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Definition of Pelmets
1. pelmet [n] - See also: pelmet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pelmets
Literary usage of Pelmets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"... falling from a cornice, formed of a double row of gold twisted ropes, and
ornamented with a succession of magnificent gold pelmets and rosettes. ..."
2. Reciprocity by James Laurence Laughlin, Henry Parker Willis (1903)
"100— Tulles (bobbinets, pelmets, curtain stuffs, and furniture nettings of this
kind); goods in connection with metallic threads (G., I.) 160.00 (G., I., ..."
3. Style in Furniture by R. Davis Benn (1904)
"Indeed, he considerably " overdid " most of his creations in that direction,
marring them most seriously by piling-on canopies, pelmets, valances, ..."
4. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1880)
"antique pelmets. INTRODUCTION. The primary intention of these notes is to describe
the objects exhibited at the rooms of the. ..."
5. The Journal and Correspondence of William, Lord Auckland by William Eden Auckland, Robert John Eden Auckland (1861)
"From Brighthelmstone I went to Mr. pelmets, at Farnham, where I stayed two or
three days. I went on to Sloane's, where I passed a day, then embarked for the ..."
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