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BTW, when I click on the second photo of the wagon, I get the “rideaux brise-bise” picture instead ...
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BTW, when I click on the second photo of the wagon, I get the “rideaux brise-bise” picture instead...
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To-day new silk _brise-bise_ appeared on the second floor, and a glimpse of a branching palm.
Big Game A Story for Girls George de Horne Vaizey 1887
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The Pet's bedroom was on the third storey of the house, and as its windows faced the gardens of the Square, she had a fancy for leaving them undraped, except for the narrow _brise-bise_ over the lower panes.
Betty Trevor George de Horne Vaizey 1887
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Behind the silken curtains and _brise-bise_ of Number 14, the "Pampered
Betty Trevor George de Horne Vaizey 1887
hernesheir commented on the word brise-bise
A short curtain stretched across the lower part of a window. You knew there was a name for that little curtain, didn't you? I'm surprised it hasn't been listed on Wordie until now.
November 3, 2009