Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A couch or day bed typically having a high curved headboard and a low or absent footboard.
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- noun An old-fashioned
couch withheadrest andfootrest .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I can't make it simpler because I'm fatigued (says she while reclining on her recamier).
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Jettisoning a sofa altogether, I opted instead for two custom velvet-tufted recamier chaises.
Thom Filicia Style Thom Filicia 2008
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She crossed to the recamier, lifted the white robe draped over its back.
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When she declined, he took it into the living room, where he sat on the edge of a recamier couch and buried his face in his hands.
The Delicate Storm Blunt, Giles 2003
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Richardson plucked from some British stately home and put back together here-Teplica points out the invisible sights, saying, "I'm told there was a huge grandfather clock right there ... an Egyptian Revival recamier there ..."
Chicago Reader 2010
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Also from J.H. Belter: a rosewood laminated tall crest sofa in the Tuthill King pattern went for $34,500; a rosewood laminated recamier with fountain elms hammered for $29,900; a rosewood étagère in the Rosalie pattern (84 inches high by 60 inches wide) crossed the block at
Antique News News! 2009
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Some furniture, however, is designed to sweep you off your feet - and the recamier, or
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Recognizable for its regal, sensually curved back, the recamier provides a stylish place to swoon, weep or ... watch TV.
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Recognizable for its regal, sensually curved back, the recamier provides a stylish place to swoon, weep or ... watch TV.
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