black-velvet

• “US Marshals Service PIECES OF THE MADOFFS: More than 400 pieces of Madoff property are set to be sold at auction next month, including a desk, a pair of monogrammed 'BLM' black-velvet slippers, a bull sculpture and jewelry.”

  The Wall Street Journal: More Madoff Property Headed for Auction Block

• ““Put on the mask, borachín,” Estefan said to Skye as he held out the black-velvet half mask decorated with purple and black laces and feathers.”

  Simon & Schuster: Crusade

• “I am dressed in a traditional black-velvet Afghan vest, sewn with mirrors and loops of silver braid.”

  Scents & Sensibility

• “We had plenty of offers for a striped Free People sweater and ended up accepting a swap that netted us a suede Giani Bernini tote bag, a Gap backpack and a pair of dressy black-velvet gloves.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Sites Let You Swap Till You Drop

• “Last summer, the safety light out back went out, and we decided not to replace it because we were so bedazzled by the spectacle of a night-sky unfaded by city lights, blanketing its majesty overhead like diamond-encrusted black-velvet robes.”

  Deanie Mills: How To Kill A Two-Headed Snake

• “In snapshots taken when she was four months old, she appears to be the epitome of sweetness and serenity, with tigerlike stripes adorning her black-velvet body and green eyes glowing like heated emeralds.”

  Simon & Schuster: Chicken Soup for the Soul: Loving Our Cats

• “In this mercado you could find boots, lamps, nudie playing cards, knives of every description, black-velvet paintings, statuary and just about anything you could think of.”

  Tijuana: a taste of Mexico - part 3

• “Two generations later, when the French Crown Jewels were adorned the Royal Family in many different kinds of personal ornaments, Marie Antoinette used the Regent to adorn a large black-velvet hat.”

  Couronne Louis XV

• “Despite the form-fitting foam packing, this black-velvet cake arrived slightly crushed.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Holiday Cakes: Hold the Fruit and Nuts

• “The diamond lay on a black-velvet cushion, and immediately it seemed to gather to itself all the light in the room.”

  Simon & Schuster: City of Glory

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