lambrequin

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lambrequin

An ornamental horizontal band, often fringed, lobed, or notched along its lower edge.

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He claims that Maggie's "efforts to restore the lambrequin to its place" after her mother tears it down "create sympathy," and that "[h]er longing for art is also lonely in this harsh environment.

"It could have been any street": Ann Petry, Stephen Crane, and the fate of naturalism

Il est surmonte du lambrequin et du bourrelet aux couleurs officielles du Canada.

Rapports legislatifs: Ile-du-Prince-Edouard

A small arched window can look delightful with just a patterned or decorated lambrequin, with a roller blind behind if blackout is required.

Interiors: Windows of opportunity; Curtains and drapes are undergoing something of a renaissance today, with the past providing a rich source of inspiration, says Jo Ind

La estavam os afrescos, as pinturas a oleo, as alfaias, os lambrequins, as cenas que faziam combinar as evocacoes classicas (Eneas e Dido), uma Hebe, e os retratos reais.

Excavating ruins: memory, frontier and the writing of History in Alfredo Taunay's narratives/Escavando ruinas: memoria, fronteira e escrita da Historia na narrativa de Alfredo Taunay

A state room at Boughton House contains a version of his unpublished Boulle tail-case clock, inlaid with tortoise-shell bands and draped in trompe-l'oeil metal lambrequins, but the Brock piece, unlike its Boughton counterpart, has its original movement (Fig.

Object lessons

The Delineator recommended that pinecones gathered in the autumn be put to use as drop pendants for lambrequins or table-scarves.

Nineteenth-century nature crafts

des doubles rideaux et une quantite de lambrequins decoupes, d'oreillers et de garniture dont le luxe et la finesse m'etonnerent >> << Ce lit et cette chambre, encore frais a cerre epoque (je souligne), me firent l'effet d'un paradis >> (p.

George Sand: la famille, lieu de memoire

His new collection, which includes more soft, neutral colorways and a line of beaded lambrequins, will be shown at upcoming gift shows in Atlanta and New York.

PILLOW DESIGNER STAYS UPSCALE

Paul Getty Museum and at Drumlanrig Castle, which incorporate a small amount of metal in the marquetry, principally in their fleur de lys freizes, lambrequins on the side panels and borders framing the central doors.

A connoisseur's eye: George Byng's boulle furniture: the politician George Byng was an astute collector, well-placed to take advantage of the art market after the Napoleonic wars. Charles Cator and Alexandre Pradere introduce a pair of coffers and a cabinet-on-stand bought by Byng, masterpieces that can be securely attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle