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damask
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Definition:a woven fabric with the pattern visible on both sides, often used for table covers and upholstery
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Its curtains were of damask, with leafy wreaths and garlands, figured upon a gold and silver ground, and fringed along the edges with broideries of pearls, and it stood in a room hung with rows of the queen's devices in cut black velvet upon cloth of silver.
Oscar Wilde. The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Mr. Rochester, as he sat in his damask-covered chair, looked different to what I had seen him look before;
Charlotte Brontë. Jane Eyre (1847)
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The chairs and couches were carved, gilt, and covered with rich damask, so smooth and slick, that they looked as if they had never been sat upon.
Tobias Smollett. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771)
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Carolina was seated on the damask stool before her vanity,
Carey Wallace. The Blind Contessa's New Machine, p.83 (2005)
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moving tables, and unfolding damask table linen,
Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: With bonus material from Give War and Peace A Chance by Andrew D. Kaufman
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'Shalt give his worship a new damask suit
Upon the premises.
Ben Jonson. The Alchemist (1610)
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“It’s handy for most anything, Missis,” said Dinah. So it appeared to be. From the variety it contained, Miss Ophelia pulled out first a fine damask table-cloth stained with blood, having evidently been used to envelop some raw meat.
Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin
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