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rose du Barry|rəʊz djuː ˈbærɪ|
Also rose du Barri.
[f. the name of the Comtesse du Barry (1746–93), a patron of the Sèvres porcelain factory.]
A soft shade of pink developed c 1757 for use as a ground colour on Sèvres porcelain. Also attrib. or as adj. Cf. rose Pompadour.
1856[see cabaret1 3]. 1879C. Schreiber Jrnl. 13 Oct. (1911) II. 227 Some very fine Rose du Barry Sèvres vases. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXIX. 730/1 The experts of Tôkyô and Nagoya have produced many very beautiful specimens of monochrome enamels—yellow (canary or straw), rose du Barry, liquid-dawn red, [etc.]. 1912C. Mackenzie Carnival xxviii. 284 The two girls followed their host to his room which was hung with rose du Barri draperies prodigally braided with gold. 1931J. Cannan High Table iii. 36 His head making a grease mark on the rose du Barri brocade. 1934Historical Colours (Thos. Parsons & Sons) 58 Du Barry Red is sometimes wrongly called Rose du Barry. 1960H. Hayward Antique Coll. 243/2 Rose du Barry, a popular misnomer for the coloured ground used on Sèvres porcelain and properly known as rose Pompadour. 1974Country Life 3 Oct. 939/3 Vases of delicate pink which we know now as rose Pompadour but which used to be called rose du Barry. |
