drapery
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But as the Oxford Companion says of Gainsborough, “Unlike most of his contemporaries he employed no drapery painter.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
The gleaming surface of the projecting figure and a background of sleeping soldiers, angels, drapery and clouds embody the inexplicable moment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
The darkness of the woods and muddy terrain was just as effective scenery as any of the bedsheet drapery or wooden flats that had been set up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025
In one Center City apartment Gray’s company worked on, drapery panels took the focus away from unattractive radiators.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 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
Heavy draperies hang at the windows instead of venetian blinds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
Upstairs, the silk damask draperies, crystal chandeliers and sumptuous beds feel opulent and the rooms are simply huge.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024
There, gleaming gypsum flowers bloom from stone draperies laced with translucent cave pearls.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2023
In the 1980s, the company expanded into the home furnishings of my youth: bedspreads, upholstered furniture, draperies, wallpaper and ceramic tiles in tiny florals ideally arranged all together to create a matchy-matchy sanctuary.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021
They took her past thick, fringed draperies that shut out the light.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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