brocatelle
Britishnoun
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a heavy brocade with the design in deep relief, used chiefly in upholstery
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a type of variegated marble from France and Italy
Etymology
Origin of brocatelle
C17: from French, from Italian broccatello , diminutive of broccato brocade
Example Sentences
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The fabrication of fayence is said to have commenced here about the middle of the 18th century, principally in imitation of jasper and brocatelle marble.
From The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods by William Chaffers
For there, amid the singing birds and the scented roses, stood a tall, slim girl, in a pink muslin dress—and where were the ormolu or brocatelle could embellish any room as she did?
From Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir by May Agnes Fleming
It had two windows opening upon the garden, the walls were decorated with a paper resembling brocatelle, and cupids were painted on the ceiling.
From The Comedienne by Edmund Obecny
He passed noiselessly into the front parlor and sat down among the heavy brocatelle curtains which shadowed the recess of one of the windows.
From A Brace Of Boys 1867, From "Little Brother" by Fitz Hugh Ludlow
The walls are a dull shade, the carpet neutral, the furniture the faded brocatelle dedicate to boarding-houses; but it is not so bad.
From A Village Ophelia and Other Stories by Anne Reeve Aldrich
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