What is "epoque"

Usage examples of "epoque".

There, amid a fabulous fetishistic compendium of Belle Epoque embroidered underclothes, he at last smelled the rearrangement going on in me.

In the center of the room rested a round, tufted-velvet Belle Epoque settee.

Et quoi de plus harmonieux que ces tombeaux de tous les styles et de toutes les epoques, multipliant les images et les symboles sous une de ces voutes qui tiennent de la geometrie, dont elles procedent, une beaute absolue.

Le jeune homme qui commence son education quinze ans apres son pere, a une epoque ou celui-ci, engage dans une profession speciale et active, ne peut que suivre les anciens principes, acquiert une superiorite theorique dont on doit tenir compte dans la hierarchie sociale.

A copperplate sign was illuminated by rows of dazzling bulbs: La Belle Epoque.

The red paper of the cocktail cigarette in a black malacca holder came close to matching the colour of the dress and Claudine acknowledged the entire, brilliant effect was very belle epoque.

Unnerved by this coup, he forsook America for France, settling at Saint Cloud where he did his best to enjoy the Belle Epoque.

CHAPTER SIX It was very early in the morning when Metcalfe finally returned to his apartment, on the fifth floor of a Belle Epoque building on the rue de Rivoli.