récamier

"Récamier's operation" is a term used for curettage of the uterus.

One man is caning a récamier, while another is hammering away at a trunk.

The shape of the récamier is similar to a traditional lit bateau (boat bed) but made for the drawing room, not the bedroom.

This book drew on her knowledge of Récamier, but it also outlined her interest in women and a history of their rights.

One of hers owners was the banker Jacques Récamier.

In 1834, he returned to study medicine under noted French physician Joseph Récamier.

Récamier: a récamier has two raised ends, and nothing on the long sides.

A type of sofa or chaise longue on which she liked to recline, the récamier, was named after her.

The Récamier marriage was never consummated, and Juliette remained a virgin until at least the age of forty.

Récamier's salon and a Tuileries chair and ottoman.

Role: Récamier.

He also directed the Théâtre Récamier.

Madame Récamier may refer to:

She became a friend of Madame de Staël and Madame Récamier.

At this point, she often spent time with Germaine de Stael and Juliette Récamier.

Mme Récamier was eventually exiled from Paris by the orders of Napoleon I.

Madame Récamier hosted brilliant fêtes at Le Raincy under the Directoire.

Récamier is credited with the popularization of several instruments in gynecological medicine, including the curette, vaginal speculum and the uterine sound.

In a 1933 revival under the title Récamier, Argyle again danced the title role of Madame Recamier.

If anyone was meant to reprise Madame Récamier's corsets and glory, it would be Mr. Ferré.

He stopped again at a red velvet récamier, which was freighted with a cargo of needlepoint pillows, and looked up at the Chinese painted screen behind it.

Her father had bought a hôtel particulier in the Chaussée-d'Antin from the bankrupt banker Récamier, husband of Juliette.

Monsieur Vautrin" by André Charpak, staged at the Théâtre Récamier "

Some 19th-century salons were more inclusive, verging on the raffish, and centered around painters and "literary lions" such as Madame Récamier.