drapery

• She stood--patient model!--her fingers stiffening over the rich drapery, her eyes weariedly fixed on the one corner of the room, in the direction of which she was obliged to turn her head. —  Olive A Novel
• Then he took his palette, and began to paint, lingeringly and lovingly, on slight portions of background or drapery--less as though he thought this needed, than as if loth to give the last, the very last, touch to a work so precious. —  Olive A Novel
• Suddenly I heard a slight noise behind the drapery, and these words reached my ears: 'Vicomte of Monte-Cristo, take care of yourself. —  The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II
• The church was illuminated with hundreds of candles and hung with scarlet drapery, the effect being very fine; the music such as can alone be heard in Rome. —  Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries
• This is the little room at the entrance of which he was set upon in the act of lifting the drapery, and stabbed with forty wounds Oh! —  Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag

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