单词 | henri ii |
释义 | Henri IIn. As a modifier. 1. Designating fine, white, glazed ceramic ware decorated with intricate patterns and made in France in the 16th cent.; = St. Porchaire n. at saint adj. and n. Compounds 1d. Also: designating ceramics made in imitation of this style.Only a small number of pieces of Henri II ware survive and since the 16th cent. they have been considered luxury objects. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > French pottery Rouen1750 Palissy1850 Henri II1852 Marseilles1870 Moustiers1870 Quimper1886 St. Porchaire1925 1852 H. N. Humphreys Ten Cent. of Art vii. 102 The peculiar style of work called Henri-deux-ware suddenly arose and disappeared. 1873 Illustr. London News 28 June 614/3 Messrs. Wedgwood also exhibit a handsome ebony chess-table, with an inlaid Henri II. chessboard and a beautiful set of chessmen, designed by Flaxman, on Henri Deux stands. 1878 A. T. Slosson China Hunters Club vii. 133 I thought of the Rothschilds and Prince Galitzin, and already saw my humble name inscribed near theirs as the possessor of a Henri Deux candlestick. 1898 Clay Rec. 24 May 12/1 The ware itself disappeared so completely that, in our time, even the place where the Henri Deux faience was made had become an enigma. 2009 Victorian Nov. 3/2 The Victorians could not only match but even improve upon the ceramic productions of the past, whether the intricate inlay of Henri II ware or the flamboyant designs of Italian maiolica. 2. Designating a garment or part of a garment characteristic of Henri II or his time. Also as postmodifier. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > other smalleOE lightc1230 round1402 side-necked1430 wanton1489 Spanish1530 tucked1530 lustya1555 civil1582 open-breasted1598 full1601 everlasting1607 sheeten1611 nothinga1616 burly1651 pin-up1677 slouching1691 double-breasted1701 negligée1718 translated1727 uniform1746 undress1777 single-breasted1796 unworn1798 mamalone1799 costumic1801 safeguard1822 Tom and Jerry1830 lightweight1837 fancy dress1844 wrap-1845 hen-skin1846 Mary Stuart1846 well-cut1849 mousquetaire1851 empire1852 costumary1853 solid1859 spring weight1869 Henri II1870 western1881 hard-boiled1882 man-of-war1883 Henley1886 demi-season1890 Gretchen1890 toreador1892 crossover1893 French cut1896 drifty1897 boxy1898 Buster Brown1902 Romney1903 modistic1907 Peter Pan1908 classic1909 Fauntleroy1911 baby doll1912 flared1928 flare1929 tuck-in1929 unpressed1932 Edwardian1934 swingy1937 topless1937 wraparound1937 dressed-down1939 cover-up1942 Sun Yat-sen1942 utility1942 non-utility1948 sudsable1951 off-the-shoulder1953 peasant1953 flareless1954 A-line1955 matador1955 stretch1956 wash-and-wear1959 layered1962 Tom Jones1964 Carnaby Street1965 Action Man1966 Mao-style1967 wear-dated1968 thermal1970 bondage1980 swaggery1980 hoochie1990 mitumba1990 kinderwhore1994 1870 Graphic 22 Jan. 190/1 The chemisette à cœur, square, and the collar, Henri II., are very pretty, but the latter is most becoming to persons with long necks. 1873 Young Englishwoman May 234/2 The Henri II. hat is very becoming to a young face. 1916 Woman's Home Compan. Mar. 52/1 There is the Henri II sleeve, straight, close and long, with a pronounced puff at the top. 1938 Macleay Argus (New S. Wales) 4 Oct. 4/4 Another Reboux model with a shallow Henri II. crown and rolled brims was bound with orange grosgrain and trimmed with a perky little orange feather. 3. Designating a style of design in furniture and architecture popular in France during the latter half of the 16th cent. and influenced by Italian Mannerism; characteristic or suggestive of this style. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > Italian Renaissance or 14-16th century > [adjective] > other styles of 14-16th century Tudor1815 Tudoresque1847 Henri II1877 mannerist1934 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [noun] > Italian and French styles Venetian School1749 Venetian-Gothic1849 Henri II1877 French colonial1894 François Premier1967 1877 Harper's Mag. Apr. 652/2 Another Venetian chair..seems to be little more than a velveted and fringed dressing out of the Henri Deux chair in the same cut. 1907 Stone Dec. 422/2 Perhaps the most elaborate, but by no means the most beautiful, of the carved stone exhibits was a Henri II. black and white mantel. 1996 L. Auslander Taste & Power x. 385 Although they might suggest that Henri II style was ideal for a dining room, they would never say that a Louis XVI-style dining room was indicative of bad taste. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1852 |
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