drapery
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The mountain’s markings suggest not the drapery of clothing, but the contours of land.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
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
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
I gave the drapery a prodigious yank and was free.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
Heavy draperies hang at the windows instead of venetian blinds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
Her paintings contain visual throwbacks to the gilding and draperies of Renaissance paintings, yet also represent stars from films and pop culture.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
But this very neglect has allowed nature to take over with her delicate jewels and living draperies, and the property is even encircled by a ring of ancient-looking moss-covered stones like a fairy ring.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
There, gleaming gypsum flowers bloom from stone draperies laced with translucent cave pearls.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2023
Its fire had apparently been transferred to the draperies at the window.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
