Meanings of gilded ceiling in English

The starry canopy was as welcome as the gilded ceiling of a palace.

On each wall book-shelves rose to the carved and gilded ceiling.

A large lamp of Dresden china was suspended from the painted and gilded ceiling.

He was lounging against one of the pillars that sup ported the gilded ceiling.

Inside it is dark and boisterous, with a gilded ceiling, chequered floors and wooden tables.

Spectral from the gilded ceiling hung lightless chandeliers.

Two lamps made of sapphire glass swung from the gilded ceiling.... Bowls of perfumed, waxen flowers.

The mantel, carved in delicate wreaths, is boarded up, and an unsightly stove mocks the gilded ceiling.

Hundreds of tiny candles reflected off the gilded ceiling vaults, lending a shimmer to the incense-spiced air.

Clasping her slender jewelled hands, across her bosom, she looked up to the gilded ceiling, and sighing softly, whispered:

Formally cut laurel-trees grew in huge pots, and the gilded ceiling was higher than those of the Palazzo di Sereno.

And a strange unfathomable light leapt into his eyes, which he raised slightly towards the gilded ceiling, where countless lustres glittered.

Spectral from the gilded ceiling hung lightless chandeliers.-Thefurniture, pompous, but worn by use and faded by time, seemed mementos of departed revels.

The oil-soaked birds of the Gulf Coast seemed a long way from the marble-columned hearing room, with its red brocade curtains and gilded ceiling.

The furniture was massive, but cumbrous and ill-assorted; and the gilded ceiling and Venetian mirrors, from want of care, had become tarnished and dim.

So he took the bed and carried it upstairs, where he found a splendid saloon, with gilded ceiling and walls and floor of variegated marble.