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silver-embroidered

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  • The actress picked a silver-embroidered Valentino frock with braiding at the neckline and waist paired with high-heeled slippers.

    Jennifer Aniston Keeps It Classy In Valentino At U.K. 'Horrible Bosses' Premiere (PHOTOS, POLL) 2011

  • Still, I found his simile coming to mind next day, when I attended her durbar again, and watched her sitting enthroned to hear petitions, dressed in a cloth-of-silver sari that fitted her like a skin, with a silver-embroidered shawl framing that fine dark face; when she moved it was for all the world like a great gleaming snake stirring.

    Fiancée 2010

  • The picadors wear flat-brimmed, beige felt hats called castorenos, silver-embroidered jackets, chamois trousers, and steel leg armor.

    Life And Death Ritual - La Corrida 2006

  • His ensemble — wide Venetian velvet pantaloons and a silver-embroidered waistcoat — gave him the look of a royal courtier, someone of another time, out of place in our world of egalitarian linen and rough wool.

    Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe Sandra Gulland 2000

  • His ensemble — wide Venetian velvet pantaloons and a silver-embroidered waistcoat — gave him the look of a royal courtier, someone of another time, out of place in our world of egalitarian linen and rough wool.

    Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe Sandra Gulland 2000

  • As he turned to ask Florian if he could borrow the blanket, Florian reached around and pulled the silver-embroidered blue blanket from his back with his teeth, clearly with the same idea in mind.

    Storm Rising Lackey, Mercedes 1995

  • As he turned to ask Florian if he could borrow the blanket, Florian reached around and pulled the silver-embroidered blue blanket from his back with his teeth, clearly with the same idea in mind.

    Storm Rising Lackey, Mercedes 1995

  • The Seneschal, a greying man so utterly ordinary that the only things memorable about him were his silver-embroidered grey silk robes and chain of office, took charge of the situation.

    The Eagle And The Nightingale Lackey, Mercedes 1995

  • He was wearing what he had planned to wear for the occasion: ice-blue knee breeches, silver-embroidered waistcoat, a slightly darker blue coat, all satin, white stockings and linen, a copious amount of lace at neck and wrists.

    Snow Angels Balogh, Mary 1991

  •  Patty said crossly, then the front door was pulled open and she stood there, pink and dishevelled, in a long, silver-embroidered black caftan, her lipstick smudged, her dark hair ruffled, her brown eyes wide and startled as they gazed at Lauren incredulously.

    Sleeping Partners Lamb, Charlotte, 1937- 1991

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