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old rose
[f. old a. + rose n. and a.]
a. A shrub rose belonging to a species long in cultivation or a variety grown before the development of the hybrid tea rose about 1890, generally bearing fragrant, less formal flowers during a single mid-summer period.
1885‘E. V. B.’ Ros Rosarum p. xx, In my own garden I gather together and fondly nurture every Old Rose that can be found. 1899G. Jekyll Wood & Garden vii. 78, I have also learnt from cottage gardens how pretty are some of the old Roses grown as standards. 1936E. A. Bunyard Old Garden Roses p. xi, The Old Roses are restrained and never garish. 1955G. S. Thomas Old Shrub Roses ii. 31 Many of the most shapely and sumptuous of our old roses were raised during the nineteenth century.
b. A shade of deep pink. Also attrib. or as adj.
1893Ladies' Home Jrnl. Jan. 29/2 Old-rose and black..is a specially fashionable combination. 1897Sears, Roebuck Catal. 255/1, 36-inch all wood albatross, colors cream, pink, old rose, nile green. 1922W. J. Locke Tale of Triona xxi. 241 Her mother's room, with the old rose curtains and Chippendale. 1923W. de la Mare Riddle 290 The chest was empty, except that it was lined with silk of old-rose. 1932G. Atherton Adventures of Novelist 349, I had brought with me an old-rose rug; I had the walls papered to match, and found an old-rose silken cover for the bed. 1948‘J. Tey’ Franchise Affair xi. 115 At the Alençon—cream paint and old-rose couches against the walls. 1973Harrods Christmas Catal. 50 Cocktail bar with mahogany finish, and leather panels in old rose..{pstlg}130. |