Recamier
noun
a backless day bed of the Directoire and Empire periods, having raised ends of equal height.
Recamier
1 American
[rey-kuh-myey]
/ ˌreɪ kəˈmjeɪ /
noun
Récamier
2
American
[r ey-ka -myey]
/ reɪ kaˈmjeɪ /
noun
Etymology
Origin of Recamier
1920–25; after Madame Récamier ( def. )
Example Sentences
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One particularly potent scene focuses on the 19th Century portrait of the Parisian socialite Juliette Recamier.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2018
Souvenir de Voyage shows a coffin reclining gracefully on an Empire couch, in a grisly parody of Madame Recamier.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the horror of events in Biafra unfolded, Kouchner became convinced that Recamier was right.
From Time Magazine Archive
Outraged, Kouchner and Recamier decided to organize their own pool of doctors who would put medical needs above bureaucratic procedures.
From Time Magazine Archive
When at last he died, Jeanne mourned him as never had she mourned Recamier or any other.
From Superwomen by Albert Payson Terhune
Portraits were up when I visited — Alexander the Great marching into Babylon; a sly-looking Louis XIV; and Madame Récamier, an 18th century socialite, on her deathbed.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2023
On one wall hangs a painting, by a high-school friend, of a coffin that has been bent in half and placed atop a chaise longue, in the manner of Magritte’s “Perspective: Madame Récamier by David.”
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 30, 2015
According to the arrangement which they had made, Hortense and Madame Récamier met the next day at the Coliseum.
From Hortense Makers of History Series by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
The biographer of Madame Récamier in the following terms records this visit: Visit of Madame Récamier.
From Hortense Makers of History Series by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
Récamier one day, "I would command Mme. de Staël to talk to me all day long."
From Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society by Jack Allyn
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