| At 51, three times married, I have about as much interest in romance as I have in ironing antimacassars, dusting doilies or stuffing lavender sachets. |
| Septimus suffered the ignomy of being caught red-handed, clad only in antimacassars, while burgling the home of a celebrated designer of dadoes. |
| Do they sport antimacassars on the back of their leather desk chairs? |
| I saw again front rooms with antimacassars over the window chairs, in which widows sit, remembering how it was when the children were young. |
| Rather unwisely Mr Morrison took himself off to Italy as the nation's landladies wept into their antimacassars. |
| It was like travelling back in time, embroidered antimacassars adorning the seats adding to a sense of Victoriana. |
