Word: doublet
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Nicholas, the patron saint of Generosity, was born on Dec. 6, do their giving then. Dutchmen conceive the Saint as a bishop whose ecclesiastic dignity is above lugging presents around in a sack. This is done by his far from humble minion, Black Peter, a capering minstrel in braided doublet, van Dyck ruff and Renaissance plumed...
...blank space on the wall. When he had passed by 20 minutes before it had been occupied by Antoine Watteau's L'lndifférent, a tiny (10¼ inches by 7⅞ inches) painting of a carefree youth in a rose colored cape and blue doublet...
...which was one of the most important objects in the amazing house he built on Fifth Avenue. Senator Clark's Joan is now in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington. As children Bernard and his brother Roger, now a writer, posed for that panel for hours in doublet & hose.* One of their most vivid childish recollections is the old copper tycoon's glittering gold teeth. As an artist, Bernard Boutet de Monvel absorbed everything but his father's sly sense of humor. Fifty years old. almost theatrically handsome, his life sounds like the day dreams...
...generous gift of $50,000 from Miss Catherine Bruce of New York City, a 24-inch Doublet was ordered by Professor Pickering from Alvan Clarke and Sons, and was sent to the southern station at Arequipa, Peru, elevation 8000 feet. Although this unprecedented size for a doublet was strongly criticized in those days, the glass has been effective and is responsible for 16,000 negatives in the Harvard collection, most of them 14 by 17 inches in size...