draperies

She tossed out one arm with a funny little movement that sent her thin draperies floating as though towards the bell.

The Convert 1907

Between the cringing obsequiousness and hybrid disarray of the westernized babu and the dignified courtesy and soft muslin draperies of the old Indian is indeed a great gulf fixed.

Love and Life Behind the Purdah 1901

Liberty is a gigantic figure of a woman in Greek draperies, holding in her right hand a torch ....

The Story of My Life Keller, Helen, 1880-1968 1903

They have full silken inky hair, very white teeth, and dress much in draperies of dull-red cotton, which makes them objects delicious to contemplate.

In Seven Stages: A Flying Trip Around the World 1891

There were ladies in Greek draperies seated on big cogged wheels with factory chimneys rising behind, and strong young fellows in leather aprons leaning against anvils and forges, and there were ---- "

Under the Skylights Henry Blake Fuller 1893

The treatment of the draperies is another characteristic of late medieval sculpture.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

The draperies were a deep scarlet, with massive furniture and oriental rugs to match.

The Root of Evil Thomas Dixon 1905

I am only a man, and I do not name draperies well.

Vanguards of the Plains Margaret Hill McCarter 1899

There are many, many pictures of her in what can only be called "draperies", some with that touch of self-conscious exoticism that makes the modern reader wince.

July 2006 2006

There are many, many pictures of her in what can only be called "draperies", some with that touch of self-conscious exoticism that makes the modern reader wince.

A Book for Women - A Dress A Day 2006