Sheraton

[ sher-uh-tn ]

/ ˈʃɛr ə tn /

noun

Thomas,1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.

adjective

of the style of furniture designed by Sheraton.

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Examples from the Web for sheraton

As she ducked out of the Sheraton fundraiser, she met a group of women coming at her on the up escalator.
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Then she blacked out the name of the woman who had spent the night at the Sheraton Hotel.
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Sheraton trusted almost entirely for decoration to his marqueterie.
Illustrated History of Furniture|Frederick Litchfield
This shape was much affected by Hepplewhite on his sideboards, and by Sheraton in his earlier style (see Figures 35 and 38).
The Old Furniture Book|N. Hudson Moore

There were the high, wide ones of Chippendale or Sheraton, that would almost fill one side of a room.
The Old Furniture Book|N. Hudson Moore
They had backs with straight tops, rather like Sheraton chairs, and several small splats joining top rail to seat.
The Art of Interior Decoration|Grace Wood
Sheraton, more the artist than the craftsman, made no such blunders.
Chats on Old Clocks|Arthur Hayden

British Dictionary definitions for sheraton (1 of 2)

Sheraton

/ (ˈʃɛrətən) /

noun

Thomas. 1751–1806, English furniture maker, author of the influential Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book (1791)

British Dictionary definitions for sheraton (2 of 2)

Sheraton

/ (ˈʃɛrətən) /

adjective

denoting furniture made by or in the style of Thomas Sheraton

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