Velvet
Velvet — rich, soft, costly cloth — often touches very successful enterprises and conferred distinction, though old velvet means pride spoiling prosperity, and some read new velvet as poverty. The dream may ask where luxurious success is draping over you, and whether the fine nap reflects genuine honour or a pride that will undo it.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for velvet, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
To dream of velvet, portends very successful enterprises. If you wear it, some distinction will be conferred upon you.
To see old velvet, means your prosperity will suffer from your extreme pride.
If a young woman dreams that she is clothed in velvet garments, it denotes that she will have honors bestowed upon her, and the choice between several wealthy lovers.
Fontaine, 1862
If a lady dreams of new velvet dresses, it foretells poverty: velvet cushions, slippers or bonnets, are signs of waste and want.