Carved ivory statuettes from the Far East, cameras from Japan, ebony figurines, chess sets of water jade, gimcracks from everywhere.
"Border, Breed Nor Birth"
Dallas McCord Reynolds
It was bare except for several copies of Tanagra figurines in a recess above the chimney and two large photographs of Greek athletes.
"Together"
Robert Herrick (1868-1938)
A great nervousness possessed the girl; she wanted to cry, to yawn, to pull out her hair, to kick the little cabinets from behind whose crystal panes all kinds of little figurines, porcelain dolls and extravagant bibelots peeped out with roguish faces.
"Their Son; The Necklace"
Eduardo Zamacois