boiserien.
Wainscoting, wooden panelling.
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1832 S. Austin tr. H. L. H. von Pückler-Muskau Tour German Prince III. 196 The walls of the dining room are covered with oaken boiserie.
1833 J. Dallaway Disc. Archit. Eng. v. 312 The walls of the state-chambers were painted, and sometimes lined with wainscot, of curious carved boisserie on the panels.
1909 Daily Chron. 20 Mar. 4/5 The ball-room..is panelled with dark French boiserie work, the wood embellished with gilding.
1940 Horizon II. Nov. 263 A shadowy, oval room with gilt boiseries.
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