Lexicographical Neighbors of Etageres
Literary usage of Etageres
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Art in the House: Historical, Critical, and Aesthetical Studies on the by Jacob von Falke (1879)
"Bad as the case is with our sideboards, it is even better than with our so- called
etageres, — slender, meagre-looking stands of made-up etageres. ..."
2. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1904)
"... but fitted with etageres, and was placed in the centre of the room ; on it
was placed the food which composed the meal. The dressoir was fixed to the ..."
3. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"... which it was a part of this little woman's business in life to purchase !
What etageres, and bonbonnieres, ..."
4. Lectures on Art by Hippolyte Taine (1875)
"Carpets, curtains and armchairs are essential, even to a plain man who lives by
himself; if he marries he must have, besides these, etageres covered with ..."
5. The Practical Book of Interior Decoration by Harold Donaldson Eberlein, Abbot McClure, Edward Stratton Holloway (1919)
"Such pieces as etageres or "what-nots" flourished in polite drawing-rooms as did
also marble- topped tables, oftentimes surmounted with coloured wax flowers ..."
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