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Aubusson

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Au·bus·son  (b-sn, -sô)
n.
A tapestry or usually pileless, densely patterned carpet woven in Aubusson, a city of central France, or similar to the ones made there.
Aubusson (French) [obysɔ̃]
n
(Placename) a town in central France, in the Creuse department: a centre for flat-woven carpets and for tapestries since the 16th century. Pop.: 5000 (latest est.)
adj
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) denoting or relating to these carpets or tapestries
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She had taken root in that thick-pile Aubusson carpet; and she was so rigidly still all over that the brilliant stones in the shaft of the arrow of gold, with the six candles at the head of the sofa blazing full on them, emitted no sparkle.
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