Chantilly
(ʃɑ̃tiji)
Also † Chantilli.
[The name of a town in France, near Paris.]
1. Used attrib. or absol. of a soft-paste porcelain made at Chantilly in the 18th century.
| 1774 H. Walpole Descr. Strawberry-Hill 16 Six coloured handle cups and saucers..of Chantilli china. Ibid. 20 A white butter-pot and plate of Chantilli. 1875 Lady C. Schreiber Jrnl. (1911) I. 350 A little Chantilly vase. Ibid. 352 A very pretty Chantilly marked cup. 1938 Burlington Mag. June p. xxix/i, A pair of porcelain statuettes of the Louis XV period, of soft-paste Chantilly. 1951 J. B. Priestley Fest. Farbridge ii. ii. 288 Meissen cups and Chantilly figures. |
2. Applied to a delicate lace made originally at Chantilly, or to an article of apparel made of this lace.
| 1831 in A. Adburgham Shops & Shopping (1964) iv. 36 Extensive stock of Chantilly veils. 1848 Thackeray Van. Fair xxii. 188 Over the bonnet she had a veil of white Chantilly lace. 1898 [see polychrome a.]. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 566/2 In the middle of the 19th century..fashion decreed that every lady's wardrobe should include..for the summer a black or white so-called Chantilly shawl, many of which were produced at Brussels and Ghent. 1957 M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 57/2 Chantilly lace, bobbin lace with fine ground and exquisitely outlined pattern. |
3. Sweetened whipped cream; confectionery containing this cream. Also attrib.
| 1845 E. Acton Mod. Cookery xx. 529 Chantilly Basket. Filled with whipped cream and fresh strawberries. 1939 A. L. Simon Conc. Encycl. Gastron. I. 14/2 In confectionery, Chantilly means fresh cream whipped and sweetened. 1952 F. White Good English Food i. vi. 71 Purée of wood strawberries..piped Chantilly cream over. 1961 M. Stewart Ivy Tree xiv. 231 The strawberries hastily assembled into whipped cream Chantilly. |