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Meanings of silken curtains in English

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Usage of silken curtains in English
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In alcoves half-veiled with silken curtains stood statues in gold and bronze.
The Land of the Changing Sun
2
We could hear nothing but the breeze crackling in the silken curtains.
The Helmet of Navarre
3
Now between her and the air was nothing but the silken curtains.
Pearl-Maiden: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem
4
The vast four-post bedstead with its silken curtains was like a tomb.
Catherine De Medici
5
The girl stepped from the library clutching the silken curtains.
The Seventh Noon
6
The silken curtains beside the windows were torn, while those of muslin remained intact.
Adieu
7
The silken curtains weighted with gold fell together with a swishing sound behind him.
"Unto Caesar"
8
A gilded barge with a dragon's head and silken curtains had come to meet them.
Little Sky-High; Or, The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang
9
Lianor reeled against the bed, and held firmly to the silken curtains to prevent herself falling.
Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective; Or, The Crime of the Midnigh...
10
Slowly the heavy silken curtains drew to either side of the stage, revealing a sunlit glade.
The Lamp of Fate
11
This is my bedroom, she continued, pushing aside the silken curtains that separated the two rooms.
Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School / Or, Fast Friends in...
12
Inside, the striped silken curtains were closely drawn.
A Book of Quaker Saints
13
Tom sat up in bed and gazed out from the heavy silken curtains upon this fine company.
The Prince and the Pauper
14
At last, at the end of a wide hall before many-hued silken curtains our two guides stopped.
Caves of Terror
15
On either side of the huge image hung silken curtains, in all probability covering doorways into yet other chambers.
The Master Mystery
16
Ser Jorah would sooner have tucked her inside her palanquin, safely hidden behind silken curtains, but she refused him.
A clash of kings
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Silken curtains through the time
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