Word: pasteles
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...Almost nonchalantly it heaved its proud silver beauty to the first pale rays of the pastel dawn, sunning the gleaming breast with almost birdlike coquetry...
...escapes the casual observer of U. S. advertising pages. But famed was his General Motors series (1924), black and white pictorial decorations for statistics-Labor, Car Sales, Assets, Freight, etc.-drawn with such refinement that they seemed like engravings. Famed also was his Cadillac catalog (1927) in which sleek, pastel-tinted automobiles were pictured in great vaulted salons or beneath the towers of fabulous cities. Most numerous of Cleland's work are borders and title pages in the Renaissance spirit-filigrees of twining tendrils, urns, cherubs, plaques, a gay, lacy profusion of Italianate ornament. Of these his book...
...Queen." The folding doors opened, disclosed the broad gold-laced backs of the court chamberlain and court steward, bowing low before Majesty. Chamberlain and steward backed into the room. Entered the Queen of England, ablaze with diamonds, wearing a "white and gold gown with an overdress of changeable pastel shades," as fashion technicians described it. Holding her firmly by the hand was scarlet-coated Edward of Wales, his uniform collar embroidered with the wild onion of the Welsh Guards. Prince Edward led his mother to the single throne on the dais, bowed, took his place in the brilliant family circle...
...Grandes Princesses", an outstanding canvas by Marie Laurencin, portrays a group of sophisticatedly naive, dark eyed ladies, painted in the melting, pastel shades typical of this artist...
Chuckles were heard in tens of thousands of British homes when the famed London weekly Sketch arrived and was ruffled over to a peculiarly English full page cartoon in decorous pastel colors...