In color it runs from ecru drab to hair-brown with streaks of the latter, and it is very viscid when moist.
"Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc."
George Francis Atkinson
When the King and Queen of England were received, the address of welcome was read by the Parsee President of the Council, while a bouquet was presented to the Queen by the President's wife, dressed in her graceful sari or robe of ecru silk, edged with a black border, heavy with ornamental gold work.
"The Critic in the Orient"
George Hamlin Fitch
Madame had, cried madame's maid, running to fetch one with little pink flowers and green leaves on an ecru ground.
"A Modern Chronicle, Volume 6"
Winston Churchill