Meaning of recamier | Babel Free

Definitions

An old-fashioned couch with headrest and footrest.

Equivalents

Examples

“When it read five thirty and no one had come into the room, I got off the recamier and quietly started to work.”

“Three récamiers which are identical in form to the one on which the craftsman is working in the watercolor have been located.”

“A patina of dust swaddles the vast array of period chandeliers, dangling like stalactites over French provincial récamiers and Louis XVI inlaid tables.”

“The mahogany récamiers, settees, and chairs were usually hand-caned to adapt to the weather; the open caning was airy and therefore decidedly more functional and overwhelmingly preferred.”

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