"Velours" Quotes from Famous Books
... sitting-room, lighted softly by inverted bowl-shaped globes of glass so colored as to bring out the full value of the pink velours and satin brocades with which the room was hung and ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — The Harbor of Doubt • Frank Williams
... semi-circular window just under the ceiling. The tiled floor was badly covered by an infamous carpet, and the furniture, very simple, consisted of a round dining-room table, some old bergere armchairs covered with slate-blue Utrecht velours, a little stained walnut sideboard on which were several plates and pitchers of Breton faience, and opposite the sideboard a little black bookcase, which might contain ...![](http://www.free-translator.com/rquot.gif) — La-bas • J. K. Huysmans |