feuille-morte

"And so I became reconciled to things as they were, though to this day I connect with that shade of feuille-morte satin a disappointment not to be forgotten."

Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances 1869

This is the cause of my dislike for a certain shade of feuille-morte satin.

Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances 1869

It was not amber satin, and it was not snuff-coloured satin; it was one of the shades of brown known by the name of feuille-morte, or dead-leaf colour.

Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances 1869

She wore a dress of feuille-morte satin, and a black lace shawl.

Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances 1869

I learnt to love her more heartily, I confess, when she bought a new gown and gave the feuille-morte satin to Mrs. Metcalfe.

Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances 1869

Estelle made her low reverence unnoticed, and watched with eager eyes as the slight figure entered, clad in the stately costume that was regarded as proper respect to her hostess; but the long loose sacque of blue silk was faded, the _feuille-morte_ velvet petticoat frayed, the lace on the neck and sleeves washed and mended; there were no jewels on the sleeves, though the long gloves fitted exquisitely, no gems in the buckles of the high-heeled shoes, and the only ornament in the carefully rolled and powdered hair, a white rose.

A Modern Telemachus Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862