black-silk

Shorter than Bella was Martha, a trifle, but the merest trifle, less queenly of port; but beautifully and generously proportioned, mellowed rather than dismantled by years, her Polynesian chiefess figure eloquent and glorious under the satisfying lines of a half-fitting, grandly sweeping, black-silk holoku trimmed with black lace more costly than a Paris gown.

ON THE MAKALOA MAT 2010

His garb was dignified and silken, and his black-silk skull-cap with the red button atop, now, alas! fallen on the ground, was the skull-cap worn by the successful and dignified merchants of his race.

THE TEARS OF AH KIM 2010

She was dressed in a black-silk gown that was dyed, a brown bonnet, an old French cashmere shawl, raw-silk stockings, and low shoes; and in her hand she carried a straw bag and a blue umbrella.

A Start in Life 2007

Months later, a compromise was reached: P&G found a hand-sewn, black-silk flower that passed muster with Mr. Garavani and would look crisp for three to five years of use, the length of time P&G believes that consumers hold on to a luxury perfume.

P&G's Push Into Perfume 2007

Madame Grandet was attired habitually in a gown of greenish levantine silk, endeavoring to make it last nearly a year; with it she wore a large kerchief of white cotton cloth, a bonnet made of plaited straws sewn together, and almost always a black-silk apron.

Eug�nie Grandet 2007

His lip, it seems, has been sewed up, and he wears a great black-silk patch upon the place.

Sir Charles Grandison 2006

Shuttleworth, and a little lady in a black-silk gown, whom I could not see at first for the dazzle in the room; she came up and shook hands with me at once.

The Life of Charlotte Bronte 2002

The Bee was dressed by Banana Republic, in khaki wash pants, a T-shirt with a queen bee on the chest, a photographer's vest with fifteen pockets, hiking boots and a preppy black-silk ski mask rolled up and worn as a watch cap.

The Night Crew Sandford, John, 1944 Feb. 23- 1997

Shorter than Bella was Martha, a trifle, but the merest trifle, less queenly of port; but beautifully and generously proportioned, mellowed rather than dismantled by years, her Polynesian chiefess figure eloquent and glorious under the satisfying lines of a half-fitting, grandly sweeping, black-silk holoku trimmed with black lace more costly than a Paris gown.

ON THE MAKALOA MAT 1993

No finger of land to mar the perfect beauty of the moonlight on the black-silk water.

The Irda Baker, Linda P. 1995