Recamier meaning

rā'kəm-yā', rā-käm-
A couch or day bed typically having a high curved headboard and a low or absent footboard.
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A type of couch, usually backless, with gracefully scrolled ends.
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(born Jeanne Françoise Julie Adelaïde Bernard) 1777-1849; Fr. social leader in intellectual & literary circles.
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An old-fashioned couch with headrest and footrest.
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Origin of recamier

  • After Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Bernard Récamier who was depicted reclining on such a couch in a portrait by Jacques Louis David
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • Borrowing from French récamier, named after the 19th century French socialite Juliette Récamier.
    From Wiktionary

Recamier Sentence Examples

  • Mathieu de Montmorency and Mme Recamier were exiled for the crime of seeing her; and she at last began to think of doing what she ought to have done years before and withdrawing herself entirely from Napoleon's sphere.

  • His pictures are magnificent in their composition and their draughtsmanship; and his keen observation and insight into character are evident, especially in his portraits, notably of Madame Recamier, of the Conventional Gerard and of Boissy d'Anglas.

  • Attracted by Madame Recamier, he soon returned, and after an interview with Napoleon on the 10th of April, he became a supporter of his government and drew up the Acte constitutionnel.

  • Constant's political career was spoiled by his liaison with Madame de Stael, and at the Restoration was further disturbed by his unreturned passion for Madame Recamier.

  • Melegari in 1895; the semi-autobiographical Adolphe; his letters to Madame de Charriere; to Madame Recamier, edited by Madame Lenormant in 1882.

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