broderie anglaise
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of broderie anglaise
1850–55; < French: literally, English embroidery
Example Sentences
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"Designers got crafty this season," noted Drapers, "and the Paris runways were aflutter with super-size lace and broderie anglaise designs for SS24".
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2023
"I made a strapless dress out of yellow broderie anglaise and wore it with elbow length white lace gloves," she said.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2023
Very early on a recent weekday morning, Duff arrived on a video call from her Los Angeles home looking seraphic in a white dress embellished with broderie anglaise.
From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2022
A pregnant Pippa Middleton and her mother Carole both wore their take on white broderie anglaise at Wimbledon this month.
From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2018
She was a quick and exquisite needlewoman, and dainty collars in broderie anglaise, embroidered pocket-handkerchiefs, pin-cushions, dressing-table mats, and other pretty trifles seemed to grow like magic under her nimble fingers.
From A Patriotic Schoolgirl by Salmon, Balliol
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