récamier
See also: recamier
English
Noun
récamier (plural récamiers)
- Alternative form of recamier
- 1972, Carl L. Crossman, The China Trade: Export Paintings, Furniture, Silver & Other Objects, Pyne Press, →ISBN, page 145:
- Three récamiers which are identical in form to the one on which the craftsman is working in the watercolor have been located.
- 1994, Travel + Leisure, page 50, column 2:
- A patina of dust swaddles the vast array of period chandeliers, dangling like stalactites over French provincial récamiers and Louis XVI inlaid tables.
- 2002, Michael W. Connors, Caribbean Elegance, New York, N.Y.: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., →ISBN, page 52:
- The mahogany récamiers, settees, and chairs were usually hand-caned to adapt to the weather; the open caning was airy and therefore decidedly more functional and overwhelmingly preferred.
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