| 单词 | Brussels carpet |
| 例句 | Martha had described the parlor as having a Brussels carpet, with baskets of flowers spilling out to the corners of the room. Emily Dickinson, at Home in Her ‘Full-Color Life’ 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z In some cases a "Brussels carpet" is woven of very close texture, with the loops cut through; thus we have a "velvet pile" or "Wilton carpet"—a fabric which is very rich-looking, and durable. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z Yet oak flooring is not a costly addition to important rooms, while the habit of keeping floors always covered with Brussels carpet tacked down is not the cleanest imaginable. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z "Going out, Touchwood?" inquired an elderly man of military appearance, who was practicing golf putts from one cabbage rose to another on the Brussels carpet. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z The mother and husband occupied the bedroom; Molly and her sister slept on a narrow lounge covered with Brussels carpet, every spring broken. The Leaven in a Great City 2011-12-05T03:00:48.150Z Next she had aspired to a Brussels carpet, and by and bye to a pier-glass and a piano. A Mere Chance, Vol. 1 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:44.097Z In a Brussels carpet each stitch is about the one-tenth of an inch square. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z A Brussels carpet from one, a set of tea-things from another—it was like the going to housekeeping of the newly-married. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z "Look at Reno's tent—he's got a Brussels carpet!" Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z Our hotel parlour had a fine Brussels carpet on the floor, tinted walls, comfortable and handsome furniture, a Bimsmead piano, and lace curtains. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z She asked her whether she liked the new Brussels carpet in the drawing-room; Mrs. Homan thought it contrasted too crudely with the curtains; at last Mrs. Falk felt annoyed with her and dropped her questions. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z Three shilling chairs stood on a faded Brussels carpet; an unpainted white-wood table supported a silver tea-set; thus, the faded splendor of the past contrasted with the rustic simplicity of the present. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z There, when his wife had lectured, moralised, and harangued, he had rubbed his feet up and down and had fretted the nap off the Brussels carpet. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z A Brussels carpet covered the floor, the furniture was of mahogany upholstered in black horse-hair cloth. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z Over the chairs, over the Brussels carpet, over the bow-legged table were scattered pieces of bright sateen, blue, red, orange and black, scraps of lace and gold tinsel, spangles and feathers. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z She strayed across the Brussels carpet to the window, and stood there gazing out upon the falling slopes of a garden—yes, a garden—but as it seemed to her a somewhat bare one. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z In selecting a carpet for the dining-room, let us remember that a Brussels carpet is more easily brushed and kept clean, than are Turkey or Indian carpets. Household Organization She disappeared in the hall with light footsteps, and Glenning, with his eyes set intently upon the worn Brussels carpet in front of him, awaited her return. The Man from Jericho Something more is brought out by a moderately strong lens: we then see the colours disposed in rows, reminding us of the surface of Brussels carpet, or of certain kinds of tapestry work. British Butterfiles Figures and Descriptions of Every Native Species A dazzling vista spread before her, a long life in "marble halls," Brussels carpets, satin upholstery, a grand piano, pictures, books, and new music without end. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir Then, following her shuddering gaze across the crimson splendour of the Brussels carpet, he beheld a track of mud made with footprints so large that they could belong to no other feet than his. The Loves of Ambrose A Brussels carpet of Persian pattern is very nice for a drawing-room, as it is unobtrusive, and yet it is cheerful, and suits most styles of furniture. Household Organization Well, the dying man in the blouse was stretched full length—say some three feet—on the Brussels carpet. Fragments of an Autobiography There is nothing more to be said for them than to testify that they will wear better than a Brussels carpet, and give some distinction to a modest dining-room. The Oriental Rug A Monograph on Eastern Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors. The floor was uneven, strangely out of keeping with the rose-infested Brussels carpet so vividly new. Carnival We possess that—We, the nation of the glass flower-shade, the pink worsted mat, the red and green china puppy-dog, and the poisonous Brussels carpet. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Kidderminster carpets are now made in very nice patterns, and are quite suitable for bed-rooms where Brussels carpets may be thought too expensive. Household Organization Fresh snow-white lace curtains were at the windows, contrasting finely with the warm, bright hues of the crimson satin hangings, the crimson velvet parlor set, and the crimson Brussels carpet. Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" There was a parlor with Brussels carpet and hair-cloth sofa across the hall, but its blinds were closed, and its shades drawn down. Anne The room itself was full of sunshine, which gave it a cheerful air in spite of the faded Brussels carpet and the old-fashioned walnut furniture, a contribution from the house on Russian Hill. Ancestors A Novel But on the floor over the white mats lay a Brussels carpet that made the indignant toes tingle. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Yes," said I, "and what is more, the Brussels carpets of England are woven on looms invented by an American, and bought of him. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 At this shocking remark, everyone drained his portion of cider and then cast the goblet at the wall or ceiling or floor so that the handsome Brussels carpet was covered with broken glass. Rollo in Society A Guide for Youth A nice Brussels carpet was under my feet; and there were three doors on either side of the cabin, opening into the staterooms. John Whopper The Newsboy "There really was no need of workmen owning houses, having Brussels carpets and pianos," argued Eastman. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart The entire fittings and furniture of cabin and staterooms, including the neat Brussels carpet on the deck, were elegant and useful, though by no means luxurious. Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life Statistics were employed to show that pianos and Brussels carpets adorned almost every Iowa farmhouse. A Son of the Middle Border To provide and lay down new Brussels carpets in the front spare and the two top spares. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 Being a gentleman, he would scorn to spoil a new Brussels carpet. American Sketches 1908 With its rich Brussels carpet, red window hangings, cosy lounge, neat centre table, and small black-walnut bureau, it might have been mistaken for the private apartment of a white lady of some pretensions. The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy All our handsome Brussels carpets, together with Lydia's fur, were taken, too. A Confederate Girl's Diary It was full of red Brussels carpets and walnut furniture of crinkly design. Still Jim His reception-room was part of a large European stone house, the vestibule of which was tastefully fitted up in European style with a Brussels carpet gay with variegated colours. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II We may have to move out at a day's notice, and we've just had this office newly papered, and the kitchen repainted, and, dear me! just got those Brussels carpets down in the parlors. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 It brightened the conventional flowers of the old crimson Brussels carpet into a semblance of life. Chicken Little Jane And the extravagant thing was a Brussels carpet with a scroll centerpiece and a border in arabesque. A Little Girl in Old Boston Never again will I stand on a good Brussels carpet and see the sunshine pour in the south window. The Cat in Grandfather's House The rooms were partly furnished in European style with tables, chairs, Brussels carpets, &c. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II There's a Brussels carpet with roses on the floor, and a handsome suite of red velvet furniture, and a piano, and a marble table. Lady Betty Across the Water They were supplied with cushions covered with Brussels carpet, with a pillow of the same material at each end. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder Electa and the children were well, and she had a beautiful house with a Brussels carpet in the parlor and velvet furniture and vases and a table with a marble top. A Little Girl in Old Boston We mount all our flats on a piece of body Brussels carpet, so that every individual part of the woof acts as a yielding spring. On Laboratory Arts It smelt like most front halls of that day in that town, a combination smell made up of sandal-wood and Brussels carpet and haircloth and camphor and damp shut-up-ness. Fair Harbor The floor was covered with a red Brussels carpet with a design of squirming devil-fish. The Californians Brussels carpets do not wear so long as the three-ply ones, because they cannot be turned. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School All the outhouses and lower rooms were converted into stables, little trouble having been taken to remove rich Brussels carpets or valuable furniture. Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy The soft, raised pile is first woven in loops—Brussels carpet is a good example—and the loops are cut. Textiles and Clothing “If I had known you were coming, we’d have had the man from Glasgow to lay on a few barrels of gas, and had a Brussels carpet laid down.” Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai I might have been walking along on a Brussels carpet, for all that I knew to the contrary! She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. An' after that I couldn't be expected to do nothin' but back into the parlor over the Brussels carpet an' chaw my hat-brim. Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches She had a Brussels carpet in the parlor and kept a servant-maid. Young Lucretia and Other Stories The floor of the stage should be covered with a rich Brussels carpet, and the walls draped with showy damask curtains. Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants Fourth floor—servants’ rooms in mahogany and Brussels carpet, and circular picture-gallery; the fifth floor contains a magnificent billiard-room, dancing-hall, with pictures, piano, etc., and commands a fine view of Fifth avenue. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City He came forward noiselessly, his footsteps deadened in the soft pile of the Brussels carpet. The Substitute Prisoner Green Brussels carpet like the cover of the sofa; three chairs to match. First Impressions of the New World On Two Travellers from the Old in the Autumn of 1858 Instead of the threadbare Brussels carpet patterned with huge bouquets of flowers, there was a striped rag carpet. Honey-Sweet On its Brussels carpet immense vases of flowers and peacock's feathers sprawled; stiff and gaudy furniture was ranged round the painted walls; stiff window curtains fell from stiff borders of tasteless upholstery. The Mormon Prophet The office of the Captain in command of the station is to the left of the entrance, and is fitted up with a Brussels carpet, and black walnut furniture. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City The sunset glow pouring through the window disclosed rolls of dust on the faded red Brussels carpet. Lydia of the Pines They noted the crude colour of the Brussels carpet, and even the oilcloth around the toilette-table was remembered. Mike Fletcher A Novel They were a people who had ever lived on Brussels carpets, and had seated themselves in capacious chairs. The Claverings The object of this invention is to manufacture, in a cheap fabric, a closer imitation of Brussels carpets. Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891 The floor was covered with red cloth; the daïs with an extremely ugly Brussels carpet, with a large pattern. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months A rich Brussels carpet, which completely covered the hall, Cashmere shawls, and embroidered Delhi scarfs of resplendent hues, excited universal admiration. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 The floor is covered with a bright Brussels carpet; there are two leather armchairs, and a portrait of an admiral hangs over the fireplace. Muslin Under the pretence of fitting up committee-rooms, the private lodging-rooms at the boarding-houses of the negro members, in many instances, were extravagantly furnished with Wilton and Brussels carpets, mirrors, and sofas. Handbook of Home Rule Being articles on the Irish question Reversible Ingrain or Pro-Brussels Carpet.—An imitation of Brussels carpet on the Ingrain principle.—Full description of the process of making.—3 illustrations. Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891 Zola declared war against the French comedy, with its Brussels carpets, its patent-leather shoes and patent-leather themes, and its dialogue reminding one of the questions and answers of the Catechism. Plays by August Strindberg, Second series A crimson Brussels carpet, chosen by Lady Grosville for its "cheerfulness," covered the floor, and there was a large white sheepskin rug before the fireplace. The Marriage of William Ashe The design of the Brussels carpet was exquisitely beautiful, and the roses upon it looked as if freshly plucked from the parent stalk. The English Orphans The whole two thousand had been expended upon Brussels carpets, alabaster vases, mahogany chairs, and marble tables. The American Frugal Housewife The thick Brussels carpet was littered with pot-boilers, all fizzing, and sputtering, and steaming, like so many young Curates at a Penny Reading. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 21, 1891 It's the very best chamber in the house—Brussels carpets, marble and rosewood furniture, damask curtains. 'Lena Rivers On Saturday he had a fit in the hall, and spoiled about eight square yards of Brussels carpet utterly. Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot A considerable quantity of Wilton and Brussels carpets is made from jute yarns, and Fig. The Jute Industry: from Seed to Finished Cloth As he was a well-to-do man, these were evinced in a Brussels carpet and a piano-forte which figured in his small parlor, and by his sending his only child, a daughter, to a city boarding-school. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 Kate seemed born to tread upon a Brussels carpet, and Hope on the softer luxury of the forest floor. Malbone: an Oldport Romance You never feel easy in your mind as to the result of the next-door neighbor's laying down a Brussels carpet in his kitchen. Evergreens The trail, after we left the horses, was as plain as a strip of Brussels carpet, but somehow or another that tenderfoot managed to get off it. The Mountains She bought a new Brussels carpet for the parlor, and a rifle for Gunner and Axel, and an imitation tiger-skin coat and cap for Thor. The Song of the Lark The latter was a comfortable room, the panelling tastefully done in oak and mahogany, with a rich Brussels carpet and luxurious settees. The Captain of the Polestar There was a good Brussels carpet on the floor, rich in dull red and lemon shades, and representing large jardinieres filled with gorgeous, impossible flowers. Sister Carrie: a Novel Upon the Brussels carpet was a massive mahogany dining table, and facing the window a Georgian chiffonier, brass railed and surmounted by a convex mirror. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 The crimsons, and blues, and greens, and drabs of the Brussels carpets retained the vivid brightness of the loom. Birds of Prey Mr. Dunbar was ushered into a great sunny sitting-room at the Dolphin; a vast desert of Brussels carpet, with little islands of chairs and tables scattered here and there. Henry Dunbar A Novel A threadbare patch of Brussels carpet covered the center of the room, and formed an oasis of roses and lilies upon a desert of shabby green drugget. Lady Audley's Secret One of them used to sit on the Brussels carpet and read you bad verses.... The Road to Damascus Turkish rugs and no carpets at all, except a Brussels carpet in the front parlour—I hear they call it the 'reception-room.' The Magnificent Ambersons Manley was sitting rather apathetically upon the edge of the bed, his arms resting upon his knees, his eyes moodily studying the intricate rose pattern in the faded Brussels carpet. Lonesome Land On the other side of the sign was an upholsterer's, and the vulgar brightness of the Brussels carpets seemed in keeping with the slop-like appearance of the coffeehouse. Esther Waters They were all seated round the reading-lamp in the back parlor, where the old Brussels carpet looked dim and where only venerated age kept the ornate French clock from seeming tawdry. Bertram Cope's Year The American Indian is not without his poetic side, as is proved by the squaw who knelt down on a flowery Brussels carpet, and smoothing it with her hands, said: "Hahnsome! hahnsome! heaven no hahnsomer!" Cambridge Sketches My bedroom, dear Nora, is now a place suitable for your mother to sleep in; the bare boards are covered with a thick Brussels carpet. Light O' the Morning The floor of the restaurant was a patternless mosaic of small hexagonal tiles, bare in warm weather, in the winter covered by a thick but well-worn Brussels carpet of peculiarly repulsive design. Red Masquerade In my last place I had a beautiful room with a Brussels carpet, and a marble washstand. Esther Waters We have seen them once or twice on this platform—on those silk velvet-bottomed chairs, resting upon Brussels carpet—and they looked majestic. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston This room also is elegantly furnished; rich Brussels carpet; library tables, with portfolios of engravings; abundance of sofas, and so on. Domestic Manners of the Americans The dining-room is quite elegant, with a handsome paper having a silvery sheen, and the brown and green Brussels carpet. Memories of Hawthorne There were no Brussels carpets, no Persian rugs, no hardwood floors. The Life of Abraham Lincoln The result of all this is, that she buys the Brussels carpet, which, with all its reduction in price, is one third dearer than the ingrain would have been, and not half so pretty. American Woman's Home There was good Brussels carpet on the floor, rich in dull red and lemon shades, and representing large jardinières filled with gorgeous, impossible flowers. Sister Carrie They had an office near Wall Street, furnished with the finest desks, carved in black walnut, and Brussels carpets, and stationery of a quality sufficient to carry on an endless amount of diplomacy. The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter The floor is covered with a Brussels carpet, nearly new and of a rich pattern. Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper On new Brussels carpets she had, long ago, set her heart, and already worried her husband about them past endurance. The Two Wives Or, Lost and Won And as she hesitates, her friend tells her that she will find it "cheapest in the end—that one Brussels carpet will outlast three or four ingrains," etc., etc. American Woman's Home A Red Indian sleeps as well in a wigwam as we in a spring bed; and the Irish babies thrive as well among the peat ashes as on a Brussels carpet. Roman and the Teuton He hastily carried down the family umbrella and the Brussels carpet valise with its copious pink roses, looking strangely out of season amid all that hoar frost. The Reign of Law; a tale of the Kentucky hemp fields The wooden seats, covered though they were with Brussels carpet, grew harder and harder; and still the mitred Councillors sat on. Eminent Victorians Indeed, to compare man with man was no habit of his; hence it cannot be wonderful that stone hearth and steel grate, clay floor and Brussels carpet were much the same to him. Sir Gibbie They are as expensive as the best Brussels carpet, and the Japanese take great pride in them, and are much aggrieved by the way in which some thoughtless foreigners stamp over them with dirty boots. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan There was an old Brussels carpet with an enormous rose pattern. The Copy-Cat and Other Stories In one hand he carried an enormous, faded valise, made of Brussels carpet copiously sprinkled with small, pink roses; in the other, held like a horizontal javelin, a family umbrella. The Reign of Law; a tale of the Kentucky hemp fields There were Brussels carpets, lace curtains, and plenty of brilliant upholstery and polished wood. The Wind in the rose-bush and other stories of the supernatural In front of the altar a platform three feet high covered with Brussels carpet had been erected. The Life of Phineas T. Barnum There is no rich Brussels carpet on the floor, although prisoners are allowed one if they furnish it themselves. 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