The latter was the lot of Henry Holtspur and Marion Wade, as they rested under the sheltering toile of the verandah.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid
From the time thus selected for the display of it, the tapestry acquired the name of le toile de Saint Jean; and it is to the present day commonly so called in the city.
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner
The word tapestry suffers as much as any other-witness the attempt made for hundreds of years among all nations to set apart a word that shall be used only to designate the hand-woven pictured hangings and coverings discussed in this book; arras, gobelins, toile peinte, etc.
"The Tapestry Book"
Helen Churchill Candee