drapery
Example Sentences
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He has given us, instead, a whirlwind of active bodies and body parts, of fluttering wings, limbs and drapery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
Restorations of unknown date have resulted in the exposure of under drawing in certain areas, like the drapery of Salome, and a blurring of the line distinguishing the Virgin’s pillow from the gilded ground.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
Opie’s backdrop is a damask drapery in dark green, red’s vivifying complementary color.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2024
The drapery slyly recalls Renaissance artist Hans Holbein’s famous double portrait of “The Ambassadors,” rife with undertones of deadly religious discord during the reign of the much-married Henry VIII.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2024
“Yes, so they say. It seems all that loose drapery throws off the hot rays of the sun.”
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
