He was shown to a large room on the piano nobile.

All principal rooms were on the second floor or piano nobile.

Above the piano nobile were the more private room and less formal rooms for the family.

These were held in a room next to the library on the piano nobile of the villa.

Above the piano nobile is a secondary floor with windows exactly half the size of those below.

The hall's flight of steps lead to the piano nobile and state rooms.

Both owners had rather missed the point of a house built on a 'piano nobile' design.

Restoration of the piano nobile has allowed its use for art exhibitions.

The first floor was the piano nobile, containing the main reception rooms.

On the outside, a ridge marks the separation between the ground floor and piano nobile.

Above the "piano nobile" is a floor which was designed as a granary.

They went up a wide set of stone stairs onto what Europeans called the first floor, the piano nobile.

At Brympton the piano nobile is most unusual in being on the ground floor.

It was constructed with the piano nobile on the ground floor and a mezzanine above.

There is a flying staircase to the piano nobile.

Larger windows than those on other floors are usually the most obvious feature of the piano nobile.

The principal rooms are built upon a piano nobile above a semi-basement.

The piano nobile is reached by two staircases from the ground floor foyer.

A stair leads to the front door and into the entrance hall on the piano nobile.

An intricate double staircase would lead from the courtyard to the piano nobile.

Above all, the accouterment of the piano nobile was modernized.

The first floor, being the piano nobile, is distinguished by windows taller than those of the floors above and below.

Balustraded metal steps lead up from the street to a spacious piano nobile.

The second floor functions as a piano nobile.

The ceremonial staircase lead from the front loggia on the piano nobile (first floor).