He rushed out into the hallway and across to the parlor pinkly lit with velours, even through the rainy day, and so inflexibly calm.
"The Vertical City"
Fannie Hurst
But after the arrival of the mahogany-and-velours parlor set, the music cabinet, and the hanging of crispy lace curtains, Lilly standing on the ladder, her mother steadying from below, and finally the laying of a well-padded strip of stair carpet to eat in the hollow noises of new tenancy, the house began to settle, so to speak.
"Star-Dust A Story of an American Girl"
Fannie Hurst
But it is Providence which disposes of us, as our good father St. velours tells us often; and one must be content.
"Charlotte's Inheritance"
M. E. Braddon