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‖ veilleuse|vɛjœz|
[F.]
A small and usually highly decorated night-light or night-lamp; also, a small, decorative, bedside food-warmer, usu. burning oil in a wick and made of pottery or porcelain so as to let out some light.
1826H. D. Beste Four Yrs. France 379 The reflection of a veilleuse, or small night lamp. 1897Private Life of Queen xv. 122 The Queen betakes herself to bed... The signal comes for extinguishing all the lights but the veilleuse. 1955Apollo LXI. 35/1 The veilleuse of pottery or porcelain is..a hollow pedestal on which sits either a covered warming bowl..or a teapot. 1961Times 2 Sept. 9/6 One was the earthenware bedside food warmer. Some collectors know these companionable little sets as veilleuses. 1969E. H. Pinto Treen 124/2 The oddest material for making veilleuses was probably wood and the fact that so few have survived is doubtless..because of their inflammability. 1983Thames & Hudson Catal. July-Dec. 31 The veilleuse, intended as a food or tea warmer for bedroom use..consists of..a supporting hollow pedestal, a small burner (godet) and a covered bowl or..teapot. |