The ceiling of the portico is divided into hexagons and squares, enriched by various designs in the shape of eggs and roses, finely executed.
"The Idler in France"
Marguerite Gardiner
They were black from corner to corner and built of a dozen or so hexagons whose edges caught the light.
"They Twinkled Like Jewels"
Philip José Farmer
In the second, is a small cabinet, the ceiling of which is in small hexagons, within which are cameos and heads painted alternately, no two the same.
"Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson"
Thomas Jefferson