How To Use Draper In A Sentence
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I found myself in a salon with a very well-painted, highly varnished floor; chairs and sofas covered with white draperies, a green porcelain stove, walls hung with pictures in gilt frames, a gilt pendule and other ornaments on the mantelpiece, a large lustre pendent from the centre of the ceiling, mirrors, consoles, muslin curtains, and a handsome centre table completed the inventory of furniture.
The Professor, by Charlotte Bronte
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Millner, keenly aware that an aromatic savarin au rhum was describing an arc behind his head previous to being rushed back to the pantry under young Draper's indifferent eye, stiffened himself against this last assault of the enemy, and read out firmly: "What relation do you consider that a man's business conduct should bear to his religious and domestic life?
The Blond Beast
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For days before, public drapers were to be seen clinging cross-legged to obelisk and peristyle; moving in spread-eagle fashion, hung in a jacket of sail-cloth attached to cables, across the fronts of buildings, looping garlands, besticking banners and spreading tapestries.
The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt
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So that now hee hath left brokery, and is become a draper.
Notes and Queries, Number 55, November 16, 1850
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Are these textiles Baroque draperies, shrouds or the curtains of a luxurious four-poster bed defiled and destroyed?
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Draperies combined with window shades, valances and ornamentation such as trims can produce an exceptionally well-dressed window.
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Her right hand shields her pubic area, while her left arm is raised at the elbow and her left hand holds a piece of drapery that falls onto an amphora.
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He rejoined the faculty in 1996 and now holds the Charles Stark Draper chair in aeronautics and astronautics.
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Rose of Ireland and the White Rose of Devon, a noted Society phrasemonger had dubbed them, seeing them together on the lawn one Ascot Cup Day, their light draperies and delicate ribbons whip-whipping in the pleasant June breeze, ivory-skinned, jetty-locked Celtic beauty and blue-eyed, flaxen-locked Saxon fairness in charming, confidential juxtaposition under one lace sunshade, lined with what has been the last new fashionable colour under twenty names, since then; only that year they called it _Rose fané_.
The Dop Doctor
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With Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce in crisis -- yes, Roger really did do nothing about the impending loss of Lucky Strike and the ever odious Lee Garner Jr. really did let word seep out sooner than his promised 30 days -- Peggy performs well by giving her previously scheduled pitch on a campaign for one of Playtex's female products.
William Bradley: Mad Men : Breach One "Chinese Wall" and You Just Want To Breach Another One An Hour Later
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Government service: After graduating from Washington University in St. Louis with degrees in Islamic Studies, draper joined the State Department and completed a year-long tour in Saudi Arabia as a consular officer.
Hannah draper: Encouraging women's advancement in Turkey
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Nathan Draper, 18, said that he was "maddened" at the actions of the Muslim demonstrators and praised the bravery of the soldiers and said they should be supported for risking their lives.
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It is in typical ‘Kentian’ style, with the cornice supported on scrolled brackets flanking a frieze with swags and a central mask, the jambs being carved as female terms with classical drapery.
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Her parents had been milliners in Clapham, just down the road, and had run a millinery and drapery shop.
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One peculiarity of this artist's pictures was that he used actual gold leaf to make the high lights upon hair, leaves, and draperies.
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Joey saw her and presently came to sit down beside her with a swing of jade-green draperies.
ADRIENNE AND THE CHALET SCHOOL
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She observed that my eyes were upon her, and in an act of instinctive maidenliness she bore her hand to her throat to draw the draperies together and screen the beauties of her neck from my unwarranted glance, as though her daily gown did not reveal as much and more of them.
Bardelys the Magnificent; being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys...
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Already quaint and seedy: the draperied ladies on the frieze of the carrousel are his father’s father’s mooncheeked dreams; if he thinks of it more he will vomit his apple-on-a-stick.
The Worst Years of Your Life
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Elsewhere Thomas Spooner, mercer and draper, wanted York people to know he ‘has at present by him a quantity of fine old Jamaica Rum’.
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I looked fine, wore my grey grapery with my drapery, and spread myself out as much as possible.
Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910
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The bold foreshortening and the swirling draperies create an intensely dramatic composition.
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In her Scurved posture, draperies gathered to one side of her body, we recognize the Gothic ivories and stone portal figures that were her ancestors.
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The highly unusual drapery of the bronze statue in Milan is, we believe, fashioned in direct reference to this legend, tying the statue to this originary image.
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Now he's come looking for Peggy in the office, and she finds him in Roger's office, with his pants off, "leaving Draper a little present" aka shitting on his chair.
Samantha Zalaznick: Mad Men Recap: Happy Birthday, Peggy!
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I won't comment on his self-confessed psychological flaws as that would force me to include similar comments on that other nutter, Derek Draper.
Alastair Campbell starts a blog
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Disencumbered of its books, the feudal turret had become warlike again and that Guer-mantes was more himself in death — he was more of his breed, a Guermantes and nothing more and this was symbolised at his funeral in the church of Saint-Hilaire-de-Combray hung with black draperies where the “G” under the closed coronet divested of initials and titles betokened the race of Guermantes which he personified in death.
Time Regained
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A critical taste might have objected that the plush curtains which shaded the windows were too heavy for summer; that the begilded wallpaper "swore" a little at its own dado and frieze, as well as deadened the effect of the pictures which hung against it; and that the drapery of lace and velvet which veiled the fireplace made a fire inconvenient and almost impossible, however cold the weather might be.
A Little Country Girl
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Through the next hour, during which the gentle morning breeze had a little freshened, the dusty vapor had developed itself far and wide into the appearance of huge aerial draperies, hanging in mighty volumes from the sky to the earth; and at particular points, where the eddies of the breeze acted upon the pendulous skirts of these aerial curtains rents were perceived, sometimes taking the form of regular arches, portals, and windows, through which began dimly to gleam the heads of camels 'indorsed'
Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers
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There flows a ruddier light through the blood-colored panes, and the blackness of the sable drapery appalls.
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It had light green draperies attached, creating a romantic warmth.
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In Dang, elaborate folds of drapery and heads of big hair, viewed from behind, are the predominant motifs.
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The new fabric, which is going into bedding and draperies, is selling in gold, bronze and aubergine.
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With a flat band of silver olive leaves about her brow, and the soft hair waving out below, nothing more was necessary for a costume save a brief drapery of silver spangled cloth with a strap of jewels and a wisp of black malines for a scarf.
The City of Fire
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Braque revived the Western idea of the female nude, also the drapery depicted is another traditional element.
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Act II was danced before a simple but properly dreamy set of draperies.
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We developed a cloth system that allowed the artists to place draperies in the player's path, which creates a very sensuous feeling, and a glow system that adds texture and magic to the light.
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It was as large as a small room; three sides of it formed by minute wirework, with occasional draperies of muslin or other slight material, and covered at intervals, sometimes within, sometimes without, by dainty creepers; a tiny cistern in the centre, from which upsprang a sparkling jet.
Kenelm Chillingly — Complete
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_Over draperies_ (If desired) -- Of primrose yellow silk, or sunfast, or striped yellow and blue linen to match slip cover.
Better Homes in America Plan Book for Demonstration Week October 9 to 14, 1922
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A cot swathed in draperies and blue ribbon stood isolated in a corner.
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In the midst is a well where women in flowing drapery, with tall jars, draw water as if posing for Bible illustrations; and a camel market in which fifty or more of the brown, ungainly beasts have been relieved of their burdens and lain down for the night – doubled into uncomfortable heaps and bubbling and moaning with querulous discontent.
In Seven Stages: A Flying Trip Around the World
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There were chintz draperies, two armchairs, a loveseat, a coffee table, two large cardboard boxes, and a wall of tastefully displayed urns.
NO BODY
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In the middle of the night, he awakes to see a shiningly spectral Anna Draper smiling at him, carrying a small case for her journey ahead.
William Bradley: Mad Men : 'The Suitcase' Is Tougher Than Sonny Liston
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At the time, analysts at Cazenove said BlackRock in effect gazumped Macquarie, which had reportedly agreed to lease Drapers Gardens for 20 years at £43 a square foot, with a four-year rent-free period.
Upturn in commercial property may have run its course
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A drapery scarf is sometimes added to this dress, of white barege, with the ends in stripes of gold across, and finished by a splendid and gossamer-like fringe of white silk.
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The scene of the Titianesque Veronese's Resurrection is confused by the artist's virtuoso tricks of perspective, foreshortening and flying draperies.
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The carving of this late-gothic International Style is especially noteworthy for figures that often appear to have no feet and are supported by their elaborate drapery — here especially beautifully carved.
Beautiful Mourning
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Fat gilded cupids sprawled abandonedly above the cupboards, tooting horns, waving their draperies, and generally looking as though they had been imbibing some of the more alcoholic wares of the shop.
Dragonfly in Amber
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Madame Tallien, who is supposed occasionally to dictate decrees to the Convention, presides with a more avowed and certain sway over the realms of fashion; and the Turkish draperies that may float very gracefully on a form like hers, are imitated by rotund sesquipedal Fatimas, who make one regret even the tight lacings and unnatural diminishings of our grandmothers.
A Residence in France During the Years 1792 1793 1794 and 1795
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Bartolommeo learned from the younger artist the rules of perspective, in which he was so skilled, while Raphael owes to the _frate_ the improvement in his colouring and handling of drapery, which was noticeable in the works he produced after their meeting.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"
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Botany had lavished there its most elegant drapery of ferns of all kinds, snap-dragons with their violet mouths and golden pistils, the blue anchusa, the brown lichens, so that the old worn stones seemed mere accessories peeping out at intervals from this fresh growth.
The Village Rector
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We are shown into a miserable garret, and introduced to a vulgar, illiterate, cockneyfied, dirty, dandified linendraper's shopman, in the person of _Tittlebat Titmouse_.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 27, 1841
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There are decorative rods, swags and for the most genteel draperies, and hardware with a touch of whimsy.
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We had only robed ourselves in looser drapery, when a violent ringing at the bell startled us; we listened, and heard the voice of M. d'Arblay, and Jerry answering, 'They're gone to bed.'
Juniper Hall: A Rendezvous of Certain Illustrious Personages during the French Revolution, Including Alexandre D'Arblay and Fanny Burney
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Ellen Barfoot in her bath-chair on the esplanade was a prisoner -- civilization's prisoner -- all the bars of her cage falling across the esplanade on sunny days when the town hall, the drapery stores, the swimming-bath, and the memorial hall striped the ground with shadow.
Jacob's Room
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Wrap tassel drapery cords around the pillow and tie them to the chair.
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We can detect a loosening of the brush in some of Garofalo's other paintings, notably in the drapery and visually resonant landscape of the Suxena Altarpiece.
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One plant had wreathed itself round a statue of Vertumnus, which was thus quite veiled and shrouded in a drapery of hanging foliage, so happily arranged that it might have served a sculptor for a study.
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the whole garden was covered over and divided into large rooms which were hung with draperies of rose-coloured muslin, enormous ornamental mirrors and numerous chandeliers and perfumed with every kind of flower.
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Even in religious paintings such as the Visitation, where depictions of pregnant women is required, the bodies of the Virgin and Saint Elizabeth were usually completely hidden by draperies De Winkel further argues that to my knowledge there are no examples of or pregnant women in Dutch portraiture, an interesting fact considering that many women were painted in their first year of marriage, a time when they could have been with child.
Were Some of Vermeer's Models Pregnant?
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/catafalco/, whilst from ceiling to floor the walls were hung with black drapery.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 5
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Drapers and milliners, haberdashers and tailors, mercers and glovers - these were the ubiquitous tradespeople and retailers of Federation King Street.
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While other sculptors made use of clinging drapery, they rarely did so with naturalistic consistency.
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He was in Galveston ordering supplies for the ranch, when in passing a shop which he would have called a draper's, but which was there designated as dealing in dry goods, he was amazed to see the name "Danby and Strong" in big letters at the bottom of a huge pile of small cardboard boxes that filled the whole window.
Revenge!
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The change of the arrangement of the hair from the sensuously spilling curls of the Venus to the modest chignon of a Diana produces the same fateful tension embodied in the simultaneously modest and revealing drapery.
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A cot swathed in draperies and blue ribbon stood isolated in a corner.
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The next morning Rastignac woke late and stayed in bed, giving himself up to one of those matutinal reveries in the course of which a young man glides like a sylph under many a silken, or cashmere, or cotton drapery.
Study of a Woman
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Instead of this, we either put on a stock with a sham tie, (now all _sham_ things, of what kind soever, militate against good taste,) or else, to make the most of our scarf, we fill up the aperture of the waistcoat with an ambitious quantity of drapery, and we stick therein an enormous and obtrusively ostentatious pin.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845
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Others, like vintners, mercers, and drapers, dealt in goods brought into the town from more distant parts.
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There was a light knock on. the door; Julia floated in, surrounded by the gauziest of linen draperies, purchased on Cos.
The Grass Crown
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The draperies, the canopied bed, the ottoman and stools are all identically adorned in red velvet, which is supposed to convey royalty, which used to convey warmth, but which now convey only blood.
Phantasmagoria
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On the right are some vertical oblongs that suggest large, loose drapery (something to easily pull back for a full view) and hint at the presence of a human figure.
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The flying draperies of the half-clad figures behind them are of silk, unknown in the time of Heliogabalus.
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They struck grayest and ghostliest on a high balcony, where a woman's figure crouched, swathed in damp, trailing drapery, with silky, falling hair about a still face, and steadfast eyes that had burned just as steadfastly through the long hours gone by.
The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
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This fabric offers a nice complement to the new pure silk woven yarn-dyed plaids coming out of China for draperies and bedding accessories.
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The woman, it appears, had not only been jilted by the drapery assistant but he had also ‘circulated a scandalous report about her’.
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The artist also parallels the columnar folds of Peace's drapery and the regular fluting of the columns behind her.
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Burmeister's version ends happily, but not without Siegfried struggling in the water, coming up for air, and with Odile restored to her virginal white draperies.
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The very strangeness of the fable set forth perhaps engaged the child's fancy; or the benignant mildness of the countenances, so unlike the eager individual faces of the earlier artist; for he returned again and again to gaze unweariedly on the inhabitants of that tranquil grassy world, studying every inch of the walls and with much awe and fruitless speculation deciphering on the hem of a floating drapery the inscription: Bernardinus Lovinus pinxit.
The Valley of Decision
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The white tontongee still girdled her loins; but Coomba's climate was her mantuamaker, and indicated more necessity for ornament than drapery.
Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver
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Others, like vintners, mercers, and drapers, dealt in goods brought into the town from more distant parts.
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There, it is a sharply bent elbow or a protruding knee that becomes a kind of fulcrum and guide for radiating and zigzagging patterns of wrinkles and folds in the draperies.
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They depict the Madonna and Child, saints, and angels painted in a strong, black outline style, with the details of drapery and facial features shaded in yellow and red earth colours.
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Wrap tassel drapery cords around the pillow and tie them to the chair.
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An alternative - in an old English-Latin dictionary - was "wool-draper", probably using "draper" in the sense of "fabric seller".
Lanarius - person who does stuff with wool
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Manet even kept the screen and drapery of Boucher's painting, but transposed them from right to left, as in a mirror image.
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In the dining-room the draperies create an atmosphere of elegance.
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Because he was diseased with a consumption, Evan Roberts in his thirtieth year left over being a drapery assistant and had himself hired as a milk roundsman.
My Neighbors Stories of the Welsh People
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A sheer, a see-through or sheer fabric usually used as an inner drapery, gives a softening effect to window treatment.
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The tin tricolor flag swings at the top of the church-steeple; the two chintz streamers still flutter in the wind from the linen-draper's; the chemist's fetuses, like lumps of white amadou, rot more and more in their turbid alcohol, and above the big door of the inn the old golden lion, faded by rain, still shows passers-by its poodle mane.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe II.
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You can do a good deal with two sheets and dozens of safeties without sticking solely to classic draperies.
ADRIENNE AND THE CHALET SCHOOL
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-- Ford's was the principal woollen-draper, linen-draper, and haberdasher's shop united; the shop first in size and fashion in the place.
Emma
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The woman, it appears, had not only been jilted by the drapery assistant but he had also ‘circulated a scandalous report about her’.
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So to summerise the general consensus on this website is that Dr Draper MD is a bit dodgy and dropping off you're 8 year old daughter for unsupervised therapy might be a little ill advised in the currant climate.
Guy Fawkes' blog
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Easier to wash than synthetic fabrics, natural fabrics are the perfect choice for slipcovers, bedding, upholstery, draperies and cushions.
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Folded drapery is placed across the bust and over her shoulder.
Draped Bust Dollar, Small Eagle, 1795-1798 : Coin Guide
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The fine draperies and linens had been removed along with the fine works of art and small sculptures.
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I love you, Mother Proudfoot," she said, all mixed in silver drapery.
THE LIVES OF CHRISTOPHER CHANT
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He discovers that donning the dusty drapery magically transforms him into a genuine vampire.
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This gave his figure a kind of bareness and bleakness which made the accident of meeting it in memory or in apprehension a peculiar concussion; it was deficient in the social drapery commonly muffling, in an overcivilized age, the sharpness of human contacts.
The Portrait of a Lady
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He left the Court and returned to his cure, and as soon as he came there, he called the draper and the tailor, and he had a gown made which trailed three quarters of an ell on the ground; for he told the tailor how he had been reproved for wearing a short gown, and ordered to wear a long one.
Cent nouvelles nouvelles
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Her left arm lies strangely inert on her thigh, her fingers determinedly gripping her own drapery, while her right arm is raised, the barely carved hand seeming to stroke John's face.
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By 1429 he had accumulated almost £130 in debts owed to fellow townsmen, other Essex men, and several Londoners; among the creditors were two fishmongers, two drapers and two ironmongers.
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I am advised that Mr Draper was referred to a vascular specialist at Middlemore Hospital by his general practitioner.
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His paintings of this time had a magical and apocalyptic character, with hazy shapes and swirling draperies fading into the landscape.
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Other times, the professional eavesdropper subconsciously shields himself with wire fences, translucent plastic sheeting, and window drapery to deflect prying questions.
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As Draper Fisher Jurvetson partner Tim Draper told USA Today in October 1999, the first-mover is "usual the (company) that's going to win it.
Are Small Investors Irrational?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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Be sure to attach to a drapery holdback that is secured to the wall.
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His glance rested on his son Draper, seated opposite him behind a barrier of Georgian silver and orchids; but his words were addressed to his secretary who, stylograph in hand, had turned from the seductions of a mushroom souffle in order to jot down, for the Sunday Investigator, an outline of his employer's views and intentions respecting the newly endowed Orlando G. Spence College for Missionaries.
The Blond Beast
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Draper, 25, uses her show, which she describes as "Ellen DeGeneres with a splash of pink," to unearth the human side of tech and business leaders by egging them on to engage in goofy stunts with her.
SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter
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Their long, graceful drapery was as white as snow; and each wore loosely, beneath the rounded bosom, a dark-blue zone, or bandelet, studded, like the skies at midnight, with little silver stars.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 265, July 21, 1827
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Despite his specialization as draper / mercer, this was the only occasion he is seen dealing in cloth.
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Naked areas are set off by ravishing textiles, and body parts, particularly, are often framed by gorgeously patterned and richly folded draperies.
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The drapery is one of the best understood among the modern works, but much inferior to the aforementioned antiques.
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Skinner worked as a draper and shopwalker with Buckley & Nunn's until 1880 when he resigned after being refused a pay rise.
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Puddling style draperies over the windows and original shutters control light, and transoms over the doors help the air to circulate.
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Since my first sighting of Don Draper supping a scotch I've been hooked on US TV drama.
Is Sky Atlantic bad for British television? | Debate
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A smile touched his lips as he recalled how bored and frustrated he was with her drapery samples, carpet swatches, and catalogs of furniture and linens.
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First to appear onstage, in front of the eponymous crimson drapery, is Nate Newton as Hieronymus the Host, a largely mute M.C. who's dressed like an organ-grinder's monkey, with red sequined suspenders and a too-small red sequined top hat.
Theater review: 'Blood Sweat & Fears III: The Red Velvet Curtain'
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She threw on the black silk scarf, whose simple drapery suited as well her shape as its dark hue set off the purity of her dress and the fairness of her face.
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And a certain witty, dapper silver fox is looking like he may be the ad man plummeting to his doom in the opening credits as Don Draper watches on with a certain relaxed detachment, arm draped, as it were, over the back of his sofa.
William Bradley: Mad Men : Breach One 'Chinese Wall' and You Just Want to Breach Another One an Hour Later
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In this mortal frame of mine which is made of a hundred bones and nine orfices there is something, and this something is called a wind-swept spirit for lack of a better name, for it is much like a thin drapery that is torn and swept away at the slightest stir of the wind.
And What of the Haiku? : Kwame Dawes : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation
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The draperies were, frankly, an orange-coloured man-made fibre rather than caparisons of royal purple silk.
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The strings of the harp held by the furthest angel on the left were picked out in gold against the dark blue drapery of his sleeve, as were the bells on his companion's tambourine.
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Vintage jewelry can be used as beautiful drapery tie-backs and they make stunning additions to wrapped presents.
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• Sarah Barlow Draper, 37, who was reassigned to a different man after her former husband, Dan Barlow, was excommunicated from the church.
Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, 5 others indicted
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Isaac Barrow's father, Thomas Barrow, was a linen draper by trade.
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Women of the brothel were said to wear transparent cloth, and vase-painters paid great attention to how much of a woman's body was visible beneath her draperies, an indication of her sexual availability and/or the quality of the material.
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Brun, the Swiss observed, that it was un beau morceau, and Mr. Pallet replied, — “Yes, yes, one may see with half an eye, that it can be the production of no other; for Bomorso’s style both in colouring and drapery, is altogether peculiar: then his design is tame, and his expression antic and unnatural.
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
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Jabach is known to have retouched drawings in his collection, and Viatte suggests that all the drapery studies have suffered this fate.
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When he died he left the land to the Drapers Company - a charitable institution for residents of East London.
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Venetian blinds, although not as effective as draperies, can be adjusted to let in some light and air while reflecting the sun's heat.
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Don Draper should have been title cased on your fix, perhaps you would like to reply with caps on.
Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
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Thomas Watts, of Billericay, in Essex, of the diocess of London, was a linen draper.
Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs
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There were chintz draperies, two armchairs, a loveseat, a coffee table, two large cardboard boxes, and a wall of tastefully displayed urns.
NO BODY
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It's the perfect choice for awnings, umbrellas and casual furniture cushions, as well as privacy screens and outdoor draperies for porches and gazebos.
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Claire's sense of being a stranger in the apparently welcoming Charlestown community is paralleled by a less warm-hearted outsider, the FBI special agent Frawley (Jon Hamm, most famous now as Don Draper, the pivotal figure in TV's Mad Men).
The Town
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The drapery is Greek, with one trifling variation, -- the fastening of the dress is shown upon the right shoulder.
The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886
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Their clothing, or rather drapery, is a mystery, for it covers and drapes perfectly, yet has no make, far less fit, and leaves every graceful movement unimpeded.
The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither
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The vampire is a metaphor for the predatory yet alluring boy, " explains the psychotherapist and sometime spin doctor Derek Draper. "The young girl wants to be chased and she wants to be caught.
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The great heavy drooping firs stretched their arms, clothed in festoons of dark green drapery, over the sheeted earth.
Stuart of Dunleath: A Story of Modern Times
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I don't doubt they are from what you tell me -- you could look about meanwhile for a temporary appointment, say as '-- he checked himself from uttering the word' shop girl, 'and substituted for it,' draper's assistant. '
Philistia
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Flowing draperies are not only cumbersome but actively dangerous.
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The valance is the fringes or drapery hanging round the tester of a bed.] [Footnote II. 55: _Com'st thou to beard me_] To _beard_ anciently meant to set _at defiance_.
Hamlet
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The flag should not be used as a drapery, or for covering a speakers desk, draping a platform, or for any decoration in general.
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A view from her right, though hard to obtain, would reveal how the flowing drapery had reinforced her pointing gesture, which originally directed the viewer's attention toward the altar.
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Now that they were together for the first time in a distinctly social fashion, he found himself vacantly, meaninglessly silent, content to walk beside this charming, summery presence, brushed by its delicate draperies, and inhaling its freshness.
Sally Dows
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Most manufacturers make it possible to mix and match poles, drapery rings, decorative finials and holdbacks in a variety of finishes - from white and ebony to antique gold, brass and copper.
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Furthermore, the same kind of surface treatment is to be found in the various draperies scattered on the steps of the temple as a result the heretical abandonment of the cult of the Goddess of Love.
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Yes, for she looked; the frame was only some native reeds or canes and a bit of board; the rest was white muslin drapery, which would pack away in a very few square inches of room, but now hung in pretty folds around the glass and covered the frame.
The Old Helmet
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I'm in Turkey at a time when there's an opening up of society and a willingness to discuss things that weren't previously discussed," said draper, who had her name legally changed to all lowercase letters.
Helping advance the role of women in Turkey
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He was unsatisfied with the results until, he met Mark Draper, someone who had mastered the technical aspects of etching and from whom he learned a great deal one summer.
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The folds of the drapery, the fall of the curtains, had been arranged and rearranged, by Adolph and Rosa, with that nicety of eye which characterizes their race.
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_Ball Dresses_ of light materials are most in vogue, and are generally made of two and three skirts; as white _tulle_, with three skirts, trimmed all round with a broad, open-worked satin ribbon; the third skirt being raised on one side, and attached with a large bouquet of flowers, whilst the ribbon is twisted, and ascends to the side of the waist, where it finishes; the same kind of flowers serves to ornament the sleeves and centre of the corsage, which is also trimmed with a deep drapery of _tulle_.
The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851
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There are the marble lists on shop stairwells, in stations, drapers and haberdashers, the names of tweenies and skivvies and draymen, and then the later additions from the second world war, the same names back again.
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Also patron of drapers and schoolgirls.
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At first nobody knew who Perkins was, and the name favourably impressed no one; but before the shock of it had passed away, it was realised that Perkins was the son of Perkins the linendraper.
Of Human Bondage
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In office buildings, the major sources of formaldehyde are likely to be particle board, fiberboard and plywood in furniture and paneling; glues; and upholstery and drapery fabrics.
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Chen emphasises the pleasant and relaxed leisure of the court ladies, while not forgetting to emphasise their feminine charms - their fragile bodies wrapped in magnificent silk clothing and draperies.
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The sculptural solidity of the forms, the sharply creased drapery folds, and morphological details of hair, eyes and extremities are all characteristic of the youthful Bronzino.
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The linen – drapers of Hammersmith were astounded at the sudden demand for blue sarsenet ribbon, and long white gloves.
Sketches by Boz
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Fashionistas cross the threshold and instantly reach out to touch not only the garments, but also draperies of natural silk and translucent voile, not to mention custom-carpeted floor areas.
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Her second collection was tipped by the Business Design Centre as the best cutting edge UK business and one of five niche labels to watch by Drapers Record.
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By an unfaltering truth, approach thy grave like one that wraps the drapery of his couch, about him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
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As Draper writes, Rumsfeld is not known for ostentatious displays of piety.
Sunday Reading
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He wore a breastplate and leg armour, as well as the expensive, linen drapery around his body.
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Carrara marble inlaid with verd-antique, in a kind of damask pattern; over the pulpit it fell like drapery, so easy, so graceful, so exquisitely imitated, that I was obliged to touch it to assure myself of the material.
The Diary of an Ennuyée
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He assumed the character of a draper for the moment -- why he chose to spell draper "drapier" nobody knew -- and he certainly succeeded in putting on all the semblance of an honest trader driven to homely and robust indignation by an impudent proposal to injure the business of himself and his neighbors.
A History of the Four Georges, Volume I (of 4)
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A smile touched his lips as he recalled how bored and frustrated he was with her drapery samples, carpet swatches, and catalogs of furniture and linens.
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She was bleached by being so much indoors, and looked very fragile in the costly simplicity of her black draperies as she entered.
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She was in a small, richly furnished room, lousy with velvet pillows in jewel tones, with deep gray draperies.
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[2.2] A valance is a short piece of drapery that extends across the window to conceal the support rods.
Inventory of Robert Carter's Estate, November [1733]
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She asks how the accomplished writer approached the less familiar task of curating an exhibition that explored the drama of drapery from the early Renaissance.
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With this all-star season featuring returning favorites like season one's Austin Scarlett, and season four's draper extraordinaire Rami Kashou, it makes you yearn for a simpler time when reality TV didn't have to try quite so hard to be entertaining.
Lelia Nebeker: The Catch-22 of All-Star Seasons
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As to the last charge advanced by Draper, that Castro betrayed the original ideals of the Cuban revolution, the defense of Professor Williams is either weak or casuistic.
The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 9
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Back of these in turn are folding blinds; then long, close curtains of muslin; then, finally, thick, manifolding, shrouding draperies of some airproof woolen stuff.
Europe Revised
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Drapers and milliners, haberdashers and tailors, mercers and glovers - these were the ubiquitous tradespeople and retailers of Federation King Street.
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There's Mog Edwards, the draper in love with Miss Myfanwy Price; Polly Garter, the town prostitute in love with babies; and the formidable Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard, twice widowed, who keeps a boarding house but will not have any guests in it lest they breathe on the furniture.
A Gloriously Musical Play for Voices
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The stage is stripped of drapery, and lighting battens at various heights form a sloped canopy overhead.
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Now, the suffering outweighs the enjoyment and just thinking about the stuff makes my innards do an unpleasant serpentine dance that might be inviting were it happening with a pretty lady in filmy draperies on stage rather than inside my guts where the appeal is distinctly lacking.
Tigers & Strawberries » The Power of Plastik Cheez
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_catafalco_, whilst from ceiling to floor the walls were hung with black drapery.
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris
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Notice the lacy effect of the flowers that bestar the wind-blown gown of "La Primavera," the fern-like leaves that fleck the background; the draperies that do not conceal the forms of the nymphs of the lovely springtime.
Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People
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Then Draper Spence broke out, with a catch in his throat: "That's what I can't bear, Millner, what I simply can't _bear: _ to hurt him, to hurt his faith in _me!
Tales of Men and Ghosts
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It is in typical ‘Kentian’ style, with the cornice supported on scrolled brackets flanking a frieze with swags and a central mask, the jambs being carved as female terms with classical drapery.
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Her own canvas was hidden by draperies of dull gold silk, and beside it, on a carved stool, sprays of Banksia roses and honeysuckle soared plumelike from a vase of beaten bronze.
The Great Amulet
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All drapery carried out in this stitch is worked in somewhat the same fashion, that is, the couching running to and fro between the lines marks each fold as roughly shown at fig. 131.
Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving
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Ceiling draperies delineated the claustrophobic furnace of the harem and its imprisoned occupants.
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The wigs, drapery and costuming were a form of escape in which he lovingly (and chastely) colluded.
Times, Sunday Times
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Behind the altar hang the dossals or draperies.
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Vacuum and brush curtains and draperies.
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Lightening, is a master of fooling, his business as the salesman in Miffin's drapery emporium being exceedingly funny.
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Derek Draper has a ignoble pedigree of flunkyism and fellow travelling.
Mrs. Draper Serves a Mugging For Breakfast
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Her clothing was a loose flowing drapery, which fell from her shoulders to her heels, while instead of agility of motion or sprightliness there was nothing but a dreamy gliding, a kind of somnambulistic movement, apparently without plan or purpose, but not without a certain grace.
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878
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The gold thread which is freely made use of all over the cope, upon the draperies, nimbi, and surrounding foliage, is marvellously bright and sparkling, although nearly six hundred years old.
Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving
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Project Runway's most-esteemed "draper," Rami Kashou, was a guest speaker at the Phillips Collection last Thursday for their monthly "Phillips After 5″ event.
Undefined
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-- Ford's was the principal woollen-draper, linen-draper, and haberdasher's shop united; the shop first in size and fashion in the place.
Emma
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As Vivaldi expressed his incredulity, however, he returned to examine the garment once more, when, as he raised it, he observed, what had before escaped his notice, black drapery mingled with the heap beneath; and, on lifting this also on the point of his sword, he perceived part of the habiliment of a monk!
The Italian
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Draper was a pioneer in the development of inertial navigation systems.
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The small shopkeepers were continually exposed to visits and demands of provisions, drapery, or whatever they sold; and the same hands that set fire to the houses of the rich, and tore up the vines of the cultivator, broke the looms of the weaver, and stole the tools of the artizan.
Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs
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The walls are ragged in pale terracotta tones, and white draperies are swagged artfully around the front windows.
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Luminette® Modern Draperies Dual Panel, a unique combination of drapery and sheer fabrics on one operating headrail, was also named one of 408 finalists.
Paramus Post