Assertion: velvet | /r/HasProperty | expensive
Facets:
value: for the rich
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: for aristocracy
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: at one point of time
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: So why was velvet so expensive that it became the uniform of Renaissance royalty?
text: At one point of time, velvet was affordable only for the rich and aristocracy, when it was only made in silk.
text: Velvet was once expensive to make, before industrial power looms became available, and was therefore only worn by nobility in the early 1400's.
text: Velvet was expensive to make before industrial power looms became available.
text: This complicated process meant that velvet was expensive to make before industrial power looms became available, and well-made velvet remains a fairly costly fabric.