lambrequin


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lambrequin

An ornamental horizontal band, often fringed, lobed, or notched along its lower edge.
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2 (1994), 235, Henry Golemba offers a different take on the lambrequin, highlighting it as "the characters' only effort at art." 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
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
The frame is flatly carved and, with its helmets, foliage, birds, shells and lambrequin, is much influenced by French styles and echoes the designs of Daniel Marot.
Irish furniture 1740-1800: the Knight of Glin, Desmond FitzGerald, recalls how his interest in Irish furniture developed when he was working at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and reviews the slow return to fashion--and appreciation in value--of Irish baroque furniture over the past decade or so
Just as blue monochrome wares were famed in Nevers, the signature Rouen decoration involved lambrequins, borders imitating embroidery originally found in Chinese porcelain.
FIT FOR THE FRICK
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
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
Sand se souvient du lit de la rue Thiroux, qui l'accueille au retour d'Espagne alors qu'elle a la gale : << un lit en forme de corbillard avec de grands panaches aux quatre coins, [...] 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
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.
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