Sentence examples for dark linen from inspiring English sources

The woman was in her early sixties, and dressed in loose dark linen.

Earlier this week, the artist, wearing an equally dark linen suit, was unperturbed by the fact that two trees were still at large, en route from London where they went on view last summer as part of his blockbuster show at the Royal Academy.

II A small room, brown and dark, its linen white as the white spur of the Matterhorn above the balcony and the dark inns in snow, and, incredibly on the scars of the crevasses, a train crawling up the mountain.

MITCHELLS is known around the country as one of the last great men's retailers -- an icon of the traditional carriage trade, a bastion of ribbon belts and club ties, dark green linen jackets and light yellow socks, interspersed with Armani.

He had on a khaki suit jacket, unmatching khaki pants, and a dark-green linen shirt that changed the color of his eyes.

It was made of dark or light linen or white wool.

Although they aren't huge, they are utterly elegant: fresh white linen, dark wooden furniture, hand-painted walls.

Bright sterling spoons and forks, polished dark floors, comforting linen sheets — all this household godliness was presided over by my aunt and arrived at by Bernice, the maid.

Where to Eat Open since May, Tundra -- in the Hilton Hotel, at 145 Richmond Street West, (416) 860-6800 -- is soothing, neutral (dark wood, white linen, brown upholstery) and chic.

One gallery, a twenty-three-foot cube, contains a pair of Rothkos and a dark Richard Serra on linen that wraps around a corner; the room at once forces you to focus inward and lifts you up, like Borromini.

Nearly every city has a restaurant like LAMB'S GRILL CAFE (801-364-7166, $60) whallmarksmarestarchedarched white linen, dark paneling and a décor than hasn't changed much since Franklin D. Roosevelt was president.