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Liberty, n.2|ˈlɪbətɪ|
[The name of a London drapery firm, Messrs. Liberty and Co.]
Used attrib. to designate materials, styles, colours, etc., characteristic of textile fabrics or articles sold by Messrs. Liberty.
1888Mrs. H. Ward R. Elsmere I. ii. vii. 173 Bits of Liberty stuffs with the edges still ragged, or cheap morsels of Syrian embroidery. 1888Daily News 23 Apr. 6/4 Her dress was of two kindred shades of almost indescribable colour, belonging to the class now commonly known..as Liberty tints. 1891Ibid. 19 Jan. 3/1 ‘Liberty styles’ are to be had in every large drapery establishment. 1892‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 2nd Ser. 112 Putting on a turban and a Liberty sash. 1892G. & W. Grossmith Diary of Nobody ix. 126 Carrie has arranged some Liberty silk bows on the four corners. 1894W. J. Locke At Gate of Samaria (1895) ix. 103 It had long been dismantled of the Liberty curtains, Persian rugs, and cheap Japaneseries. 1900Munsey's Mag. July 517/2 Tying a brown liberty silk veil over my hair. 1901Daily News 7 Mar. 8/4 Dresses and costumes (familiarly known as ‘Liberty’ gowns and frocks). 1903A. Bennett Leonora viii. 238 She had changed her Liberty dress for the dark severe frock of her studious hours. 1913R. Brooke Let. 22 Nov. (1968) 535 Hindus..in Liberty-coloured garments. 1923R. Macaulay Told by Idiot i. vi. 31 She looked round the Liberty room. 1957M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 283/1 Liberty s[atin], trade name for soft, closely woven, piece-dyed satin fabric with raw-silk warp and single spun-silk filling. 1972Daily Tel. 6 May 21/3 In spite of its French name, the ‘new art’ [sc. art nouveau] started in England and was originally known as the ‘Liberty Style’ deriving its name from the famous store which was started by Arthur Lazenby Liberty in 1875. Libertys sold many articles in this new style. 1973Country Life 8 Feb. 365/2 Coat and skirt in a natural-coloured Swiss cloth with a lining and blouse in Liberty lawn.
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1898Daily News 19 Nov. 6/2 Another instance of the vogue enjoyed by English materials on the Continent is the universality of the word ‘Liberty’. 1903Daily Chron. 19 Sept. 8/4 Soft satin, called in Paris Liberty, is again being employed as a blouse fabric. 1909Westm. Gaz. 1 Oct. 8/4 With pannier draperies over an under-skirt of Liberty. |