Draperies

Examples

• Against the dark draperies veiling the archway the slender figure of the handsome Greek stood out in bold relief. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• He trembled pitifully as the undertaker's man was arranging his crape draperies around him. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• She put her hand on the arm of her care-worn, sallow father, and frothing her light draperies, proceeded over the eternal red carpet. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Some halls are so large that the reflected sounds cause a confusion of echoes, but this difficulty can be lessened by hanging draperies, which break the reflection. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• She looked down at the tip of the little satin boot that peeped from her long draperies. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The rich draperies were of pale green satin and white silver muslin. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Margaret stood right under the chandelier, quite silent and passive, while her aunt adjusted the draperies. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.

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