Both of them, peering through the scrim curtains, saw a tall white figure disappear into the spring-house.
"A Woman Named Smith"
Marie Conway Oemler
Its walls had been hung with Willesden scrim gilded over; the curtains were silver-grey; there was a divan covered with silver-and-gold stuff, and a beaten brass fireplace.
"Beyond"
John Galsworthy
The scrim that the projected portions of the show normally screened on was ground into the floor, spotted with grime, footprints and oil.
"Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom"
Cory Doctorow