单词 | objet de luxe |
释义 | objet de luxen. An especially fine or sumptuous article of value; a luxury item. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > high quality goods > esp. fine or luxury objet de luxe1815 1815 News & Sunday Herald 15 Nov. 365/2 Thiers has made a good deal of money by dabbling in the funds, and he spends much in ‘objets de luxe’. 1857 Southern Literary Messenger Aug. 97 In all the objets de luxe, in furniture, in coaches, in upholstery, in needle-work, the Germans made a fine figure. 1881 C. C. Harrison Woman's Handiwork Mod. Homes iii. 149 This was chiefly for the chambers of royal palaces—screens, then as now, being objets de luxe in the literal sense. 1934 Burlington Mag. Sept. 125/2 Cabinets and boxes covered with tortoise-shell veneer..are among the many ‘objets de luxe’ brought from India to Europe and now found in old collections. 1956 K. Clark Nude i. 8 A few objets de luxe, like the Veroli Casket. 1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 8 June 49/1 The Renaissance knew very little of the Greek gold work, both jewelry and objets de luxe, which in the last 150 years has come to light in great quantities. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1815 |
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