coffered
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of coffered
Example Sentences
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The formal dining room is to the right, while a moody sitting room with deep purple walls and coffered ceilings is to the left.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Renderings that Trump has held up at public events show a cavernous room with gold trim along window arches, a coffered ceiling with gold trim and chandeliers throughout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025
Inside, the ballroom is all white and gold like a czar’s summer palace, with coffered ceilings, gold-trimmed moldings, and crystal chandeliers.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2025
Four bedrooms, four baths, formal dining, family and living rooms; expansive fieldstone fireplace, coffered ceilings, gourmet kitchen, parlor; 3,862 square feet.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
Hoede had one of the grandest mansions on the Geldstraat—floors set with gleaming squares of black and white stone, shining dark wood walls lit by blown-glass chandeliers that floated like jellyfish near the coffered ceilings.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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