The rooms are filled with magnificent writing tables with trompe l' oeil marquetry, cabinets, carpets, tapestries, porcelain and gold and silver wear. |
A trompe, which produces compressed air from falling water, is sometimes used to power other machinery at a distance. |
Dead, living, or living-dead, dream or waking vision, the principal haunters of Le Fanu's fiction generally appear in such a trompe l'oeil setting. |
The show opened with leather shell tops decorated with trompe l'oeil crochet prints, which continued on blouses and sweaters with crocheted sleeves. |
He also achieved fame for his murals and trompe l'oeil paintings in the baroque tradition. |
He has painted backcloths up to 400sqm in size and has also painted trompe l'oeil images for private houses and public buildings. |