Meanings of rich embroidery in English

No sentence could be too stiff with rich embroidery, and no antithesis too flowery.

Grows like a harp: a rich embroidery

The Tazia is placed against the wall on the side facing Mecca, under a canopy of rich embroidery.

She examined with curiosity the rich embroidery of the chair cushions, but preferred a seat upon the sofa.

Fifty robes of rich embroidery, a hundred of the finest white linen from Cairo, Suez, Cufa, and Alexandria.

Finger-deep the rich embroidery stiffens.

He immediately procured a splendid equipage, dressed his servants in rich embroidery, and covered his horses with golden caparisons.

A silken doublet and waistcoat of rich embroidery, over which was a turned-down shirt-collar of point-lace, surmounted the whole.

Mrs. Dumany, or, as she was called, the countess, wore a loose morning-dress of raw silk, with rich embroidery.

The fine woollen cloths, especially, with their rich embroidery, were pronounced equal to silk, from which it was not easy to distinguish them.

Can he, with a few masterly touches and taking no more trouble than things are worth, indicate lace-work, or suggest jewellery, or rich embroidery?

The aesthetic of the Habsburg court can be seen in the velvety blacks and rich embroideries of Balenciaga's eveningwear.

"Nay," replied the sage, "they have no pearls and rich embroideries to match thine.

Pearls and precious stones take their place in rich embroideries, also various less expensive but pretty stones may often be made use of effectively.