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
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
Last February, the New York-based brand Vaquera closed out its fall/winter 2018 runway show with a two-foot-tall gem-encrusted cross, carried by a model wearing a cloudlike dress of white tulle and broderie anglaise.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2018
On the table stood medicine bottles and decanters tidily arranged, and the linen needed was folded up there, and Kitty's broderie anglaise.
From Anna Karenina by Garnett, Constance
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