Oriental alabaster

American  

noun

1. alabaster.

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Etymology

Origin of Oriental alabaster

First recorded in 1750–60

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Oriental alabaster

One of the side chapels has four doors executed in Oriental alabaster, together with simulated hangings in rosso antico, the fringe being carved in giallo.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe

It is constructed of Oriental alabaster, is of great size, already exhibits fine taste, and promises to be one of the most beautiful structures in Egypt.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 by Various

A variety of carbonate of lime, closely resembling alabaster in appearance, is used for similar purposes under the name of Oriental alabaster.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various

The white is generally mother-of-pearl, or marble, veined with a pale grey, and a good deal of Oriental alabaster is used.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson

This bathroom was entirely lined with Oriental alabaster; the bath itself was carved out of a solid block of green marble, and the very bath-taps were exquisitely chiselled bronze Tritons, riding on dolphins.

From Here, There and Everywhere by Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton