Definition of Bobeches

1. bobeche [n] - See also: bobeche

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bobeches

bobbling
bobbly
bobby
bobby-dazzler
bobby-socker
bobby pin
bobby socks
bobbysock
bobbysocks
bobbysox
bobbysoxer
bobbysoxers
bobcat
bobcats
bobeche
bobeches (current term)
bobet
bobets
bobfergusonite
bobflies
bobfloat
bobfly
bobierrite
bobjonesite
bobkingite
bobkitten
bobkittens
bobolink
bobolinks
bobos

Literary usage of Bobeches

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the Rare Artistic Properties Collected by the Connoisseur ...by American Art Association, Raoul Tolentino, Seymour de Ricci, Horace Townsend by American Art Association, Raoul Tolentino, Seymour de Ricci, Horace Townsend (1920)
"120—VENETIAN WROUGHT-IRON CANDLE-BRACKETS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY Scrolled leaves and flowers of wrought iron, with circular bobeches and ..."

2. De Luxe Illustrated Catalogue of the Extensive and Very Valuable Artistic ...by Luigi Orselli, Horace Townsend, American Art Association by Luigi Orselli, Horace Townsend, American Art Association (1921)
"... leaf-carved bases, circular beaded feet. Saucer- shaped carved bobeches and gadrooned vase-shaped candle-sockets. Completely gilt. Height, 14 inches. ..."

3. Fromont and Risler: ("Fromont Jeune Et Risler Aîné") by Alphonse Daudet (1898)
"The wax candles around the mirror had burned down to the end and cracked the bobeches ; and the bed, with its lace flounces and valances, its great curtains ..."

4. Souvenirs of My Time by Jessie Benton Frémont (1887)
"The rooms were lit altogether by wax lights in Venetian glass chandeliers. The bobeches, or glass cups around the candles, were as large as breakfast plates ..."

5. Due Reverence: Antiques in the Possession of the American Philosophical Society by Murphy D. Smith (1992)
"Each candelabrum has an arrangement of three-petaled sockets and bobeches which are suspended with cushion-and- Fig. 26 Bronze Candelabra spear colorless ..."

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