drapery Copy link Outline 1. ămictus, us (the proper word to denote clothing thrown over the person, outer clothing)2. vēlāmentum or vēlāmen, ĭnis, n. (often pl.) • drapery: esp. of statues: 1. ămictus, us (the proper word to denote clothing thrown over the person, outer clothing): v. dress. 2. vēlāmentum or vēlāmen, ĭnis, n. (often pl.): cf. Ov. A. A. 2, 613. Phr.: to be skilful in his d.s (of a sculptor), *vestes scite exprimere; vestium sinus rugasque scite imitari.
DRAPERY Copy link • DRAPERYCloth manufacture, textrinum (sc. opus, weaving; Cic.). Cloth; woollen cloth [Vid: CLOTH]. Drapery (as applied to the representation of dress in painting and sculpture), vestitus: amictus (dress): rugae, sinus (the folds, etc., of the dress). Any painter or sculptor is famous for his draperies, *pictor (or statuarius) aliquis rugas sinusque vestium singulari opere artificioque exprimit or imitatur. Painters take great liberties in their draperies, *pictoribus in adornandis vestibus magnam omnes damus impunitatem et licentiam.