richly-chased

Updated: June 23, 2025

Of stone, and sometimes even of marble, with pediments and balustrades, and ornamental windows, and richly-chased keystones, and flights of steps, and here and there a statue, the structure was quite Palladian, though a little dingy, and, on the whole, very imposing. There were suites of rooms which had no end, and staircases which had no beginning.

Earl of Beaconsfield Benjamin Disraeli - The Young Duke