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  • noun Plural form of paneling.

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Examples

  • The rich ceiling in its pure plastic was modeled after the Elizabeth hall in the royal palace of Berlin, the stucco figures, as well as the decorations of the ceiling, likewise the golden medallions at the four corners, representing a procession of bacchantes, while the rich door panelings were modeled in the royal palace and placed here.

    Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission

  • Mennoyer drawings and old mirrors set in panelings

    The House in Good Taste Elsie de Wolfe

  • Our bedrooms are very simple, with their white panelings and chintz hangings.

    The House in Good Taste Elsie de Wolfe

  • Its characteristics are the mullions of the windows, and ornamental panelings, run in perpendicular lines; and many buildings in this style are so crowded with ornament, that the beauty of the style is destroyed.

    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 404, December 12, 1829 Various

  • There is a music room on the upper deck, which is 50 feet by 22 feet, and which is handsomely fitted up with polished wood panelings.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 Various

  • The cream walls, with their carved moldings and graceful panelings, are a pleasant background for all this shimmering color.

    The House in Good Taste Elsie de Wolfe

  • I have constantly recommended the use of our native American woods for panelings and wall furniture, because we have both the beautiful woods of our new world and tried and proven furniture of the old world, and what couldn't we achieve with such material available?

    The House in Good Taste Elsie de Wolfe

  • These salons are charming rooms, with beautiful panelings and over-doors, and great arches framed in delicate carvings.

    The House in Good Taste Elsie de Wolfe

  • Among these was the dining-room, where at this time the heavy curtains were drawn, the lamps shone out cheerily, and, early June though it was, a bright wood-fire blazed on the ample hearth, lighting up with a ruddy glow the heavy panelings and the time-worn tapestries.

    The Cryptogram A Novel James De Mille

  • To-day, an acrid, nauseating smoke made its way through the panelings that partition off the quarters of the crew.

    The Survivors of the Chancellor 1911

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