passementerien.
/ˈpasm(ə)ntri/, /pasˈmɛntri/, U.S. /ˌpæs(ə)ˈmɛnt(ə)ri/ Decorative and often sumptuous trimming consisting of braids, tassels, gimps, etc., variously made from silk, linen, wool, cotton, and silver and gold thread, etc., and originally popularized by French designs in the 17th cent.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > gold or silver
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passement silk1546
passement lacec1547
galloon1604
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1615 Shipping Lists of Dundee in Compt Bk. D. Wedderburne (1898) 255 The said bark laitlie arryved frome Roane in France contenand..100 pasmentrie..20 doz. abeill pasmenterie.
1794 A. Young Trav. France (ed. 2) I. xix. 550 They assert their pasmentiers of silk and cotton mixed, to be cheaper than any similar fabric in England.
1851 Harper's Mag. Feb. 431/1 A cloak..having three rich..fastenings of passementerie.
1879 M. E. Braddon Vixen x. 76 The purchase of an artistic arrangement in black silk and jet, velvet and passementerie.
1893 Daily Tel. 6 Oct. 5/2 The Duchess..wore a velvet and passementerie mantle.
1933 M. de la Roche Master of Jalna viii. 100 ‘Put a frill on it,’ he suggested. ‘A frill! A frill of what?’ ‘Would passementerie do?’
1960 New Yorker 9 Jan. 22/2 I rummaged through stalls laden with Victorian knicknacks, pewter..and miscellaneous rubbish of every description from passementerie to door knobs.
1996 Caterer & Hotelkeeper 21 Nov. 78/3 Furniture is chunky, lightened by bright ginghams and colourful passementerie.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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