Captain Barker shivered again, plucked aimlessly at a rosette in the window-cushion, and stole a quick glance at his comrade's back.
"The Blue Pavilions"
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
'There, John dearest, take care; don't you see you'll crush all that great affair of Malines lace, that rosette has been breaking her heart to manage this half hour.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
The marquise must wear pink or blue, or some light color; she must have the long waist, the square-cut corsage, the large hoop, the neat slipper, with rosette and high heel, the rouge and patches to supplement her powdered hair, or she is no marquise.
"Manners and Social Usages"
Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood