brocade
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Meanwhile local media praised von der Leyen's burgundy and gold brocade outfit -- a nod to Indian fashion.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
Vestments made of intricate floral brocade in 1741, given by Louis XV, enrich the walls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
Best known for his use of lotus and peacock motifs, Bal used rich fabrics like velvet and brocade - his designs were elaborate, inspired by Indian grandeur and royalty.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2024
A few brocade throw pillows lie atop the spread to complete the earth-tone look.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2024
It was carved in black wood, with a canopy of angels in relief and a few scraps of red brocade that were frayed with age.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
From rich woven silks, patterned brocades and intricate chintz to a range of less talked-about textiles, India's contribution to the global textile industry is unique.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2025
Velvet embedded with jewels, raw silk with hand-beaten sequin borders, silk brocades woven with gold.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
With golden brocades and rich navys, this is a swinging, stylish time.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2022
One thing every costume had in common: they were all solid colors; no prints, brocades or lace.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2022
Furnished in elaborate velvets, silks, and brocades, it’s a riot of scarlet and deep blues and greens, everything rich and dark, like overripe fruit.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Sets of ornate china dishes and brocaded chairs, which may have graced the parlors of long-gone bureaucrats or traders, are arranged on sidewalks alongside rusty fans and cooking pots, relinquished by poor families for pennies.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2021
Showered across the rippling, naturalistic folds of the Virgin’s deep blue mantle are gold brocaded floral motifs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
The entire cast could behave as cold and stiffly as corpses, and as long as we're also wheeled through brocaded beauty and inspired grotesquery, this follow-up will have done its job.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2020
“I loved the fact that they looked like Romantic poets with lace trim sleeves and brooches and brocaded jackets,” Ms. Sui said.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2016
He took out Fujiko’s silk kimono with its gold brocaded sash.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
"Royal India" may be the longest shadow of the imperial sunset, but the techniques this show celebrates--like tie-dying, brocading, hand embroidering and intricate weaving--are still practiced.
From Time Magazine Archive
The great Camellia trees gave lavishly of their waxen flowers, brocading the snow in crimson.
From The House of the Misty Star A Romance of Youth and Hope and Love in Old Japan by Frances Little
Tusser-silk, tus′ėr-silk, n. a kind of dark fawn-coloured silk, generally made without brocading or patterns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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