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A cheerful wood-fire blazed in the capacious hearth; a little at one side an old - fashioned table, with richly-carved legs, was placed — destined, no doubt, to receive the supper, for which preparations were going forward; and ranged with exact regularity, stood the tall-backed chairs, whose ungracefulness was more than counterbalanced by their comfort.

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More rugs hung on the wall above a richly-carved chest.

Conan the Valiant Green, Roland 1988

Clusters of richly-carved pulpits, rising by threes, in three tiers, fill up either end of the room.

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science Various

Next to this, under a richly-carved canopy, is a recumbent figure in white marble, by H.H. Armstead, R.A., of Dean Close.

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See C. King Eley

No golden serpents then twisted their voluminous folds across the entire breadth of the room; nor did richly-carved cods 'heads and shoulders, under the denomination of dolphins, or glittering spread eagles, with a brass ring in their mouths, support fenestral draperies, which rival the display of a Waterloo-house calico-vender.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 382, July 25, 1829 Various

This Mohesh, who was presented by his admiring king with a richly-carved chess-king of solid gold nine inches high, not only plays a fabulous number of games at once whilst he lies on the ground with closed eyes, but games that none of the many fine native and English players of India can engage in but with dismay.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 Various

It is of richly-carved Caen stone, on a plinth of black Manx marble, and ornamented with carvings in white alabaster, of scenes from the New Testament.

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See C. King Eley

The principal part of the present remains is the choir, with slender shafts, richly-carved capitals, and windows of exquisite stone - tracery.

Early European History Hutton Webster

It is divided into three longitudinal departments, panelled with richly-carved oak; and at each intersection of the divisions of the compartments with the cross-beams, there is emblazoned a shield armorial, with an inscription.

The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890 Various

If the day shall come when some future people shall yet once again build their city on this same eternal site, and some future social cataclysm shall have overwhelmed the works and civilization of the present time, those future builders will not find walls constructed in great part of the fragments of statues and the richly-carved friezes of yet older builders and artists, as we have found.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 Various