The basic evening shape was a slender skirt in stitched leather, ribbons or embroidered velvet, with a strapless bodice and floating stoles.

AND her embroidered velvet sleeves, slashed and puffed, very beautifully made and fitting the arm perfectly.

He subsided back into his chair, the embroidered velvet settling around him like a royal mantle.

A sleeveless jacket of embroidered velvet of a dark shade is occasionally worn over the gown.

In the 1980s ornately embroidered velvet became popular.

Guards sprang forward, found themselves dressed in embroidered velvet, and spun around, bewildered, drawn swords in their hand.

His robe, too, was black, but of richly embroidered velvet, and there was a velvet cap on his head.

To each side of the fireplace were high, carved chairs, cushioned in embroidered velvet.

As the show moved into its evening segment, the glitter quotient rose with embroidered velvet and satin jackets over lame and brocade skirts and dresses.

He brushed a casual hand over his sea-blue tunic, embroidered velvet and belted with silver, the breeze ruffling the lawn sleeves of his shirt.