"Bottle green" Quotes from Famous Books
... deep glow of electricity shaded with daffodil silk, a pretty artistic room with high palms, choice cut flowers, and soft luxurious couches upholstered in grey and gold brocade. There sat two ladies, one of whom was in a silk gown of bottle green, which was, no doubt, the latest creation of the Rue de la Paix—the Empress—while the other, who was in elegant black, I afterwards recognised as her bosom friend who had accompanied her ...![](http://www.dictionaryone.com/rquot.gif) — The Minister of Evil - The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia • William Le Queux |