To'complete the outfit there was even a fan in the same eau de nil silk as her gown.

This was complemented by the innovative use of pale green 'eau de nil' paintwork for the superstructure.

In an eau de nil room, branches wave through the ceiling; arches and windows allow glimpses of unknown areas.

He insisted that the panels in the ballroom be repainted, too, in a shade of pale almond green called eau de Nil.

'Madame looks ravishing in the eau de nil satin,' suggested Elise, her professional instincts reasserting themselves.

Singles cost $45, doubles $85, in rose, rusty orange, tea green, aubergine, salmon, eau de nil and taupe.

They're widely available, sold in DIY stores for yuppie decorators who don't want to get eau de nil on their cuffs.

The sea is an eerie eau de nil, silvery in the sun, with a powder blue line of sky behind it and towers of pink-edged cloud.

It's back was a dull pewter colour, with a paler underbelly, but the tip of its tail was eau de nil and looked soft and delicate.

Muted tones of powder blue, dusty pink and antique white, eau de nil and creamy yellow encourage a feeling of calm and relaxation.

Miss Douce said yes, sitting with his ex, pearl grey and EAU DE NIL.

The groundfloor walls beneath the gallery are decorated with some of Carr's neoclassical plasterwork depicted in white against the eau de nil colour of the walls.

Towards midsummer, for instance, he was reading a study of the psychological effect of colour on learning and, that weekend, he decided to paint her nursery a pale eau de Nil.

It was a gloriously rich Georgian costume in the most beautiful eau de nil silk, which opened over an underskirt of white satin embroidered with a complex design of silver flowers and leaves.

A Jeep rattled us up the highest mountain from where we looked out at palm-fringed islets across an incredible sea with nine distinct stripes of colour from eau de Nil to navy blue.

She used Lauralee's rosewater soap, knowing from experience that it was something Lauralee wouldn't miss, whereas if she purloined Alison's Spanish sandalwood, or Carolyn's Eau de Nil bars, they would be missed.

By the sandwichbell in screening shadow Lydia, her bronze and rose, a lady's grace, gave and withheld: as in cool glaucous EAU DE NIL Mina to tankards two her pinnacles of gold.

The walls had panels in the same eau de nil as her gown, a similar colour contrasted with a soft butter yellow used on the intricately plaster worked ceiling, with the plaster work itself picked out in white and embellished with gold.