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
After dropping out of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, she moved to Malibu and started a company called Kurtain Kraft, which created a product that used wire hangers and fabric to create window drapery.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 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
She came to me at once, a strange rather ludicrous figure in her eastern drapery, the bangles jangling on her wrists.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
