Word: peignoir
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...palace, France's ship of state had been in irons-sails thrashing, the crew in shouting confusion. Night after night, old President René Coty had climbed from his bed to confer with pouchy-eyed politicians, while ample Madame Coty padded about the palace kitchen in her silken peignoir, serving endless cups of coffee...
...hobby is a hectic pleasure sandwiched in between her old ones. She spends about a fortnight on each picture, working at odd hours in a spare bedroom, her bracelets jangling and her lace peignoir smeared with paint. It irritates her a bit when friends accuse her of painting in a deliberately "naive" way. "I do my best," she says earnestly. "I really...