delft

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[delft]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

earthenware having an opaque white glaze with an overglaze decoration, usually in blue.
any pottery resembling this.

Delft

[delft]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a city in W Netherlands.

Delft

/ ��ɛ��ڳ� /

noun

a town in the SW Netherlands, in South Holland province. Pop: 97 000 (2003 est)
Also called: delftware.��tin-glazed earthenware made in Delft since the 17th century, typically having blue decoration on a white ground
a similar earthenware made in England

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Word History and Origins

Origin of delft¹

First recorded in 1705–15; after Delft

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The recycled curtain material - "delft blue floral, vintage rose and teal, and rich damask burnt orange drapery" - was of a style used between the 1950s and 1990s during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.

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The mansion is a hodgepodge of styles named for its inhabitants’ lineage with a few blue delft mantels “pried out of a castle in Utrecht.”

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Twenty color options include grasshopper, hot pink, delft, tangerine, storm gray and classic red.

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The gently moving backdrops, painted deep delft blue, looked like they had sprung from a sumptuous picture book.

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�� appears to be Dutch delft tiles in the breakfast room is an optical illusion.

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