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brocade

[broh-keyd] / broʊˈkeɪd /


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Meanwhile local media praised von der Leyen's burgundy and gold brocade outfit -- a nod to Indian fashion.

From Barron's Jan. 28, 2026

The next was an elegant Audrey Hepburn spaghetti-strap white brocade.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 2, 2025

Best known for his use of lotus and peacock motifs, Bal used rich fabrics like velvet and brocade - his designs were elaborate, inspired by Indian grandeur and royalty.

From BBC Nov. 1, 2024

That brocade floral jacket with the giant, giant shoulder pads and the high collar and the brooch.

From Salon Oct. 8, 2023

The last that Tyrion Lannister saw of Illyrio Mopatis, the magister was standing by his litter in his brocade robes, his massive shoulders slumped.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

From rich woven silks, patterned brocades and intricate chintz to a range of less talked-about textiles, India's contribution to the global textile industry is unique.

From BBC Mar. 29, 2025

The jacquards and brocades within the Max Mara camel colored universe “give you a kind of swashbuckling cavalier feel,” the designer said.

From Seattle Times Feb. 23, 2023

With golden brocades and rich navys, this is a swinging, stylish time.

From Salon Apr. 24, 2022

Later cable knits met ribbed knits met angora on chunky cardigans, and tapestry fabrics he said were woven in Venice on looms invented by Leonardo da Vinci were spliced into velvet brocades and silk.

From New York Times Feb. 23, 2020

Vaucanson not only made a mechanical duck, he also devised a machine that would automatically weave brocades.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Gray stains tarnished Darío’s brocaded waistcoat, and a long, staggered crack ran along his head.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 11, 2022

The entire cast could behave as cold and stiffly as corpses, and as long as we're also wheeled through brocaded beauty and inspired grotesquery, this follow-up will have done its job.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2020

Stafford’s language is rich, thickly brocaded; her vocabulary strange, almost baroque.

From New York Times Nov. 26, 2019

“There was none of this,” he said, motioning toward finely brocaded upholstery, plush silks and a mantelpiece crowded with photographs of world leaders the king had known.

From Seattle Times Oct. 13, 2016

He took out Fujiko’s silk kimono with its gold brocaded sash.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

"Royal India" may be the longest shadow of the imperial sunset, but the techniques this show celebrates--like tie-dying, brocading, hand embroidering and intricate weaving--are still practiced.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tusser-silk, tus′ėr-silk, n. a kind of dark fawn-coloured silk, generally made without brocading or patterns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

The great Camellia trees gave lavishly of their waxen flowers, brocading the snow in crimson.

From The House of the Misty Star A Romance of Youth and Hope and Love in Old Japan by Frances Little




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