drapery

Preposition: of

• fabric: Silhouettes were sleek, fluid and graceful, accentuated by the drapery of the luxurious fabrics.

Converse of object

• use: Mort cloths were rich draperies used to drape a coffin or shrouded corpse.
• include: The Co-operative store also includes a drapery, hardware and grocery department, which even sells branded names that have been long forgotten.
• imitate: Wallpaper border printed to imitate velvet drapery with fringing, about 1820-30.
• depict: Mantling: A piece of ornamental drapery depicted issuing from a helmet and surrounding a shield.
• fly: The lower section of the frieze is rather indistinct, but seems to be flying draperies and rocks rather than a chariot.

Adjective modifier

• white: She was searched and no trace of the voluminous white drapery could be found.
• heavy: To a small child it seemed like a maze of heavy green drapery stretching out to the sun.
• rich: Thick carpets covered the floors and the windows were hung with rich draperies.
• black: Minimalism and white space is set against deep red and black drapery; venerable beams are cheek by jowl with steel and glass.
• blue: The blue satin draperies were derived from an early 19th century French source.
• red: Clad only in crumpled white and red drapery gathered around her waist, Scylla leans forward, gesturing with her hand.

Modifies a noun

• establishment: Another incident happened recently in the Market-Place when a terrier dog on the prowl had the audacity to venture into a drapery establishment.
• shop: He was sent to spend some time in a fashionable drapery shop in London, where he made some important business connections.
• store: The old woman ran a small drapery store in the neighborhood, which led Winter to believe she was wealthy.
• business: Her father, William Walter Meadows, ran his drapery business from the same premises.
• trade: YMCA History The YMCA has its roots in the drapery trade having been founded by George Williams in the 1840's.
• fold: The multiple, fluttering drapery folds are very similar to those on miniatures of the earliest group of Carolingian illuminated manuscripts.

Noun used with modifier

• satin: The blue satin draperies were derived from an early 19th century French source.
• giant: Up just shy we were given man giant draperies.