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Redpath is probably best known for her still lifes where familiar household objects - a chair, a cup - are made into a "two-dimensional" design. She used textiles - a printed tablecloth, a spotted scarf - to add a pattern within the pattern. The Indian Rug, also known as Red Shoes, is a good example of this group of paintings.
The curled-toe "Arabian" ruby slippers on display at the auction of the collection of Debbie Reynolds in Beverly Hills on June 18, 2011. The slippers were designed by Gilbert Adrian, MGM's chief costume designer. [8] [9] Initially, two pairs were made in different styles. The so-called "Arabian test pair" was "a wildly jeweled, Arabian motif ...
Modern day Indonesian Gregorian calendar for a Catholic church British calendar, 1851, gilt bronze and malachite, height: 20.3 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City). A calendar is a system of organizing days.
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The story is based on an incident Andersen witnessed as a small child. His father, who was a shoemaker, was sent a piece of red silk by a rich lady to make a pair of dancing slippers for her own daughter. Using some valuable red leather along with the silk, he carefully created a pair of shoes only for the rich customer to tell him they were awful.
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Cypripedium acaule is commonly referred to in English as the pink lady's slipper or moccasin flower. [9] [10] [11] The specific epithet acaule means "lacking an obvious stem", [12] a reference to its short underground stem, for which reason the plant is also known as the stemless lady's-slipper. [13] In Anishinaabemowin, it is known as ...
In 1964, the leg-baring mini-skirt was introduced and became a white-hot trend. Fashion designers then began to experiment with the shapes of garments: loose sleeveless dresses, micro-minis, flared skirts, and trumpet sleeves. Fluorescent colors, print patterns, bell-bottom jeans, fringed vests, and skirts became de rigueur outfits of the 1960s ...