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Recent Examples of coverletThis coverlet features a matelassé weave in eight soft hues, adding warmth and lavish heft to any bedscape.—Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 19 Feb. 2026 As quality sheets become more colorful and more accessibly priced, people want to show them off, alongside elegant duvets or coverlets.—Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Feb. 2026 Layering pieces like a coverlet or cozy blanket with a fluffy poly fiber fill can help create a cloud-like final layer.—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026 Tapestries, woven coverlets, quilts, tablecloths, curtains ... there's nothing like vintage fiber pieces to bring a sense of softness to your home.—Melissa Breyer, Martha Stewart, 16 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for coverlet
Beneath wall text describing Báthory’s ghoulish crimes and her macabre punishment, bloody mannequins in nightshirts, one with its throat hideously cut, sprawl across a counterpane.
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Sam Lipsyte,
Harper’s Magazine ,
27 Apr. 2022
The bed was draped in a cranberry-red silk counterpane.