Boiserie
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Boiserie is a noun meaning panelling; wood trim.
Meaning
panelling; wood trim.
Example Sentences
Around 1960 the town house — 1081 Fifth Avenue, at 89th Street — was pulled down to make way for 1080 Fifth Avenue, and the boiseries were removed.
Pot luck turned out to be an exquisite light lunch served at a round table in a room lined with rococo boiseries that had been removed wholesale from some grand Parisian town house and painted pale blue.
Word Forms
- boiseries
Related Words
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