The couple were honored to receive the grandmother's damask as a wedding present. From LearnThat.org.
damask table linens. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
There are numerous silk manufactories in Brussels; and the beautiful linen, called damask, is exported in great quantities. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Fair] Reference
"damask," has destroyed to my ear for ever the music of one of the sweetest passages in Shakespeare. From Wordnik.com. [Thackeray] Reference
The beds are orthopedic and the linens made of soft damask. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Spot: Carol Parc Hotel] Reference
Three vestments of blue damask, with crimson velvet crosses. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See] Reference
Silver and roses gleamed on the white damask of the table-cloth. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
Hangings of the Trinity altar, of red damask with flowers of gold. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See] Reference
Kettle-Drums, drum-covers of crimson damask, embroidered and fringed with gold. From Wordnik.com. [Coronation Anecdotes] Reference
"That I would understand?" she questioned, and the damask roses had already flown. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
I saw twelve dozen fine damask table-cloths cleaned, dried and ironed in thirty minutes. From Wordnik.com. [Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch] Reference
The gold silk damask curtains installed by Barack Obama's predecessor are also unchanged. From Wordnik.com. [Penelope Green On Oval Office Redesign: 'The Audacity Of Taupe'] Reference
This was the damask that had hung on the walls in the study under John XXIII and Pius XII. From Wordnik.com. [Forming the Faith] Reference
The rose direct, that's right next to it, is a very wonderful rose, great damask fragrance. From Wordnik.com. [The Heritage Rosarium: A Once-A-Year Experience] Reference
Instantly her manner changed, though the damask roses still glowed and the stars still shone. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
He then turned and parted the rich damask curtains, which hung in heavy folds from the windows. From Wordnik.com. [Fostina Woodman, the Wonderful Adventurer] Reference
With returned consciousness to McElroy, there came back to the little maid much of her damask beauty. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
The foundation is made similar to the damask rose, and the stamina show from the front of the flower. From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling] Reference
Her confusion expressed itself in deep damask roses on the cheeks that had, indeed, been lily white before. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
Adjoining the great drawing-room is a boudoir upholstered in light gray silk damask, with bouquets of flowers. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
A cope of red worsted with flowers, and his vestment of the same, and a deacon of red damask, lacking an albe. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See] Reference
They are more extensively used in the manufacture of damask and table-covers than for any other class of goods. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
To tell the truth, two heavy curtains of woollen damask hung on either side of the window, but they were not drawn. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Eight Trumpets in rich liveries: banners of crimson damask embroidered and fringed with gold, to the silver trumpets. From Wordnik.com. [Coronation Anecdotes] Reference
But the red carnations on the snow-white damask did somehow "touch the whole thing up," as he confided later to his brother. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
The decor is country French -- chintz and damask, with wood paneling and floors, and a fire burning in the family-room fireplace. From Wordnik.com. [THE HOUSE OF HILTON] Reference
Silver and china and fine damask made it inviting to the eye, and I had no doubt the cooking corresponded as well with the taste. From Wordnik.com. [Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch] Reference
There was a plentiful supply of table-linen in cloths and napkins of various qualities, the diaper linen (damask) being the best. From Wordnik.com. [Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century] Reference
But girls prefer to be martyrs and go about 'letting concealment prey upon their damask cheeks' and all that namby-pamby nonsense. From Wordnik.com. [The Governess] Reference
King, splendidly dressed in a damask robe with green satin and an embroidered turban, allowed himself to be rowed out to the flagship. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
They dipped their pretty hands in perfumed water and dried them on the finest and whitest damask, while machinery did the coarse work. From Wordnik.com. [Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch] Reference
She was a brown-haired woman, with cheeks like a damask rose, and Henry was the only child of the house, and was away at a boarding-school. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
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