buff-and-mustard

Updated: August 6, 2026

They are at home when we return the visits sometimes, too, and this kind of thing happens: our gorgeous prune-and-scarlet footman condescendingly walks up their paths and thumps loudly at their well-cleaned brass knocker, and presses their electric bell. They seem always to be papered with buff-and-mustard papers and to have "pongee" sofa-cushions with frills.

Elinor Glyn - The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel