It contained the bones of the king, wrapped up in red Taffety, and still in tolerable preservation; but nothing else.
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner
Here sits a woman of five-and-thirty, spinning and dreaming, her waist encircled with a long black Taffety bodice, and her head covered with a velvet headdress, with long ribbons.
"The Man-Wolf and Other Tales"
Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian
Beech leaves burst off their sharp, brown sheaths and open to the light, as soft as Taffety and as green as emeralds.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers