brocade

How To Use brocade In A Sentence

• He had chasubles, also, of amber-coloured silk, and blue silk and gold brocade, and yellow silk damask and cloth of gold, figured with representations of the Passion and Crucifixion of Christ, and embroidered with lions and peacocks and other emblems; dalmatics of white satin and pink silk damask, decorated with tulips and dolphins and fleurs-de-lis; altar frontals of crimson velvet and blue linen; and many corporals, chalice-veils, and sudaria. The Picture of Dorian Gray
• But despite the brocaded swags, ornamental carvings and original works of art here, you won't feel you have to tiptoe down the corridors and talk in whispers.
• Lovely silk brocades and other fine fabrics are woven, dyed and embroidered here.
• She was clothed in an attractive silk blouse of scarlet with gold brocade that laced up her ample front like a bodice.
• Elizabeth's dress, of white and gold brocade, is much less elaborate than the ‘Armada’ costume, and the head-dress is comparatively unassuming.
• Then the Caliph and his company drank, whilst the girls went away and there came forth yet other ten, as they were rubies, robed in red brocade inwoven with gold and purfled with pearls and jewels whilst all their heads were bare. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
• From a distance they gave the appearance of a low gray picket fence on top of which a long swath of green brocade had been spread. Modern Literatures of the Non-Western World: Where the Waters Are Born
• The rooms are spacious and awash with brocade, satin and crisp white linen, with a decadent fur throw on the bed.
• I ran the length of the new hallway, with its Wilton carpeting, faux hunting prints and brocaded wallpaper.
• Brocaded concierges are choreographed to look like revolving doors.