单词 | painted cloth |
释义 | painted clothn. Now archaic and historical. A cloth or hanging decorated with images or text executed in paint (formerly also embroidered or woven in colours). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > [noun] > tapestry > for hanging painted cloth1389 halling1418 parlouring1496 scene1638 painting cloth1668 stamped leather1819 hanger- 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 115 (MED) We haue a peyntid clothe that cost xl s., qwyche was ordeined to hang in the chirche. 1390 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1882) I. 246 (MED) Unum peyntidkloth veteres ad vj d. c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 3607 Hatches with haythen men hillyd ware thare vndyre, Prowdliche purtrayede with payntede clothys. 1488 in J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) 286 j pantid cloth cum pictura Sancti Antonii. 1528 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 253 A paynted clothe wth Christe and ij thefes upon it, iiijd. 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. C2v Who feares a sentence or an old mans saw, Shall by a painted cloth be kept in awe. View more context for this quotation 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 171 That Alexander was a Souldier, painted cloths will confesse, the painter dareth not leave him out of the Nine Worthies. 1714 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus (ed. 3) II. vii. vii. 17 So Temples, Woods, and Groves appear At Distance in the Theatre; But if we once so near approach, That we the painted Cloth can touch, We then discover the Deceit. a1748 T. Brerewood Galfred & Juetta (1772) ii. 32 Yonder, Where, on the painted Cloth, appear The Lion, Porcupine, and Bear. 1846 C. Dickens Pictures from Italy 238 Cheap exhibitions with clowns and showmen, drums, and trumpets, painted cloths representing the wonders within, and admiring crowds assembled without. a1879 J. B. Buckstone Flowers of Forest (1890) i. iv. 7/1 Scene IV... A Country Church and Churchyard. A pathway leading to the porch. Painted Cloth for Churchyard. 1979 Antiquaries Jrnl. 59 474 The use of textiles in interior decoration was nothing new at that period and medieval arras and Elizabethan painted cloths are well known. 1993 P. Ackroyd House of Dr. Dee 74 The walls are hung with painted cloths where several histories, as well as herbs and beasts, are stained. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmaspainted cloth ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > hangings > a hanging > types of painted cloth1542 arrasa1616 1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth xxxvii. sig. N.iv The chamber..that the madde man is in, let there be no paynted clothes. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. ii. 26 Slaues as ragged as Lazarus in the painted cloth . View more context for this quotation 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. xi. B14 Set this in your painted cloathes . View more context for this quotation 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Tapis As deafe as an Image in a painted cloth. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 171 That Alexander was a Souldier, painted cloths will confesse, the painter dareth not leave him out of the Nine Worthies. < n.1389 as lemmas |
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