drapery
/ˈdɹeɪpəɹi/ nom B2En français : rideau
- Cloth draped gracefully in folds.
- A piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain; a drape.
- The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.
- Cloth, or woollen materials in general.
Pluriel draperies
Dans la bibliothèque
Billy advanced and drew away the drapery which screened the alcove of the bow window.
“Then all three windows will have yellow draperies.”
When Albert returned to his mother, he found her in the boudoir reclining in a large velvet armchair, the whole room so obscure that only the shining spangle, fastened here and there to the drapery, and the angles of the gilded frames of the pictures, showed with some degree of brightness in the gloom.
The drawing-rooms were decorated with the rarest pictures by the old masters, the boudoirs hung with draperies from China, of fanciful colors, fantastic design, and wonderful texture.
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