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If it is very long, you can hang one of those tapestry bell-pulls on it.
A Plain House (1) 2008
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The upper part of the inner door is made of stained glass; the door-handles and bell-pulls are made of highly-polished electro-plate; and a handsome flight of stone steps, with elegant bronze balustrades, leads up to the porch.
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Bodice and underdress of sky-blue velveteen, trimmed with bouffants and noeuds of bell-pulls.
The Book of Snobs 2006
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And there is a curious and humane provision in the grave-houses attached to the cemeteries of some of the principal towns: Bodies which are brought too soon, not having performed the three days 'quarantine, are received and lodged, being disposed upon tressles, with rings on their toes and fingers which are attached to bell-pulls.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Various
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The work may be applied to all kinds of uses, such as coverings for furniture, mats, curtains, bell-pulls, book-covers, bags, boxes, and so forth.
Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving Grace Christie
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To-day Victorian cross-stitch and bead work in chairs, screens, footstools and bell-pulls, artificial flowers of wax and linen, and stuffed birds, as well as Bristol glass in blue, green and violet, are brought out from their hiding places and serve as touches of colour to give some of the notes of variety which good interior decoration demands.
The Art of Interior Decoration Grace Wood
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It was a queer book to be found in this pretentious old coach-inn, with its silken bell-pulls and stately parlors; and I thought how the roisterers who came thundering over the road years ago, and chucked the bar-maids under the chin, must have turned up their noses, after their pint of crusted Port, at the "Clergyman's Recreation."
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 Various
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"Keeping in view its partiality for bell-pulls, a wire is attached to the rod down which the unconscious fluid glides."
Willis the Pilot Paul Adrien
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She seemed all strings and bell-pulls -- ribbons, chains, bead necklaces that clinked and caught and a boa of azure feathers hung round her neck, with the ends uneven.
Howards End 1924
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There are shining brass knobs and bell-pulls; rubber plants on the sills, or perhaps a small bowl of goldfish with a white china swan floating.
Pipefuls Christopher Morley 1923
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