| 释义 |
Watteau
(ˈwɒtəʊ, ‖ vato)
The name of Antoine Watteau (1684–1721), a French painter, used attrib. in Watteau school, Watteau-like adj.; also in designations of articles of female costume similar to those represented in Watteau's pictures, as Watteau hat; Watteau back, an arrangement of the back of a dress with a broad pleat falling from the neck to the extremity of the skirt without being gathered in at the waist; Watteau bodice, a bodice with square opening at the neck and short ruffled sleeves; Watteau mantle, a kind of cloak having a Watteau back and other details imitated from Watteau's pictures; Watteau pleat (and ellipt. Watteau, watteau), the pleat of a Watteau back. Hence ˈWatteauish a., resembling the style of Watteau.
1833Lamb Elia Ser. ii. Barrenness Mod. Art, This is well, and Watteauish. 1849Thackeray Sk. & Trav. Wks. 1900 VI. 668 Watteau-like groups in shot silks. 1864A. B. Edwards Barbara's Hist. xxvi, The old designs, of a bastard Watteau school, had been lately removed. 1873Young Englishwoman Oct. 490/2, I have made a Princesse dress with a Watteau pleat and flounce of eleven yards of print. 1887Brit. Textile Warehouseman 15 Sept. 70/1 The back fits the figure, but has a full Watteau pleat down the centre, fastened in at the waist, and then flowing in easy folds to the hem. 1891Daily News 12 Dec. 3/1 From the shoulders at the back hung a long Watteau of the richest cut jet. 1899Westm. Gaz. 22 June 3/2 Next week I shall give drawings of an Empire and a Watteau hat. Ibid. 23 Nov. 3/1 A heliotrope cashmere tea-gown, made with a Watteau back and a long straight front of silk. |