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Beauvais|bəʊˈveɪ|
The name of a town in northern France, used attrib. to designate things manufactured there, as Beauvais tapestry.
1885L. J. Davis tr. Müntz's Short Hist. Tapestry xiv. 335 (caption) Louis XV. Fauteuil, covered in Beauvais tapestry. 1899R. Glazier Man. Hist. Ornament 118 There are some fine Gobelin and Beauvais tapestries in Windsor Castle. 1961Connoisseur Dec. p. xxxviii, A fine Louis XV Beauvais tapestry. |