drapery
Example Sentences
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Those smoke-stained mirrors, that tin ceiling, the drapery and light fixtures are in fact set-dressed — ersatz!
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 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
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
Once the wallpaper is hung, don’t be afraid to hang decorative accessories like pictures and drapery.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024
Folds of scarlet drapery shut in my view to the right hand; to the left were the clear panes of glass, protecting, but not separating me from the drear November day.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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