In literature the hue cerise is deployed not only as a vivid splash of pinkish‐red but also as a marker of intricate design in textile descriptions and pattern instructions. Detailed accounts appear in works where cerise is alternated with white in knitting or embroidery motifs ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]), emphasizing both its precision and visual charm. At the same time, cerise enriches narrative settings by lending a striking presence to garments and accessories—a bow on a dog’s collar ([7]), a sash on a kimono ([8]), a belt matching a goblet’s wine ([9]), or even silk stockings that reveal themselves with each step ([10]). Authors also refer to cerise in more descriptive, painterly language, noting phrases such as “very bright cerise” ([11]) or “cerise carmine, flushed crimson” ([12]), which underscore its energetic character and refined elegance. This layered usage of cerise—as both a technical color in design instructions and a vibrant descriptor in aesthetic language—demonstrates its versatility and enduring appeal across varied literary contexts ([13], [14]).
- 11th: X 1 cerise on next, 6 white, 3 cerise, 1 white, 1 cerise, 1 white, 3 cerise, 6 white, 1 cerise, 3 in 1, X 6 times.
— from The Ladies' Work-Book
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- 12th: X 1 cerise in next, 6 white, 11 cerise, 6 white, 1 cerise.
— from The Ladies' Work-Book
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- White and cerise alternately, a single stitch of each, with 3 in 1 at the points.
— from The Ladies' Work-Book
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- 21st: X 1 cerise in next, * 3 white, 2 cerise, * 8 times (the white over white, the cerise over cerise), 3 white, 1 cerise, 3 cerise in 1, X 6 times.
— from The Ladies' Work-Book
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- 22nd: X 1 cerise in next, 3 white, * 1 cerise, 2 white over 2 cerise, 1 cerise, 1 white, * 8 times, 2 more white, 1 cerise, 3 cerise in 1, X 6 times.
— from The Ladies' Work-Book
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- 22nd: X 1 cerise in next, 3 white, * 1 cerise, 2 white over 2 cerise, 1 cerise, 1 white, * 8 times, 2 more white, 1 cerise, 3 cerise in 1, X 6 times.
— from The Ladies' Work-Book
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- Link heard her exclaim in protest as the groom removed from the dog's collar a huge cerise bow she had just affixed there.
— from His Dog by Albert Payson Terhune
- She has a little rosebud mouth and a small straight nose and she wore the most beautiful kimono, all blue with a cerise sash or obi , as it is called.
— from The Motor Maids in Fair Japan by Katherine Stokes
- He wears a cerise belt round his tunic exactly matching the wine in the goblet he carries.
— from Plays of Near & Far by Lord Dunsany
- With each pace the slashed silken skirt parted to reveal a shameless glimpse of cerise silk stocking.
— from Cheerful—By Request by Edna Ferber
- Very bright cerise.
— from Roses and Rose Growing by Rose Georgina Kingsley
- Cerise carmine, flushed crimson.
— from Roses and Rose Growing by Rose Georgina Kingsley
- "These new cerise shades are all the rage now in Paris, N'Yo'k an' Boston," agreed the young person, promptly pulling out another box.
— from Those Brewster Children by Florence Morse Kingsley
- (Did you see her with the cerise feather in her hat that the young gentleman called 'facie'?)
— from Miss Million's Maid: A Romance of Love and Fortune by Berta Ruck