with hexagonal tiles. From ‘frat house’ to family home: A major remodel in Bethesda 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z But he didn’t know that the room’s wainscoting and blow-in insulation reduced the camera’s effectiveness. ‘Firefighter down’: He walked into a burning house but was carried out. What happened? 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Several original features of the Avondale remain: the chestnut columns and wainscoting, the bow window with a window seat in the dining room and the H-shaped fireplace surround with its two-level mantel. Sears kit house in Cleveland Park for sale for $1.5 million 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z He also suggests adding crown moldings or wainscoting or replacing the doors within a $20,000 budget. Home renovation projects you can tackle for around $20,000 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Many of the original interior features have been preserved, such as the chestnut stairs and wainscoting and the mantel above the fireplace in the front parlor. Capitol Hill rowhouse is ‘silent writing partner’ 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Inside, formal living spaces feature wainscoting, molding, custom fireplaces and beamed ceilings. Top Sales: Waterfront stunners were the must-have homes in January 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Soon after, inside the bedroom, the engineer spotted cause for concern: charring on the 5-foot-high ash wainscoting near an electrical outlet that could signal the fire had spread. ‘Firefighter down’: He walked into a burning house but was carried out. What happened? 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z They’ve funneled much of those savings into home renovations, adding wainscoting to the dining room walls, redoing the kitchen backsplash and planting new trees in the yard. A time to splurge or a time to scrape by: Holidays expose widening disparity among U.S. families 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z The moldings, beams and wainscoting are all made from Douglas fir. ‘Arrested Development’ writer Jim Brandon buys ‘Back to the Future’ house in South Pasadena 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z The room has traditional wainscoting on the walls, yet modern photography and a modern light fixture over the table fit easily into the decor. Homeowners collaborate with designers and elevate a project to success 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z What hang over the wainscoting now are 18 masks. Perspective | I can’t stop the virus. Now I can’t stop buying masks, either. 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Flagler repeatedly struck the wainscoting with the ax, finally succeeding in creating a small hole near the outlet. ‘Firefighter down’: He walked into a burning house but was carried out. What happened? 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Three bedrooms, three baths, original hand-hewn beams, staircase, heart pine floors and wainscoting; 2,694 square feet. Inevitable: Americans now censor themselves 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Dramatic features mix with modern interiors in the formal living spaces, which include a foyer with a curved staircase, a marble kitchen with checkered floors and a living room with French doors and wainscoting. Disney+ boss Ricky Strauss serves up regal home above Sunset Strip 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z Past a covered entry and formal foyer, the living spaces boast elegant details such as crystal chandeliers, crown molding and wainscoting. Beverly Hills haunt once owned by Doris Day sells for $11.025 million 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Turquoise wainscoting lines the living room, while the formal dining room is wrapped in shades of crimson and gold. ‘Hercules’ actor Kevin Sorbo seeks $3.95 million for Westlake Village mansion 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z Entering their tidy kitchen with its beadboard wainscoting and a painting of a solitary tree on one wall, Mr. Miller was perplexed. In Ohio, the Amish Take On the Coronavirus 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Walls of windows, wainscoting and a sweeping staircase complete the scene. Sale of golfer J.B. Holmes' Florida home ends in the rough 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Inside, grand public spaces include an expansive entry hall, a living room with wainscoting, a circular wood-paneled library and a formal dining room with space for 20. ‘American Idol’ creator Simon Fuller sells Bel-Air estate for $28 million 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z The expansive living room tacks on bay windows, wainscoting and a fireplace. Ronald Reagan and Jayne Wyman’s former Westside estate sells for $6.7 million 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z The simulacrum included two large wall panels, a section of wainscoting and a corner table. Perspective | In 1997, Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum was stuck in amber 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z The adjoining bathroom now has white paneled wainscoting — background to an elegant Waterworks Empire tub with a brass floor-mounted filler. Venice cottages transformed from dowdy to boho chic 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z The chairs and tables look possibly left over from the inexpensive sushi place that used to be here, and there’s wainscoting and a utilitarian wooden banquette. Some of Seattle’s most exciting food is happening at brand-new, modern Korean Paju 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z A crisp white façade with black accents leads into a bright open floor plan with crown molding, wainscoting and wide-plank floors. ‘90210’ actor Matt Lanter sells for over the asking price in Studio City 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Set behind gates on about an acre, the two-story house has been updated but retains character details such as delicate wainscoting and leaded glass windows with diamond grilles. Hot Property: 'Big Bang Theory' co-star Kunal Nayyar goes big in Hancock Park 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z The indoor-outdoor living room draws the eye with wainscoting and a marble fireplace. Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston’s former Beverly Hills haunt asks $44.5 million 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z An expansive indoor-outdoor family room, a formal dining room with wainscoting and an open-concept kitchen with a massive marble island lie elsewhere. Hot Property: Last laugh? Gwen Stefani sells L.A.-area home to stand-up comic 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, there’s an expansive indoor-outdoor family room, a formal dining room with wainscoting and an open-concept kitchen with a massive marble island. LeBron James’ agent Rich Paul buys Beverly Hills ‘wellness’ house for $11.7 million 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Today, the home — with its high-beamed ceilings, stately wainscoting and, yes, dungeon — is open to the public for tea salons, nude life drawing sessions and screenings. Newsletter: Trump's days of rage 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Certainly, there are the home’s 14 rooms with beam ceilings and stately wainscoting of dark oak trimmed with stained glass: an urbane gentleman’s club. An L.A. home where homoerotic artist Tom of Finland lived is a shrine to his legacy 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z A sweeping staircase with wainscoting accesses the second story, home to all four of the bedrooms. Longtime Anaheim Duck Corey Perry lists coastal home in Corona del Mar 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Stained glass, built-ins and wood wainscoting continue the architectural theme indoors. Vintage SoCal: A quintessential Craftsman in Pasadena’s Historic Highlands 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Beyond the Dutch door, the open floor plan features light hardwood floors, wainscoting and an updated kitchen with a farmhouse-style sink. ‘Real Housewives’ personality Eden Sassoon lists Laurel Canyon home 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z A library/den filled with walls of built-ins, wainscoting and a fireplace sits off the foyer. Producer James Brubaker looks to cast a tenant for Beverly Hills home 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Crystal chandeliers, beamed ceilings, wainscoting and crown molding are among interior details. Onetime Beverly Hills home of actress-singer Doris Day lists for $14.5 million 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Wide-plank oak floors, wainscoting and fabric wall treatments are among design details of note. Celtics star Gordon Hayward lists offseason home in Rancho Santa Fe for $4.5 million 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z They refreshed the space with white wainscoting and orange walls. Mani’s Kitchen: Vibrant curries and soul-restoring Himalayan food in Seattle’s Pinehurst neighborhood 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z “The wainscoting in the school building is the same that’s in the house.” One North Carolina family celebrates 100 years of reunions 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z And even that is not in its original state: It was refurbished first by Mosher Drew, then by VSBA, which added gray wainscoting. Commentary: Critics say a San Diego museum's Postmodern entry should be preserved. But why keep what doesn't work? 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Brick walls, nearly all the wainscoting, baseboards and tin ceilings were also gone, Maloney wrote. D.C. orders work to stop on landmark Franklin School; says developer destroyed historic interior 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z “The satin sparkled and popped against the dark finish” of the room’s charcoal-gray trim and shiplap wainscoting, she says. Going glam without going too far | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z The model features many upgrades, including painted wainscoting, wallpaper and wide-plank, engineered wood flooring in the living and dining areas. Grand Villa townhouses for active seniors are priced from $600,990 to $709,346 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, the heated towel bars, the wallpaper, and wainscoting covered in Farrow & Ball’s Tallow all read British. How Design Pros Brought Order to a Home Filled With 60 Years of ‘Stuff’ 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Merz’s moody landscapes hang above the gray wainscoting, splashes of bold color in the otherwise demure dining room. Port Townsend is a dream location for a young family, and a new restaurant 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Other additions: four skylights, staircase wainscoting, and a living room archway’s peaked wood inset. At home for Christmas in 'The House With the Three Bears' 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Features: The 1908 semidetached Victorian rowhouse on Capitol Hill has high ceilings, decorative crown molding, ornate fireplace mantels, elegant corbels and stylish wainscoting. Homes you can buy for $3 million 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z She added wainscoting to the walls of the dining room and custom built-in cabinets to the living room. A traditional Normandy style home gets a stylish, kid-friendly update 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z The space is done up like a contemporary country kitchen, more upmarket than down-home, with white wainscoting, curtains striped like mattress ticking and the mockingbird logo branded on each polished plywood table. At JuneBaby, star chef Edouardo Jordan returns to his Southern roots 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Inlaid oak floors, pocket doors, wainscoting, chef’s kitchen. Inside the Beltway: ‘Media lies that radicalized the violent left’ 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Art deco-inspired fixtures, a tin ceiling and wood wainscoting welcome guests to a previous era. Ted’s Bulletin: An upscale diner celebrating America’s food heritage 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z The formal dining room has deep crown molding, wainscoting, a ceiling medallion and one of the home’s four gas fireplaces. Homes you can buy for $3 million 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z A heater was installed in one corner, and plyboard was put up like wainscoting around the perimeter for reinforcement and protection. Rental ‘wedding houses’ fill Amish wedding season needs 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z The inn, priced at $1.975 million, includes the original hardwood floors, wainscoting, millwork and mantels and sits on nearly one acre of land on the harbor. Historic inn on Maryland’s Eastern Shore lists for $1.975 million 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z She got “open” thanks to the high ceilings, the flowing spaces and the decision to lighten the wainscoting. Kristen Anderson-Lopez, ‘Frozen’ Songwriter, at Home 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z A huge mahogany desk, dark wooden wainscoting and rows of built in bookshelves. New York’s Secret Doors and Hidden Rooms 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z He removed the wainscoting and used it to build the columns. Rundown Craftsman in Highland Park needed a savior. Now it's a stunning family home 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z The detail in the wainscoting and crown molding in the front and back parlors is exquisite. Lafayette slept here in 1824. Now for $6.8 million you can, too. 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z Interior features original wood floors and wainscoting, four fireplaces with intact mantles, located six blocks from the Cape Fear River. Voters disgusted, obsessed with 2016 election 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z So on Platte Avenue, they built a room to resemble a tropical paradise, with bamboo wainscoting. Inside the ‘Extreme Makeover’ house, 10 years later 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z A second dining area, just off the bar and with 30 seats, has the brightly lit allure of a pizza parlor, with a black and white checkerboard floor and Kelly green walls above oak wainscoting. Review: Comfort Food Is Celebrated at Confetti Restaurant in Plainville 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Reworked by architect Ken Ungar, the gated residence has a refined look with grand-scale formal areas, stained oak floors, wainscoting and vaulted ceilings. Nigerian oil magnate exits Bel-Air with off-market sale of trophy home 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z You’ve heard versions of this story before, but the specifics here involved a balcony from a crumbling church that made incredible wainscoting but begged for matching custom woodwork and installation that eventually cost $65,000. In a Big Hole for a Detroit House, but Happy 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Matus said younger buyers still like crown moldings, but they prefer simple streamlined styles near the ceiling and opt not to include chair rail moldings or wainscoting. What millennials want in home design — wood, stone and purple rain 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Light wood floors, built-in bookshelves, wainscoting and three gas fireplaces are among the details. 'Thor's' Chris Hemsworth looks to hammer out a deal 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z This included refurbishing the ornate oak front door, the parlor-level wainscoting and the carved staircase banister, as well as the decorative fireplaces, Mr. Nikci said. Maya Angelou’s Harlem Home for Sale 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Completely modernized, all original exterior and exterior details preserved, including stained glass windows, pocket doors, mahogany wainscoting, hardware, projecting bay windows, archways, wood flooring. Inside the Beltway: Democratic scandals, Benghazi, IRS: Study identifies stories media ignored most 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Patterned wall treatments, wainscoting, herringbone wood floors and neutral color tones lend a sophisticated look to the 12,000 square feet of space. Oprah Winfrey lands a tech-happy ski home in Telluride 2015-12-26T05:00:00Z This was obvious from almost the first moment my family and I entered the restaurant — an airy space with high ceilings, white wainscoting and a patterned tile floor. Restaurant Review: At Atelier Florian in New Haven, Seafood Is King 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z The wood trim and wainscoting was a low-sheen black ash with open pore figuring. Mercedes-Benz Finds a Middle Road and Dominates 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z The cabin is banded in a wainscoting of diagonally grained lumber, and it’s lurid with indirect lighting like a Stockholm oxygen bar. Volvo XC90 T6 Inscription: A Luxury SUV Worthy of Thor’s Hammer 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z The living area features wainscoting and an exposed brick wall with a fireplace. Elbow grease turns dingy storage unit into sleek rental apartment 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z “There’s even wainscoting in the form of the evergreen hedge Nandina, dwarf heavenly bamboo,” he said. Professional artistry transforms homeowners’ drab outside spaces 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Greek Revival style, four bedrooms, two baths, 2,400 square feet on the Ohio River; original plank wood floors, multiple fireplaces, exposed beams, wainscoting, decorative millwork. Inside the Beltway: World leaders’ salaries small in comparison 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z While many sought to escape Williamsburg back then, Mr. Mende stayed, living a monkish life in a studio apartment on South Second Street lined with stacks of books – “literary wainscoting,” Ms. Conny called it. Book Behind Pulp Fiction Contest Hides a Respectable Past 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Exterior wainscoting panels are another way to add interest to a facade. Add to home’s curb appeal with paint and trim choices 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z Impeccable taste and quality workmanship are reflected throughout the house and evident in the dark hardwood floors, cathedral ceilings and paneled wainscoting. Minnie Driver Buys Traditional Home In The Hills 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z The space shares other design elements with the original: penny tiles, white wainscoting, black trim, marble-topped counters and -- at the heart of the bright, airy cafe -- an open kitchen. Joan's on Third is now open in Studio City 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z Inside the home, new, period-appropriate details like subway tile and wainscoting complement the original doors and fixtures. In Hollywood, an Old Party House Is Reborn as an Intimate Luxury Hotel 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z The bath includes custom tile work and handmade wainscoting by Alex, two built-in medicine cabinets to maximize storage and an oversized glass-enclosed shower. A do-it-yourself long-term renovation works for an Alexandria couple It is also fairly ornate, encrusted with wainscoting and swank wallpaper, wall treatments involving dozens of hand mirrors, candles and tractor-sized chandeliers trailing miles of gold chain. Faith & Flower And Chef Michael Hung Defy Trends 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z The traditional home, built in 1937, features vaulted ceilings, a brick fireplace in the living room, wainscoting and crown molding. Dude, where's a buyer for my house? 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z The walls are white or brick, and the paint on the paneled wainscoting is the color of modeling clay. Restaurant Review: Dover in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn 2014-02-25T21:59:37Z Sunny’s has the charm of a cluttered antique store, with ceiling fans, wainscoting, a jumble of paintings and bric-a-brac, even a banjo made of a toilet seat, surrounding its chipped but sturdy wooden bar. City Room: Knocked Out by Hurricane Sandy, Sunny’s Bar Is Bouncing Back 2013-08-21T17:56:26Z Some floors have wood paneling, others have marble wainscoting. City Room: Spared the Wreckers, a 1889 Building Gets a Second Life 2013-06-02T15:00:19Z The wood floors began lifting and the handcrafted wainscoting buckled. | Red Hook Lobster Pound: Storm Forces Red Hook Lobster Pound to Switch From Expanding to Rebuilding 2012-11-30T14:30:00Z But not to some cozy nook with antimacassars, mahogany wainscoting and yellowed prints of Pugin churches. City Room: Remembering Rev. Stephen S. Garmey, a Vicar Who Loved Russian Art 2012-11-14T14:53:50Z Upon investigation, however, I discovered that while the furniture in question was made throughout of oak, the bulk of the structure was of common wainscoting, and the surface was veneered with English oak. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, to which Society it now belongs, has restored in part the interior with its wainscoting and paneling and its period furniture. Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town 2012-04-11T02:00:30.517Z Suddenly a whistling sound was heard, and an arrow buried itself, quivering, in the cedar wainscoting of the wall. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z And now Raphael was asked to make cartoons for ten pieces of tapestry, to be hung before the wainscoting on high festivals. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z The uppermost room, with strong iron rings in the walls, appears to p. 38have been the actual place of confinement; there are many names and inscriptions cut in the thick oak wainscoting. Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z Limestone walls conduct more heat in and out than an equal thickness of glass, bricks, plastering, and wainscoting. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z The décor is sedate, with Tuscan gold walls over dark wainscoting. | Ardsley: A Review of the Italian Restaurant La Catena, in Ardsley 2012-03-03T00:31:33Z Nor was it to be wondered at, for this portion of the tavern had at one time been a detached block-house pierced for musketry, and the long loopholes were still there above the wainscoting. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The interior has paneled wainscoting, carved balusters, and wood-work in the old style of elegance. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Rows of wine-bottles garnished the parlour wainscoting; the trim little hostess was squeezing lemons into a jug on the hearthstone, with a view to prospective punch. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z My father was a 'grainer,' painted the graining on wainscoting and bureaus—fine trade it was, too. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z Inside, the décor is sedate, with Tuscan gold walls over dark wainscoting. | Ardsley: A Review of the Italian Restaurant La Catena, in Ardsley 2012-03-03T00:31:33Z Sandy-face had the run of the house and her presence was driving out the mice, who had previously gnawed at their pleasure behind the wainscoting. The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did 2012-02-03T03:00:26.090Z The most precious woods of the island were seen in the wainscoting and furniture. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z On the southern side of the building, near the high altar, is an elegant marble piscina or lavacrum, which was in like manner discovered on pulling down the modern oak wainscoting. The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple 2012-01-18T03:00:11.003Z There was a dark wainscoting round the hall, and Jack saw with no small surprise that, thrown into relief by the dark background, her dainty dress becoming her perfectly, she formed a really lovely picture. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z David experienced such a violent commotion of feeling that he was obliged to lean against the wainscoting. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z Around the edge of the floor is a wainscoting of narrow floor boards four feet in height. Nurses' Papers on Tuberculosis : read before the Nurses' Study Circle of the Dispensary Department, Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium 2011-11-25T03:00:11.053Z A century old, the house has original wainscoting, pocket doors, tin ceilings and stained-glass windows. Leveraged Moveouts in New York 2011-11-18T20:34:20Z The wainscoting of the counter is made of the same exquisite material. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z It hasn't a bit of wainscoting, you see, and no old pictures. A Man of Honor 2011-10-02T02:00:16.927Z Statues of ebony, lapis-lazuli, marble, and jade, brought from many a captured city, gleamed against the lofty wainscoting of golden plates, wrought into strange reliefs. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z The lower edge of the canvas walls are fastened several inches below the floor and one inch out from the wainscoting on all sides. Nurses' Papers on Tuberculosis : read before the Nurses' Study Circle of the Dispensary Department, Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium 2011-11-25T03:00:11.053Z A skull and crossbones wouldn’t even look dismal against this white wainscoting and these pale yellow walls.” The Motor Maids' School Days 2011-09-17T02:00:33.303Z The floor has recently been laid, and a man is at work on the wainscoting round the wall. The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks 2011-09-16T02:00:21.817Z It was a large room, a little sombre, panelled with dark wainscoting, and furnished in a stately and sombre style, long out of date. In a Glass Darkly, v. 2/3 2011-08-25T02:00:31.597Z Harry flung himself suddenly on his knees, and leaned his forehead against the dark wainscoting. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z The Tucker tent is similar to the Gardner in that it is supplied with ventilation in the wainscoting near the floor and in the center of the roof. Nurses' Papers on Tuberculosis : read before the Nurses' Study Circle of the Dispensary Department, Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium 2011-11-25T03:00:11.053Z Opening the door they entered a low, long room with rafters and wainscoting of dark wood. A Maid of Many Moods 2011-08-23T02:00:27.517Z Behind the wainscoting of this room was a recess, in which a part of the old monkish library was hidden at the time of the Reformation. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z The black wainscoting and stately furniture, with the dark curtains of the very tall bed, made the night there more sombre. In a Glass Darkly, v. 2/3 2011-08-25T02:00:31.597Z Beam ceiling, wainscoting and floor were all of precisely the same shade and quality of dark oak. Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z She would not go to Veronica; something in her mood demanded solitude, so she leaned back on one of the ancient carved chairs and gazed thoughtfully at the dark oak wainscoting on the walls. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z Yet outside all was still; only the wainscoting and beams of the room creaked slightly--popular superstition would have said: "Some death has been announced!" On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z It was panelled throughout, and the wainscoting had been painted a dull purple or liver-colour, with the panel-beadings picked out in gold. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z Yet an impressive exception to the rule that all modern buildings in Belfast have to be grotesque is the Waterfront Hall, a soaring concert venue whose workmanship is top-drawer, down to the handrails and wainscoting. The City: Belfast 2011-07-11T05:00:00Z We all know how impossible sleep becomes with a rustle of a mouse in the wastepaper basket, or the scratching of one on the wainscoting. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Would Herr Dremmel in that setting of carefully subdued splendour, of wainscoting and oriels, seem to her as free and delightful as he seemed on a tour of frugal backgrounds? The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z The wainscoting of carved walnut, five feet high, was surmounted by a shelf holding a miscellaneous collection of whips, pipes, geological specimens, flints from Indian mounds, a hematite hatchet, a copper maul, a jade adze. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z It would have been needless to tell any Oldchester person that no such sacrilegious innovations deformed the fine oak beams and wainscoting in Canon Hadlow's house. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z The two rooms were separated by folding-doors painted white, as was the wainscoting of the dining-room. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z These form the ornamental flooring of the new palace; the sky is its lofty roof, the moon and stars are its brilliant lamps, the dark pine forests or the boundless horizon its sumptuous wainscoting. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z She leans back in a deep arm-chair in a large drawing-room with brown wainscoting and numerous family portraits, and smokes a cigarette. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z The uncarpeted floor was of black polished oak, as also were the wainscoting and mantel. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z Dismal enough would the room have looked, notwithstanding its wainscoting, had it not been for the glow diffused by the fire. The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z The lamps, which stood out from old-fashioned inlaid plates of polished copper, the stags' antlers on the brown wainscoting. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z The carving of the corridor itself was carefully examined, every panel of the wainscoting was tested, until at last, having reached the gallery of the hall, they were compelled to own themselves beaten. The Childerbridge Mystery 2011-02-16T03:00:38.127Z And sometimes at night,—even after the solemn tolling of the half-past nine curfew,—slippered feet ran about the dim corridors with as little noise as the mice made behind the wainscoting. Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse 2011-02-14T03:00:33.337Z Even on the dark wainscoting bright gleams were playing, and they mingled with the glow of the fire upon the hearth, which was sinking away to embers. Saint Michael A Romance 2011-01-31T03:00:12.470Z We also went into the gothic chapel to see some handsomely carved wainscoting, with a ceiling to match. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z Freakish, pale reflections slid over the dark wainscoting, and over the brass and copper dishes which adorned it. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z The snowy wainscoting relieved with gold, the toilets of the men and women, the naked shoulders, the diamonds, the orders,—all seemed to stand forth in relief against the pervading brilliance. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z The doors do not fit closely, the wainscoting cracks, the wind whistles, and the sea roars in the most lugubrious fashion imaginable. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z The walls were covered with fine wainscoting, but the ceiling was rudely whitewashed, and the tiled stove was of a very common description. Saint Michael A Romance 2011-01-31T03:00:12.470Z We were admiring it when the woman who was conducting us explained by signs and a combination of languages that, while the wainscoting was carved, the ceiling was only painted, in imitation. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z The ground floor was built in accordance with the architecture of the early Renaissance period, with brown beams across the ceilings of the room, and artistic wainscoting on the walls. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z One of the panels in the wainscoting shot upward without a sound, like the curtain of a theatre, revealing a narrow passage. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z The beautiful old wainscoting on the walls had struck his artistic eye, and he now paused to examine it more leisurely. Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z The walls were covered with wainscoting of veined maple, blue-grey, purple in places, ash-grey, and pink-grey, covering half the height of the room. The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z He stopped her trying to count the green birds on the wall-paper because he "knew positively" that there were four hundred and seventeen whole birds, and nineteen half birds cut off by the wainscoting. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z Between the two windows, as all around the room, was a wainscoting of varnished wood, topped at a height of six feet by a cornice. The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z A gas-jet was burning with a small flame in the brown dusk of the oak wainscoting. Dr. Adriaan 2010-12-29T03:00:33.467Z All the wainscoting, the hangings and most of the furniture were burnt. 813 2010-12-28T03:00:13.553Z The meal was the shortest and the least gay that the wainscoting and delicately tinted paintings had ever witnessed. The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z Wings were pulled down, wainscotings torn out, and the place so altered that a tenant was found, and the haunters so disgusted with their home that the noises ceased, and the old reputation was forgotten. Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season 2010-12-20T17:11:47.497Z Charming art and a few mirrors brighten rich polished wainscoting and trim. | Tarrytown: Holding Fast to a Vision of Fresh and Local 2010-11-20T19:11:00Z She next opened a door, leading into the long hall, which was like that of an old castle, so fine with its old wainscoting. Dr. Adriaan 2010-12-29T03:00:33.467Z Venúe 56 looks good, with white walls and wainscoting, big bouquets of flowering branches and hanging lanterns. Long Island Dining | Hauppauge: Ven?e 56, in the Hamptons Mold 2010-03-20T00:22:00Z Then he rolled the heavy bureau and several antique chests away from the massive oak wainscoting that ran about the room, eight feet in height and superbly carved. Toppleton's Client or, A Spirit in Exile “Well, Humphrey, what is it?” said the voice behind the wainscoting. A Double Knot This tavern is at once homey and elegant, with seasonal foliage and holiday ornaments poised against dark wainscoting and white table linens. | Tarrytown: Holding Fast to a Vision of Fresh and Local 2010-11-20T19:11:00Z We have no such beautiful wainscoting as in the hall of the Weissbacher house; and, although everything is old, it is not therefore beautiful. A Divided Heart and Other Stories Stockbridge was crumpled into a twisted knot against the rich wainscoting. Whispering Wires It was very long since the wainscoting had been painted, longer since the curtains or carpets had been renewed. Rachel Ray And no glare of modern electricity would suit that old wainscoting, either.” The Valiants of Virginia Where were they, the comfortable rooms, the dark oak wainscoting, the old tiled stoves? A Sister's Love A Novel After the cornices and the wainscoting were restored, the woodwork, including the encased beams in the ceiling, was painted white. Remodeled Farmhouses And along the ledge of the wainscoting were old tankards of silver and pewter, plates hammered deep with the armorial bearings of different branches of the family. The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas Holly and mistletoe festooned the doorways, logs roared on brass andirons, and silver-sconced candles glowed against an ivory softness of white wainscoting and the waxed darkness of mahogany. The Tempering At one side the dark wainscoting yawned to a cavernous fireplace and inglenook with seats in black leather. The Valiants of Virginia A section of wainscoting swung out under his hand, revealing the face of a steel safe. The Land of Strong Men There we find the old white wainscoting unpaneled, with a fine carved molding defining the top. Remodeled Farmhouses The wainscoting of the hall next received my attention, but with a similar result. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance "Monsieur," said Marguerite, "the walls of this room are wadded, and a double wainscoting deadens all sound." Marguerite de Valois “A new house does not suit, you know— It’s such a job to trim it: But, after twenty years or so, The wainscotings begin to go, So twenty is the limit.” Rhyme? And Reason? A rat scampered and squeaked in the wainscoting, the windows rattled in their loose sashes; he shut the piano abruptly and left the room. A Bed of Roses It has the same old white wainscoting, but the upper walls have been covered with a modern foliage paper which, strangely enough, blends harmoniously with the setting of the room. Remodeled Farmhouses These were not the narrow quarters of the Venice steamer, nor was this lamp, shedding a soft light on cushioned seats and panelled doors and wainscotings, the sort of illumination usual in that humble craft. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 The echo, indignant, no doubt, at having to repeat such a sound, moaned along the wainscoting. Marguerite de Valois He has just received an order to furnish carved wainscotings for the palace at the king's new hunting-seat, and wishes to see me about them. On the Heights A Novel Behind her the light from a fire of beech logs flickered over the dark wainscoting. Shadows of Flames A Novel There was beautiful old wainscoting and paneling of wide boards, some of which was split from logs at least thirty inches in width. Remodeled Farmhouses In her bright dress she leaned close to the dark wainscoting of the stairway and heard Jetty sing. Fairfax and His Pride Bab stood leaning back against the heavy wainscoting, with her eyes fixed on the ceiling, thinking. The Automobile Girls at Chicago or, Winning Out Against Heavy Odds Marie Antoinette shows them the traces of violence which the people have left behind them,—locks broken, hinges forced off, wainscoting burst through, furniture ruined. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty A mouse, darting like a wee, grey fish, along the wainscoting, grew ever bolder. Shadows of Flames A Novel The hand-rail is mahogany, and the molding which follows it on the wall side above the wainscoting is also mahogany. Remodeled Farmhouses The other half, its wainscoting adorned with pans, pots, saws, hammers, and the like, and its shelves and box-cupboards holding various cooking and eating paraphernalia, answered the purposes of kitchen and dining-room combined. The Land of Nome A narrative sketch of the rush to our Bering Sea gold-fields, the country, its mines and its people, and the history of a great conspiracy (1900-1901) He varied his investigations finally by trying the wainscoting on either side. The Automobile Girls at Chicago or, Winning Out Against Heavy Odds After this it was not so very difficult to break away a slight inner wainscoting; the thin board fell down, and Edward held his light into the niche. The Pictures; The Betrothing Novels We took the large poker which I had used to tear off the wainscoting, and heating it red hot in the stove, commenced burning holes through the under ceiling. In and Out of Rebel Prisons When these were removed, it was discovered that there was a very fine wainscoting. Remodeled Farmhouses A strong odor of burning wood pervaded 171 the room; before the flood came down the chimney there had been many falling cinders, and these had set the wainscoting smoldering just behind the bishop’s chair. Francezka Angry and overwhelmed, I leaped down, and, stretching out my hands till they touched the wainscoting, I followed the wall around till I came to the knob of the door, which I frantically clutched. Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories A strapping young fellow, pale and mud-splashed, a bandage about his head, his left arm in a sling, leaned heavily against the wainscoting. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch The wainscoting was very handsome, and the ceiling and its appendages richly stuccoed—an enormous flower adorning the centre, and the City and Goldsmiths' arms, with various decorations, appearing in its other compartments. Old and New London Volume I On the stone walls above the wainscoting were hung great hatchments, the canvas of some fraying away from the black quadrangular frames after a lapse of years, and none of them very recently hung there. The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons Just as we came in the smoldering wainscoting blazed up brightly. Francezka Some one must have backed up against the wainscoting since my departure from the room. Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories I seem to see those people before me still, in that old room with its oak wainscoting, and the great copper lamp hanging from the ceiling, and the grated window looking into the little court. Waterloo A sequel to The Conscript of 1813 The slates were bought at Dort, the wainscoting and glass at Amsterdam, and other materials in Flanders. Old and New London Volume I The mouse at once scudded across the room and disappeared in her hole under the wainscoting. The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories For want of boards, the necessary interior wainscoting had never been put up. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement The storm is raging and the old timbers and wainscoting are creaking and groaning. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 Running around the hall is paneled wainscoting in alternating vertical and horizontal panels. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria In the wainscoting was a neat recess, with shelves, whereon the Company's plate, which, both for quality and workmanship, is of great value, was displayed at their feasts. Old and New London Volume I “Harry, please don’t!” pleaded Mrs. Beaver, drawing back against the wainscoting. Captain Pott's Minister But although the primitive simplicity of whitewashed walls in our drawing and dining-room did not affect my happiness, the wainscoting and even the crevices of the floor admitted perfect gusts of air that rather did. Records of Later Life The wainscoting, pillars, and other woodwork were of a creamy white. The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 The hall arches, wainscoting, handrails, and stairways are noble examples of early craftsmanship. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria At that time the room was lined with wainscoting, and the silver tankards of special customers hung in glittering rows in the bar. Old and New London Volume I Hendlip House stood near the middle of a spacious park thickly studded with trees; the structure itself was surrounded by shrubbery, and contained within its walls many secret hiding places, trap doors and double wainscotings. The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts The lofty walls dropped, like gold-gray veils, to the richly carved paneled 44 wainscoting beneath, which had once lined the halls of a mediaeval castle on the Rhine. Carmen Ariza It passed over faces and slipped back to the gilded wainscoting; tiring-women upon whom it fell shivered, and the serving men felt their bowels turn within them. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court I had counted over the family portraits and all the rafters of the ceiling some two or three times, when I heard a slight noise in the wooden wainscoting. Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The smoke curled, the lights dazzled, the oak wainscoting took a higher polish. Old and New London Volume I The floor of the hall was of satinwood and rosewood, and the mahogany wainscoting, extending almost to the ceiling, was black with age. The Strollers No carvings on the wainscoting, no moulded masks peering down from the simply severe cornices, no marble vases on the landings. Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories The ceiling was high, the wainscoting was of dark wood, and the walls were almost entirely lined with book-cases. John and Betty's History Visit The doors were of mahogany as was likewise the wainscoting of the staircases. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia The house was very large; its rooms almost palatial in size, had been finished in richly carved hardwood panels and wainscoting, mostly polished mahogany. War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 Behind it is a carved wainscoting painted red and green and gilded profusely, while in a niche is a small effigy of the Blessed Virgin. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 The dancing flames lit up the long, low room with its few pieces of furniture, its high white wainscoting, and paper patterned with birds and trellised leaves. The Invader A Novel Then closing the secret door in the wainscoting, he drew one of the big leather screens into convenient position and crouched down behind it. The Doomsman The sound of a footstep, the creaking of the wainscoting, filled them with as much terror as if they had been guilty. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man Since the materials are of record, these recently built homes may be envisioned as having been constructed of hewn timbers, covered with clapboard on the exterior, and wainscoting inside. Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century The one concession to modernism was a bath-room, but its tin tub and painted iron wash-stand, with the plumbing concealed by wainscoting, proclaimed it, alas, of relatively ancient date. In Her Own Right The chapel is paved with black and white marble, and all the fittings and wainscoting are of oak. Chelsea The Fascination of London So cunningly had the panelled door been joinered into the wainscoting that a man might search for hours and yet not discover the spring that threw it open. The Doomsman The wainscotings cracked under the pressure of people against them. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man "You can't see nothing there, can you?" she demanded, pointing at the high wainscoting of dull wood polished by age. Athalie “Quick, quick,” cried the ghost, “or it will be too late,” and in a moment the wainscoting had closed behind them, and the Tapestry Chamber was empty. Humorous Ghost Stories He remembered then that in all probability there was no perceptible door at all; that the door which was there somewhere was concealed in the wainscoting in some way, or otherwise hidden from casual observation. A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts Furthermore, the wainscoting was but a screen for the real door of iron-bound oak giving passage directly through the outer wall of the keep to the open country. The Doomsman Here and there above the high wainscoting are ancestral portraits, some of them as black as a favourite pipe. A Village of Vagabonds But though the old carved rafters and wainscoting were dark and heavy, cheerful lamps were in abundance, and in the halls and drawing-rooms, wax candles were lighted also. Patty's Friends It is garnished with a fine wainscoting and panels of Cordovan leather. Royal Palaces and Parks of France There she pushed aside the dingy hanging and Orme saw that the wall was covered with a wainscoting that ran from floor to ceiling. The Girl and The Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure Even in the dark Constans knew how to put his hand on the spring in the wainscoting, and it yielded to his touch. The Doomsman He crossed to the door into the wainscoting and listened there, then at the other door into the corridor, and returned to her. The Secret Witness They searched thoroughly, took up flooring, took down wainscoting, and all that, to no avail.” Patty's Friends We found it thrust away between the wainscoting and a heavy bookcase which it took six men to move. In the Mayor's Parlour She had to hold fast to the bars of the window and lean her knees against the wainscoting. The Goose Man The hall is spacious, with an oaken wainscoting. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 Renwick fired twice and then threw Marishka to one side, but there was a crash of the door in the wainscoting, and then silence. The Secret Witness Odd little crackings sounded in far corners, and a whispering, starting somewhere in that upstairs hall, came slinking down the wainscoting, across the hall carpet, and out beneath the front door. Stubble The old pews mentioned above rose in tiers, high and plain, on either side of the central alley, and the wainscoting behind them shut off the transepts, turning them into separate chapels. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See It is the background for the furniture, and should be deeper than the dado or wainscoting. Color Value The room was low-ceilinged and dim, hung with red damask, and with odd, square windows high up under the eaves and a dark wainscoting all around it. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 There was a door here, a secret door, he thought, hidden from the interior of the Hall in the paneling of the wainscoting. The Secret Witness It was roomy, specklessly clean and shone brightly with its varnished wainscoting and gleaming brass. The Blonde Lady Being a Record of the Duel of Wits between Arsène Lupin and the English Detective The lady was very particular about the scouring of wainscotings and doors. Mary, Mary The wainscoting or dado should be the same as the top border or frieze, but of a darker tone. Color Value There was a good floor and a wooden wainscoting that rose three feet above it. Still Jim "Anyhow he missed what he shot at, or he wouldn't have struck the wainscoting," the boy persisted. The King's Mirror He also observed two circles on some oak panels, an arrow on a wainscoting and four figures on four steps of the staircase. The Blonde Lady Being a Record of the Duel of Wits between Arsène Lupin and the English Detective The elaborately carved counters and wainscoting had been reduced to fragments; the tiled floors and frescoed walls were plowed up and ruined by exploding shells. The Flag Replaced on Sumter A Personal Narrative The furniture is of mahogany, and in contrast to the wainscoting, while the chair covering, being greenish in contrast to the chair frame, is also in contrast to the side-wall. Color Value The tent was set on this wainscoting, which gave plenty of head space. Still Jim If it were true now, the ball would pass his ear and bury itself in the wainscoting behind. The King's Mirror She gazed appreciatively at the high ceiling and the shining oak wainscotings of the wide corridor through which she was passing. Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman We had, therefore, to endure minutes of suspense while Mr. Felt fumbled at the wainscoting. The Forsaken Inn A Novel Thus, if the woodwork of the furniture is mahogany, the wainscoting green, the side-walls pink and gray, we would find the window trims of mahogany, or imitation mahogany, in harmony with the side-walls. Color Value At the same time a part of the wainscoting rolled away, leaving a narrow aperture. The Car of Destiny Such also is the story of that apparently very bad shot which my little son found in the wainscoting of the Garden Pavilion. The King's Mirror The great fire burned brightly in the old hall, lighting up the dark wainscoting and the heavy furniture with a glow that turned the old oak from brown to red. Paul Patoff How he discovered the one movable panel in that old-fashioned wainscoting, I have never inquired. The Forsaken Inn A Novel The carved balustrades, the curious locks, knobs, hinges, chandeliers, and fragments of the wainscoting, have been borne away by enterprising curio hunters. Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska The tracery of the screen was hidden by a lining of wainscoting, which was put before it. The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Archiepiscopal See Suddenly he pointed at a bullet-mark not in any of the targets, but in the wainscoting above and a little to the right of them. The King's Mirror Huge mirrors in gilt frames of the fashion of the last century filled the panels from the ceiling to the wainscoting. Paul Patoff His efforts had become frantic, and he tore at the wainscoting as if he would force it open by main strength. The Forsaken Inn A Novel Angry and overwhelmed, I leapt down, and, stretching out my hands till they touched the wainscoting, I followed the wall around till I came to the knob of the door, which I frantically clutched. The Staircase At The Heart's Delight 1894 IM the Cab-horse found himself in possession of a large room with a green marble floor and carved marble wainscoting, which was so stately in its appearance that it would have awed anyone else. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz He kicked out with one of his bare feet, taking the rat squarely in its side as it scurried for its hole in the wainscoting. From Place to Place He had almost backed her against the wainscoting. Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport I noticed, however, that there was an unaccountable draught, and this I at last discovered came from below the oak wainscoting of the wall. A Master of Mysteries There was an atmosphere in the cheerful blue and white dining-room, the white panels of the doors and wainscoting had a narrow border of blue, like impending fate. We Three It was a rectangular room without any other light than that which came in through the doorway, its walls kalsomined and with a wainscoting of white, glazed tiles. Luna Benamor Above the wainscoting the eye is relieved by silk hangings, of a large grey-striped pattern on white ground, in contrast with which is the rich garnet of a velvet-covered suite of furniture. French and Oriental Love in a Harem Bursts of laughter startled a company of rats in the wainscoting, and there was a lively scamper behind the walls. The Daughters of Danaus A fine house had once been planned and nearly completed, but it had been abandoned before the hearths had been tiled, or the wainscoting nailed to its place. The Old Stone House and Other Stories Oh, those solemn, heavy, silent, stupid dinners, with the massive plate and the dark oak wainscoting, and the servants gliding about like ghosts at a festival in Acheron! Kate Coventry An Autobiography Her eyes fell on the wainscoting against which she was leaning and she saw Poulet's ladder. The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories On the second floor was the presence chamber, finished with carved oak wainscoting and a ceiling full of gilded pendants. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Carved oak wainscotings of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, antique armoires and cabinets and tables, mediæval tapestries—nothing is wanting. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 The dark wainscoting and the proportions of the apartment reminded them of the one they had loved so well in their far-off home in the old country. The Gilpins and their Fortunes A Story of Early Days in Australia All the wainscoting was made at Antwerp, as was also the glass for the windows. The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham It was in this apartment, with its carved oak wainscoting and antique windows of stained glass, in which we generally held our revels, turning over the huge folios in search of pictures. The Monctons: A Novel, Volume I A sunken compartment or portion with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as indoors, ceilings wainscoting, etc. Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations Up the heavily carpeted stairway, with its ornately panelled wainscoting and brown wallpaper, a half turn to the right, and the goal of the evening lay before him. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life In the heavy odor of tobacco and various liquors that filled the rooms, the furniture, the wainscotings, the decorations seemed faded yet still new. The Nabob, Volume 1 The rooms to which the butler conducted me consisted of a sitting-room with an adjoining bedroom, both of them fitted with antique wainscoting against which a faded tapestry fluttered. Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels Other parts are laid into floors, or wrought into wainscoting, or carved for frames of noble pictures, or fashioned into chairs that embosom the weakness of old age. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune A door concealed in the wainscoting flew open, disclosing a dark passage, into which De Mouchy dived, and vanished in a flash. Orrain A Romance They started downward then, and Fairchild, creeping as swiftly as he could, hurried under the protection of the rotten casing, where the wainscoting had dropped away with the decay of years. The Cross-Cut Great heat and abundant light; white wainscoting, white marble statues, immense windows, nothing confined or close, and yet an equable atmosphere well fitted to encompass the existence of some delicate, over-refined, nervous mortal. The Nabob, Volume 1 The wainscoting was covered with pastels representing Mademoiselle de Camargo in all her grace, and in her different characters. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II The body was hidden behind the wainscoting, and his head under the cupboard floor. Scottish Ghost Stories Simon took it from him with his left hand, drained it, and flung it from him, so that it struck the wainscoting of the wall, and fell with a crash on the floor. Orrain A Romance And the little house on the hills was built with walls a yard thick, and well lined with good oak wainscoting; she could keep it warm for herself and the old man. Cobwebs and Cables The frame for this portrait was the black oak of the library wainscoting, picked out with the faded gold on backs of books in a uniform binding of brown leather. The Heather-Moon The stalls are late Perpendicular work, the wainscoting behind the stalls being later still, as we can see from the subjects carved on the upper part of each panel. Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings The interior is remarkable for its beautiful oak wainscoting. The Sunny Side of Ireland How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway The high wainscoting and the furniture, in various styles, but frequently resembling what is now known as "mission," was lovely, as were the ornaments—tapestries, clocks, pictures and flowers. The Age of the Reformation The wainscoting of the library was pine, but the pine lied itself into a passable walnut. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 A few soft-toned pictures adorned the dull gray walls above the wainscoting, and directly over a massive desk that never was seen open hung a framed letter. A Certain Rich Man On the wainscoting we have the heads of Henry VII., Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings The wainscoting was of dark oak, and the sombre bookcases that lined the walls were of the same material. The Story of Cooperstown In the Italian translation tavolato, a “partition wall,” “wainscoting,” also “floor.” The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Here in the almost severe wainscoting, in inglenook and chimney-corner, one found the index to his fancy. The Lighted Match The walls of the cave were burnished with burnt gypsum; the ceiling was covered by a thick coat of soot; and a band of yellow ochre, like wainscoting, ran along the base of the sides. The Delight Makers Now those bones were scattered and broken, the ossified wainscoting rendered gap-toothed by missing and tumbled bones. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town He waved his arm around the oak wainscoting, where, at intervals, the great furry heads of wild boar loomed in the candlelight, ears and mane on end, eyes and white sabre-like tusks gleaming. The Danger Mark Lofty ceilings, frescoed and gilded, blazing in gold, with the arms of the family in bold relief; walls with wainscoting, arras and gorgeous tapestry. Lady Rosamond's Secret A Romance of Fredericton She was in her blue skirt and blouse again, and her hair was like a halo against the dark wainscoting. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs Noble legends were painted on its wainscoting and in the roof, and this was so well done that the hall was thought even more beautiful when the hangings were not up. Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic The yellow room was a large airy one, with white painted wainscoting, a huge four-post bed with yellow curtains, and a pretty view from the windows. Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances The doorway is trimmed with cut granite and the lobby is finished with a marble wainscoting. The New York Subway Its Construction and Equipment The wainscoting, too, which concealed the movable panel in the bedroom was originally covered with tapestry, with which the room was hung. Strange Pages from Family Papers Above the high oak wainscoting the walls were covered with dark red paper, against which background brown photographs of famous paintings showed to excellent advantage. 'Way Down East A Romance of New England Life Here it is advisable to carry a wooden wainscoting up to about 3 1/2 feet, the panels continuing to the ceiling. The Complete Home Tremendous wainscoting covered the base of the walls, more than a foot above a man's height. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt The wainscoting is of "transite" board and aluminum, and the end finish and window panels are of aluminum, lined with asbestos felt. The New York Subway Its Construction and Equipment A strange ticking made itself heard in the wainscoting. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes "None have actually hove in sight at present," I said reassuringly, "but there is a sound of one in the offing—in the wainscoting, I mean." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-11 Canvas or burlap above a four- or five-foot wainscoting makes an attractive combination. The Complete Home As he fell, he pitched still further back, in his effort to save himself, and his head struck the wainscoting as he reached the floor. A Man and a Woman The oak wainscoting was completely bare; and over the upper parts of the walls in many places the stones showed through between the ill-fitting tapestries. Come Rack! Come Rope! Again he missed; and as the bullet buried itself in splintering wainscoting, a cry of almost childish petulence escaped him. The Day of Days An Extravaganza Interesting souvenirs and gifts of infinite variety are scattered all over the room, on the wainscoting, mantel, and in every available niche; very many are from children and all are dainty tributes. Polly Oliver's Problem Hall, living room, and dining room, for instance, may be treated with a high or low wood wainscoting and wooden panels extending to a wooden cornice at the ceiling. The Complete Home The rats scuttled across the floor above; one in the wainscoting scratched and gnawed. Captivity Neither a fugitive nor a pursuer could make any entrance from the parlour side, unless the wainscoting itself were torn off. Come Rack! Come Rope! The chamber in which she stood, it has been said, was large and gloomy, with a wainscoting of dark oak. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest If moldings and wash-boards or wainscotings are wiped off with a damp cloth, one fruitful source of dust will be avoided. The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes Many Germans, says Mr. GERARD, have food concealed in their wainscoting. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 9, 1917 Then Marcella crept away along the passages through which the wind whistled while the rats, hungry as everything else about Lashnagar, scuttled behind the wainscotings. Captivity At Babington House Marjorie slept, as was often the custom, in the same room with her maid—a large, low room, hung all round with painted cloths above the low wainscoting. Come Rack! Come Rope! It was whilst cutting down upon what seemed like wainscoting, over which the papering of the room had been laid, that my knife glanced on something much harder than the rest. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 The dark woodwork of the old English wainscoting glowed with the crimson flaming of logs in the wide fireplace. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel The walls were built of jade, sweet-smelling Page 184woods were used for the framework and wainscoting, the roof was of glass, the steps of agate. Myths and Legends of China He flung open a panel of the wainscoting at a point still free of shelves and disclosed a door of a small iron safe which he opened with a key. A Hoosier Chronicle Then he had seen the wainscoting begin to gape before him, and had understood that his only chance was by the way he had entered. Come Rack! Come Rope! All the interior decoration was Italian in style--marble wainscoting in window embrasures, floors of marble, panels of marble, doors of repouss� bronze. The Story of Versailles They looked over every inch of flooring and of wainscoting; not the remotest trace could be discovered. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood Wide use was made of the beautiful "linen-fold" design in the wainscoting, and there was also much elaborate carving and strapwork. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today You can't stand at the side of a room with both of your feet touching the wainscoting lengthwise. Camping For Boys Beneath it there showed a crack in the wainscoting…. Come Rack! Come Rope! I leant back on the wainscoting, with my eyes tightly fixed on him, and my thoughts flying back, with something of regret, to the storm I had come through. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 "Oak, sir, solid oak," said my father, rapping with his knuckles on the tall, dark, heavy wainscoting. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill There are few treatments for walls in a Colonial dining-room that can compare with paneled walls, or wainscoting with a decorative paper above. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today It was distant from the apartments in use by the family, and had a large closet entered by a concealed door in the wainscoting. Elsie's Motherhood The man was once more inserting the chisel in the top of the wainscoting; then he presently began to drive it down with the hammer as if to detach it from the wall. Come Rack! Come Rope! There was evidently no time to be lost, so, hastily adopting the Fourth dimension of Space as a means of escape, he vanished through the wainscoting, and the house became quite quiet. The Canterville Ghost Lord Ashbourne went off early to look up some fine old wooden mantelpieces and wainscotings in the “slums” of Dublin. Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888) Once again through the sombre inert wainscoting, exactly as if a soul had creaked, the Senior Surgeon sensed the threatening, intrusive presence of an unseen personality. The White Linen Nurse It was a large room, with white doors and wainscoting. The Street Called Straight I'll go into the mining business myself as soon as I've done this door and the wainscoting and give them their varnish.' Somewhere in Red Gap "Quick, quick," cried the Ghost, "or it will be too late," and in a moment the wainscoting had closed behind them, and the Tapestry Chamber was empty. The Canterville Ghost And she said to me and said to him that he had mice in his wainscoting. Ma Pettengill They came out of cracks in the floor, from behind the wainscoting, from every conceivable place in the kitchens, and in a dense black ribbon some six inches broad, ascended the staircase. The Sorcery Club I find, on the other hand, that wainscoting the hall comes to more than I had anticipated, and I have decided to leave it as it is for the present. Etiquette It is not by pulling down wainscoting or by pulling up floors, or by force used in any way, that it is to be found. One of the 28th A Tale of Waterloo There can be no more becoming setting for a group of people dining by candle or electric light, than walls panelled with dark wood to the ceiling, or a high wainscoting. The Art of Interior Decoration He can't bear up much longer; he has rats in his wainscoting right now. Ma Pettengill And there's another of them"—and she pointed to the wainscoting—"and another! The Sorcery Club These were not the narrow quarters of the Venice steamer, nor was this lamp, shedding a soft light on cushioned seats and paneled doors and wainscotings the sort of illumination usual in that humble craft. Italian Journeys What about wainscoting halls or any of the rooms? Homes and How to Make Them It led into a large, empty, sonorous hall; the floor was cracked in a hundred places, but there was fresh paint on the wainscoting. Over Strand and Field The priest's painting work, as yet scarcely dry, gave to the high altar and the wainscoting an appearance of gloomy cleanliness, like that of some convent chapel where the sun never shines. Abbe Mouret's Transgression There is, behind the church, a vestry with wainscoting and more carved wood, and with portraits of bygone rectors, plans of the parish, and notes on the old parish charities, which exist no longer. As We Are and As We May Be He passed on silently through a door in the wainscoting of the drawing-room. The Mating of Lydia One feels that he would like a piece of furniture—a chair, or a table, or a writing-desk, a bedstead, or a wainscoting—made from these long-seasoned, long-tried, richly toned timbers of the old barn. In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs It was a large room, with heavy wainscoting, above which simpered or frowned a long row of her ancestors. Sandy It was a noble old hall into which he ushered Keith, the wainscoting dark with age, and hung with trophies of many a chase and forgotten field. Gordon Keith On the 7th July, 1826, M. Helmersen found a thick wainscoting of ice on the sides and roof and floor of the horizontal gallery, within 10 feet of the entrance. Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland Seating himself, he was soon disturbed by a noise which appeared to be made by a rat or a mouse in the wainscoting of the room. Whistler Stories It is now walled up, but the narrow staircase, behind the wainscoting, leading up to it is unaltered. Secret Chambers and Hiding Places Historic, Romantic, & Legendary Stories & Traditions About Hiding-Holes, Secret Chambers, Etc. Walls were now more covered with hung damask, brocade, silk, and wallpaper or plain paint rather than by wood wainscoting. Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. The sound creates its wonted frame: My bed at home, the songster hid Behind the wainscoting,—all came As long association bid. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell "Then I will get a carpenter and search the wainscoting; and I will see whether I can learn anything about the wine," said Elfwyn. Alfgar the Dane or the Second Chronicle of Aescendune Rose-Marie's face was white as she leaned against the dark wainscoting. The Island of Faith After a day spent up in the branches of the famous Royal Oak, the fugitive monarch made his resting-place the secret chamber behind the wainscoting of what is called "the Squire's Bedroom." Secret Chambers and Hiding Places Historic, Romantic, & Legendary Stories & Traditions About Hiding-Holes, Secret Chambers, Etc. The walls above the low wainscoting were painted in a rich shade of turquoise blue, with paneled ornamental stenciled work of a very rich ecru tone. Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission Hung up on the wainscoting are pistols, guns, masks, foils, gloves, plastrons, dumb-bells and other gymnastic equipments. The Cross of Berny Count Malonyi must have closed up the lower end when he restored the wainscoting of the study. The Teeth of the Tiger In the dining-room there is fantastic wainscoting with plaques and porcelain tiles inlaid here and there. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great The cupboard orginally was screened with wainscoting, a panel of which could be opened and closed by a spring. Secret Chambers and Hiding Places Historic, Romantic, & Legendary Stories & Traditions About Hiding-Holes, Secret Chambers, Etc. The wainscoting and the grand staircase were finished in Flemish oak, and the furniture was the "mission style," which harmonized with the woodwork. Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission I sprang hastily out of bed, dressed myself, and, looking about my room, perceived in the wainscoting a small door, which I had not seen the night before. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English He recovered enough strength to raise desperate shouts and to make his voice carry beyond the stones and beyond the wainscoting. The Teeth of the Tiger The moonlight, which shone in at the lobbies, showed an old, dark wainscoting, and a heavy, oak banister. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 4 For some days they were concealed in an old house belonging to a certain Mrs. Eyers, in a secret chamber behind the wainscoting, the entrance to which was most ingeniously devised. Secret Chambers and Hiding Places Historic, Romantic, & Legendary Stories & Traditions About Hiding-Holes, Secret Chambers, Etc. There is nothing better for wainscoting, and in fact for any surface whatsoever subject to soil and wear. Architecture and Democracy The inside of the door by which I had entered was a part of the wainscoting of the room, and the opening was wholly covered with a map of the Holy Land. The House of a Thousand Candles The ancient wainscoting, the ample low-studded rooms, the quaint fireplace, and at the rear toward the west the windows with their small panes on some of which Hawthorne made inscriptions. The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe On the other hand, the dyed patterns on the reed wainscoting, and the carvings on the posts, lintel and boards, showed real beauty and a true sense of line and curve. The Long White Cloud Small hidden recesses for the concealment of valuables or compromising deeds, etc., behind the wainscoting of ancient houses, frequently come to light. Secret Chambers and Hiding Places Historic, Romantic, & Legendary Stories & Traditions About Hiding-Holes, Secret Chambers, Etc. The floor is of lignolith laid down in one sheet and carried up as a wainscoting so that no crevice exists for entrance of insects or dust. The Cost of Shelter When I went into the church for my early service I found that some one had ripped off the wainscoting in a half a dozen places and even pried up the altar. The House of a Thousand Candles The youth felt an unutterable pity for these mummies buried in their elaborate hypogeums of wainscoting and grotto work, for these tedious triflers whose eyes were forever turned towards a hazy Canaan, an imaginary Palestine. Against the Grain There, against the antique, carved wainscoting, hung the great broad-brim of Oliver Cromwell, with a circumference nearly as large as an opened umbrella, heavy, coarse and grim. A Walk from London to John O'Groat's The walls had, along the top, a row of niches for books; and along the bottom, a deceptive sort of wainscoting, each panel of which was a locker door. Virginia: the Old Dominion Yes, your M is very crooked; but I wouldn't choose to write my name on the wainscoting. His Big Opportunity Only a few hours before I had heard a similar sound rising from the wainscoting of my own room in Glenarm House. The House of a Thousand Candles The wainscoting preserved its blue which seemed sustained and warmed by the orange. Against the Grain The products of combustion are discharged through a pipe of small diameter, which may be readily inserted into an already existing chimney or be hidden behind the wainscoting. Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Between book niches above and wainscoting below, the walls were paneled in green burlap with brown rope for molding. Virginia: the Old Dominion The walls, the pillars, the wainscoting and the entire exterior as well as the interior of the building are the same. Modern India I closed the door in the wainscoting and hung the map back in place. The House of a Thousand Candles When the wainscoting was finished, he had the moulding and high plinths painted in indigo, a lacquered indigo like that which coachmakers employ for carriage panels. Against the Grain The oak wainscoting is real, though patched with deal and painted white in recent times. A Cotswold Village At one side of a fireplace, a bit of metal had been found under the molding of a panel in the wainscoting. Virginia: the Old Dominion Most of the thirty or so little tables covered by red cloths with a white design stood ranged at right angles to the deep brown wainscoting of the underground hall. The Secret Agent a Simple Tale From the chapels, they tore down and took away the very altars, benches, pulpits, pews, and flooring; from the dwelling-houses, the very wainscoting and stairs. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty The other was visible, placed directly opposite the porthole built in the wainscoting, but it was blocked up. Against the Grain Now look here,' said the greasy owner of all this caged life with a sudden ferocity which made the whole party back hurriedly on to the wainscoting of hutches with which the shop was lined. The Story of the Amulet ‘Quick, quick,’ cried the Ghost, ‘or it will be too late,’ and, in a moment, the wainscoting had closed behind them, and the Tapestry Chamber was empty. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories Next, I opened a cupboard in the wainscoting and got a bottle of whisky and some tumblers and water. Allan Quatermain The old oak wainscoting, the beams, the chairs, the seats, reflected it in a deep, dull glimmer. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty The afternoon sun was warm on the five workmen there, busy upon doors and window-frames and wainscoting. Adam Bede This cause for the falling of a bit of poorly nailed wainscoting seemed perfectly satisfactory to Dr. Cotton Mather, as well as to the judge and jury, and she was hanged, protesting her innocence. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom There was evidently no time to be lost, so, hastily adopting the Fourth Dimension of Space as a means of escape, he vanished through the wainscoting, and the house became quite quiet. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories Jim the Cab-horse found himself in possession of a large room with a green marble floor and carved marble wainscoting, which was so stately in its appearance that it would have awed anyone else. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz There was a cupboard in the wainscoting and from this he took a family tree. Of Human Bondage Somewhere underneath, or in the wainscoting at the side, he could hear the assiduous gnawing of a rat. The Market-Place Elnora followed down the hall and entered a long room with high panelled wainscoting, old English fireplace with an overmantel and closets of peculiar china filling the corners. A Girl of the Limberlost Heavy beams were somehow to be put in the ceiling to support it, and fine wood used in the wainscoting and panelling, with rough soft-toned plaster between and above. Lo, Michael! The black wainscoting and stately furniture, with the dark curtains of the very tall bed, made the night there more somber. The Room in the Dragon Volant He heard it knock the wainscoting as it was set down. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 On the outside a wainscoting extended three feet from the floor, above which were panels for hanging exhibit material, the whole being capped by an attractive dentulated cornice. New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 Report of the New York State Commission Arthur stood away against the wainscoting by the corner table, waiting until they were gone, his attitude, his countenance, his whole appearance indicative of depression and sadness. The Channings It was an old house with wainscotings of yellow stucco and a sad air of ruined stateliness, of a splendor that even in its prime had pretended to more than it really was. The Bride of Dreams It was a large room, a little somber, paneled with dark wainscoting, and furnished in a stately and somber style, long out of date. The Room in the Dragon Volant It's natural cats should run after mice, and the wainscoting of the schoolroom swarmed with them. Through the Fray A Tale of the Luddite Riots Notice on the left the sharp line of the white frock cutting against the black wainscoting. Modern Painting Boiling will kill the borer, but furniture and wainscotings are not easily boiled. The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories The mouldings of the dark oak wainscoting threw back upon the massive table of mahogany streaks of strong light, which played among the rich fluids that were sparkling on the board in mimic haloes. The Pilot At length a feeble glimmer of light, which shone through a crevice in the wainscoting of a dark nook in the bedroom, announced some recess or concealment behind the arras. Quentin Durward The walls are decorated with a number of sketches, painted fans, and palettes; several framed pictures lean against the wainscoting. Shallow Soil Having so spoken, he seemed to fall asleep altogether, and his head fell back upon the corner of the wainscoting behind the bench where he sat. First and Last The panels of its wainscoting and the balusters are of a dark velvety epil, so dark and so glossy in some places that it looks almost like agate. The Jewel City Here were the high-decorated wooden mantels over large chimney-places, the paneled wainscoting and ornamental cornices, which adorned many of the better houses of that period. Annals and Reminiscences of Jamaica Plain The panels of wainscoting upon the walls were hung with paintings of historic interest—portraits of the Kings, Governors, Intendants and Ministers of State, who had been instrumental in the colonization of New France. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present The parlors were white, with gold ornaments; the library was of oak, with mahogany wainscoting, and so were the two great central halls, upper and lower. Saxe Holm's Stories Within, the Stratford House is as antique as without, and, with its halls, corridors, wainscoting, and ancient mouldings, takes the visitor back to the era of powder and silk stockings. A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee It was a wonder she had not mounted the dresser, too, for there, issuing in creepy single file from the wainscoting, came mice--mice of various tints. The Green Mouse |
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