seed-pearls

The edges were wrought with seed-pearls, and fringed with Valenciennes lace and bullion.

Novels by Eminent Hands 2006

The edges were wrought with seed-pearls, and fringed with Valenciennes lace and bullion.

Burlesques 2006

And she did love doing it; her heart rejoiced in the rich silks, the vivid wools, the precious metal threads that she couched down upon velvet or satin, the tiny gemstone beads, the minuscule seed-pearls.

Ill Met By Moonlight Lackey, Mercedes 2005

They nestled among leaves no bigger than seed-pearls, which gave off a sweet, spicy scent as he trod on them.

This Scepter'd Isle Lackey, Mercedes 2004

Across the windows hung thin curtains of muslin embroidered with beetles 'wings and with tiny seed-pearls, and as it passed by a pale-faced Circassian looked out and smiled at me.

The Fisherman and His Soul 1998

On the grass beside him lay a plumed hat, and a pair of riding-gloves gauntleted with gilt lace, and sewn with seed-pearls wrought into a curious device.

The Fisherman and His Soul 1998

Across the windows hung thin curtains of muslin embroidered with beetles 'wings and with tiny seed-pearls, and as it passed by a pale-faced Circassian looked out and smiled at me.

The Fisherman and His Soul 1998

On the grass beside him lay a plumed hat, and a pair of riding-gloves gauntleted with gilt lace, and sewn with seed-pearls wrought into a curious device.

The Fisherman and His Soul 1998

He considered his own rings -- rubies and garnets -- and slid off one of the inferior -- a garnet set with seed-pearls -- and gave it to her.

The Frozen Heart Cassidy, Laura 1995

They thought of their mother's perfect face, framed in the scarf with the seed-pearls and gold beads.

Funeral Games Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1981