be on velvet

Behind her was a painting on black velvet of The King.

The soft ground muffled his boots so that he seemed to be walking on velvet.

The planet hung in space before them, a green and brown jewel on black velvet.

Then there came a picture of the bone, all by itself, on black velvet.

Everybody's painting on velvet these days, but no one has the touch of the old and often anonymous masters.

And so beautiful the coins mounted on black velvet against the far wall.

A lot of the wall paintings were done on black velvet as well.

Even Virginia admitted that the painting should have been done on black velvet, but she said the child seemed to speak to her.

It was just like the Swinglis* to deliver a reprimand on black velvet.

Still, the stars were seldom more than lights on deep blue velvet.