She was dressed in a gown of the blackest and softest Bombazine and crape.
"The Maid of Maiden Lane"
Amelia E. Barr
Her dress is gathered around her waist by a black belt made of Bombazine, to which is attached some keys and Catholic relics.
"Eight days in New Orleans in February, 1847"
Albert James Pickett
We had a great-aunt who used to come from town with the pockets of her Bombazine dress standing way out with nice things for the children, but she would come in looking black as a thunder cloud until she had got through with her first cup of tea, when she would empty her right pocket of sugarplums, and having finished her second cup would empty the other pocket, and after she had taken an extra third cup, because she felt so very chilly, it took all the sitting-room and parlor and kitchen to contain her exhilaration.
"Around The Tea-Table"
T. De Witt Talmage