Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Train (clothing) Court dress with long train. Portugal, c.1845. In clothing, a train describes the long back portion of a robe, coat, cloak, skirt, overskirt, or dress that trails behind the wearer. It is a common part of ceremonial robes in academic dress, court dress or court uniform. It is also a common part of a woman's formal evening gowns ...
Watteau. (train) The Watteau was an express train that linked Gare du Nord in Paris, France, with Tourcoing in the North of France. The train was named after the French painter Antoine Watteau. [1] One year before the creating of the TEE -network the French railway SNCF introduced three Trains d'affaires to link Paris with the industrial area ...
The sack-back gown or robe à la française was a women's fashion of 18th century Europe. [1] At the beginning of the century, the sack-back gown was a very informal style of dress. At its most informal, it was unfitted both front and back and called a sacque, contouche, or robe battante. By the 1770s the sack-back gown was second only to court ...
Location. Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin. L'Enseigne de Gersaint ( transl. "The Shop Sign of Gersaint") is an oil on canvas painting in the Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin, by French painter Jean-Antoine Watteau. Completed during 1720–21, [1] it is considered to be the last prominent work of Watteau, who died some time after.
However, by 1995 the only TEE-branded trains remaining were the northbound Île de France (train 85) and southbound Watteau (train 88), the opposing-direction trains carrying the same names having already been converted to TGV stock (and designation), and these last two TEEs were replaced by TGV trains with effect from 29 May 1995, once again ...
A unit train, also called a block train or a trainload service, is a train in which all cars (wagons) carry the same commodity and are shipped from the same origin to the same destination, without being split up or stored en route. [circular reference] UP (US) The common name and reporting mark for the Union Pacific Railroad
Jean-Antoine Watteau (UK: / ˈ w ɒ t oʊ /, US: / w ɒ ˈ t oʊ /, [2] [3] French: [ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan vato]; baptised October 10, 1684 – died July 18, 1721) [4] was a French painter and draughtsman whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement, as seen in the tradition of Correggio and Rubens.
Powertrain. Powertrain of a modern automobile, comprising engine, torque converter or flywheel, transmission, drive shaft, suspension and the wheels. This specific powertrain features all-wheel drive. In a motor vehicle, the powertrain comprises the main components that generate power and deliver that power to the road surface, water, or air.