Word: burgundian
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Sleek, medium-sized Marcel Rochas, a conventional French brunet, is grandson of a Burgundian shepherd and son of an Avignon artist. He was born in Paris in 1902, and presently set out to be a lawyer. He readily explains how his Gallic temperament led him to become a dressmaker...
...nine capitals decorated with pure design show that combination of strength and delicacy, that supreme skill in execution, which is characteristic of the best Burgundian work of the twelfth century. In the figured capitals, however, the interest is even more intense. A brief discussion of the iconography or subjects depicted will be of interest...
...Author. Gabrielle Colette, 57, foremost living French woman writer, was born in the provinces of bourgeois parents, still speaks French with a Burgundian accent. Onetime barnstormer, dancer, Colette draws, writes music, has recently written a ballet for Composer Maurice Ravel. She knows so much about food that even the French consider her a gourmet. Animal-lover, she keeps wild dogs, wild cats in her Paris apartment. She reads very little. Short, thickset, she has wood-colored hair, long grey slanting eyes, speaks in a deep alto. Other books: Chéri, La Vagabonde. La Naissance du Jour, L'Entrave...