"And, Miss Eyre, so much was I flattered by this preference of the Gallic sylph for her British gnome, that I installed her in an hotel; gave her a complete establishment of servants, a carriage, cashmeres, diamonds,
dentelles, &c.
'It used to be a wonderful Kunst-und Wunderkammer; I remember the first time I came, Stephane Vandenberghe, the former curator, took me up to the attics, where there were all kinds of things in the reserves there.' In the early 20th century the palace was known as the Musee des
Dentelles because of its important lace collection; and while the new arrangement devotes a large, handsome room to Bruges lace--its walls lined with 17th-century portraits of sitters sporting Medici collars and all manner of ruffs and cuffs made of Flemish bobbin lace--the idea is for the Gruuthuse to move away from its identity as a museum of decorative arts.
Il s'agit des filaments synthetiques ou artificiels, fibres synthetiques ou artificielles discontinues, tapis et autres revetements de sol en matieres textiles, tissus speciaux,
dentelles, tapisseries, passementeries, broderies, etoffes de bonneterie, vetements et accessoires du vetement en bonneterie, vetements et accessoires du vetement ou encore les autres articles textiles confectionnes, assortiments, friperies et chiffons.
De Venise plus d'une belle Palpite pour savoir ton sort Mais tu meprises leurs
dentelles Tu souffres Toreador.
Among these structures, the two most spectacular bridges are the eightpier curved bridge at kilometre eighty-three, called 'le pont en
dentelles' [lace bridge] and the 'pont sur Albaletriers' [crossbow bridge] at kilometre 111.
(2) Or was this the last of what the French call les guerres en
dentelles, "the wars in lace," fought by aristocrats in lace-trimmed uniforms whose decorum on the battlefield matched their gallantry with the ladies?
Je m'inspire surtout de tissus et (ou) de
dentelles, je les adore ceux-la.
Notre taxi nuptial se pavanait, roulant presqu'au pas , ou meme, ne roulant pas , vers la destination du jeune couple en sueur, calfeutre sur la banquette arriere, presqu'enseveli sous un nuage de fausses
dentelles aux senteurs de parfums pas chers, dissimulant leurs mains -- plus ou moins enlacees - et qui ne pouvaient plus attendre de se toucher .