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The dense printed patterns were cut out, spread apart on a background of plain fabric, allowing the effect of the rare fabric to spread further. [1] Broderie perse is a related technique, where selections of printed fabric are cut out, and sewn in place to produce the effect of a custom printed cloth.
Thyrsus, a staff tipped with a pine cone and entwined with ivy leaves, carried by Dionysus and his followers. (Greek mythology) Caduceus (also Kerykeion), the staff carried by Hermes or Mercury. It is a short staff entwined by two serpents, sometimes surmounted by wings, and symbolic of commerce.
The Bed by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec depicts two people under a blanket. A blanket is a swath of soft cloth large enough either to cover or to enfold most of the user's body and thick enough to keep the body warm by trapping radiant body heat that otherwise would be lost through conduction.
The large mirrors were framed by a wooden frame, which was then replaced by a metal frame. The large mirrors are framed in copper and the print drawers have knobs representing an Austrian eagle. The library was created by Nicolas-Léger Moutard, the Queen's printer and bookseller between 1774 and 1797. [ 55 ]
Drawing up a comprehensive list of words in English is important as a reference when learning a language as it will show the equivalent words you need to learn in the other language to achieve fluency.