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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