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  • "Mansard" window in the roof, and on the pediment itself are two statues.

    The Story of Rouen Theodore Andrea Cook 1897

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    Mansard 2010

  • It had an elegant hipped Mansard roof and “artistic and beautiful woodwork.”

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • The pavilion, built of stone in the taste of Mansard, wainscoted and furnished in the Watteau style, rocaille on the inside, old-fashioned on the outside, walled in with a triple hedge of flowers, had something discreet, coquettish, and solemn about it, as befits a caprice of love and magistracy.

    Les Miserables 2008

  • The final scene shows Mr. Cotten and Miss Bergman on the topmost window balcony, standing against the Mansard roof, literally on top of the house, commanding what is perhaps an impressive view of the little world below.

    Gaslight (1944) Jacqueline T Lynch 2008

  • The Bel – Air, that top story of the New Building, was a sort of large hall, with a Mansard roof, guarded with triple gratings and double doors of sheet iron, which were studded with enormous bolts.

    Les Miserables 2008

  • It had an elegant hipped Mansard roof and “artistic and beautiful woodwork.”

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • (Soundbite of song "Mansard Roof") Mr. KOENIG: (Singing) I see mansard roof through the trees.

    Vampire Weekend's Debut Worth the Hype 2008

  • The final scene shows Mr. Cotten and Miss Bergman on the topmost window balcony, standing against the Mansard roof, literally on top of the house, commanding what is perhaps an impressive view of the little world below.

    Archive 2008-10-01 Jacqueline T Lynch 2008

  • According to Racked, the spot is nearing readiness and sports a super-spiffy copper Mansard roof.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Brooks of Sheffield 2007

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