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He's the editor of a trade publication called Draperies
Albany Business News - Local Albany News | Business Review of Albany 2009
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Draperies drawn against whatever celestial light existed, a top of the line king-size bed swathed in expensive Egyptian cotton linens, cool to the touch.
The Love Tap MaryAnne Kolton 2011
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Work It has stirred up much controversy in the U.S. How different was the response in the Netherlands to Ollie Hartmoed's Palace of Draperies, a show I wrote and in which a transgender character plays an important part?
Robert Alberdingk Thijm: Of Dresses and Draperies Robert Alberdingk Thijm 2012
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Draperies of such exquisite threads, strong yet so thin decorated every shrub.
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Draperies, as I had now discovered, are much more than devices for the introduction of non-representational forms into naturalistic paintings and sculptures.
"Harsh, noteless, enormous noise, a growling, low-pitched, screaming sound … drain[s] out like a sob lasting fully a minute." Ann Althouse 2008
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Draperies, upholstery, rugs and carpets, and clothes can put out irritating gases, such as formaldehyde or dry-cleaning chemicals.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Draperies, upholstery, rugs and carpets, and clothes can put out irritating gases, such as formaldehyde or dry-cleaning chemicals.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Draperies, upholstery, rugs and carpets, and clothes can put out irritating gases, such as formaldehyde or dry-cleaning chemicals.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Draperies, upholstery, rugs and carpets, and clothes can put out irritating gases, such as formaldehyde or dry-cleaning chemicals.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Draperies gone, potted palms gone, servants all gone.
The Life of the World to Come Baker, Kage 2004
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