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Has there ever been a more beautiful autumn than the one now on the wane in New York City, with our parks still looking like cloth-of-gold, and flocks of southbound geese calling over our rivers?
From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2015
In a famous sixth century A.D. mosaic power portrait, Justinian, emperor of Byzantium, looks almost architectural in his cloak of heavy silk and cloth-of-gold.
From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2011
Guests at imperial functions were expected to wear cloth-of-gold outfits, preferably sewn with gems.
From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2010
The elder Fairbanks would not only have given Sinbad more athletic bounce; while he was about it, he would also have slyly kidded the stuffing out of the plot's cloth-of-gold shirt.
From Time Magazine Archive
Joff wore plush black velvets slashed with crimson, a shimmering cloth-of-gold cape with a high collar, and on his head a golden crown crusted with rubies and black diamonds.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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