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Definition of Portieres
1. portiere [n] - See also: portiere
Lexicographical Neighbors of Portieres
Literary usage of Portieres
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Home Decoration: How to Get Beauty in House and Furnishings at a Reasonable Cost by Dorothy Tuke Priestman (1915)
"portieres are useful in softening harsh lines, in keeping out draughts and in
... portieres and heavy curtains should never be looped back, but should be ..."
2. How to Make Rugs by Candace Wheeler (1902)
"CHAPTER V. WOVEN RAG portieres. RAG weaving is not necessarily confined to rugs,
for very beautiful portieres and table and lounge covers may be woven from ..."
3. Gas-lighting and Gas-fitting by William Paul Gerhard (1894)
"Avoid swinging gas brackets in dangerous positions, such as near doors, windows,
blinds, curtains, portieres, or shelves. Rigid gas brackets are much safer ..."
4. The Good Housekeeping Manual of Home Handicraft (1908)
"portieres, originally designed to divide a large room into small apartments, to
take the place of doors or to act as screens against drafts, ..."
5. The Craftsman by Gustav Stickley (1907)
"The "Cajun" woman will weave for a trifle these portieres if the silk is sent to
her, cut in narrow strips and sewed together. ..."
6. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of by William Richard Cutter, William Frederick Adams (1910)
"The piazza facing the east, inclosed by bamboo-beaded portieres and filled with
... The moonlight falling through the portieres made the beads sparkle like ..."
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