marquisette
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of marquisette
1905–10; < French, diminutive of marquise. See marquise, -ette
Example Sentences
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Looking over her dinner gowns, she decided upon her second best, a white marquisette with a garniture of pearl beads and knots of pale blue velvet.
From Patty's Social Season by Wells, Carolyn
Nora has the dearest little pale green marquisette, mother," cried Grace with enthusiasm, "and Jessica's gown is pink silk, while Anne has a white silk muslin with violets scattered all over it.
From Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]
Curtains—Glass curtains of scrim, marquisette, or cheese-cloth, to correspond with those of living room and dining room.
From Better Homes in America Plan Book for Demonstration Week October 9 to 14, 1922 by Meloney, Mrs W.B.
She wore her new gown of American Beauty satin, softly 68 draped with a thin black marquisette, and a soft sash of black satin.
From Patty's Social Season by Wells, Carolyn
Glass curtains—Cream, marquisette, cheese-cloth, or scrim, made plain.
From Better Homes in America Plan Book for Demonstration Week October 9 to 14, 1922 by Meloney, Mrs W.B.
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