- a variation of brocatel.
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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Under the fine ceiling of carved and gilded wood-work, the red wall-hangings of /brocatelle/, with a large palm pattern, were falling into tatters.
From The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 1 by Zola, Émile
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 Ludlow, Fitz Hugh
John, happily, had no money to buy brocatelle curtains, and, besides this, he loved sunshine too much to buy them, if he could.
From Household Papers and Stories by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
John, happily, had no money to buy brocatelle curtains,—and besides this, he loved sunshine too much to buy them, if he could.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 by Various
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 Obecny, Edmund
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