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Aubusson|obysɔ̃|
[Name of a manufacturing town, dept. Creuse, France.]
Tapestry made at Aubusson, esp. a carpet made of this, more explicitly Aubusson carpet.
[1774H. Walpole Descr. Strawberry-Hill 102 The bed is of tapestry of Aubusson, festoons of flowers on a white ground, lined with crimson silk.] 1851Illustr. Exhibitor p. xxx, Tapestry, carpets, [etc.]... Castel, E., France, Aubusson carpet. 1866Argosy Jan. 142 The elegant Aubusson carpet. 1900E. Glyn Visits Eliz. (1906) 110 The room..is hung with aubusson. 1927J. B. Priestley Adam in Moonshine vi. 101 Wasn't that the dreadful hairy, smelly one [sc. a Russian conspirator] who spoilt your Aubusson? 1961Connoisseur Dec. p. lii, Fine Aubusson Carpets and Rugs. |