Literary notes about BURLAP (AI summary)
In literature, the term "burlap" is sometimes employed not only to denote a rough, utilitarian fabric but also to evoke a distinctive, earthy color quality. Authors have used it to suggest muted, natural tones that evoke rustic settings and simple, unrefined beauty. For example, a dining‐room described as lacking “red burlap” immediately conjures an image of a warm, yet rough and homespun palette ([1]), while the use of “forest‐green burlap” to cover screens imbues a scene with an organic, almost camouflaged elegance ([2]). Similarly, walls paneled in “green burlap with brown rope for molding” ([3]) or the image of a hulking figure in a “burlap overcoat” ([4]) signal a blend of practical utility and an understated, earthy style. These usages demonstrate how the color quality of burlap—its natural, unpolished hue—can serve as a subtle but powerful tool in setting mood and defining character in narrative descriptions.
- I can't help feeling a bit sorry—since we have heard from Aunt Julia—that we didn't have red burlap in the dining-room.
— from Wanted: A CookDomestic Dialogues by Alan Dale - The screens can be covered with forest-green burlap or cheesecloth.
— from Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People by Constance D'Arcy Mackay - Between book niches above and wainscoting below, the walls were paneled in green burlap with brown rope for molding.
— from Virginia: the Old Dominion As seen from its colonial waterway, the historic river James, whose every succeeding turn reveals country replete with monuments and scenes recalling the march of history and its figures from the days of Captain John Smith to the present time by Frank W. Hutchins - "Nobody goes up there," said the hulking oyster-eyed man in the burlap overcoat.
— from In the Control Tower by Will Mohler
