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...often used to cushion picture frames from handling shocks in transit, tarnishes the metal. An experiment with a copper dish and this "dark enemy" goes on under a glass cover in a corner. And the lauded modern plastic adhesives, though stabler than old synthetics, tend to deteriorate in Ultra-Violet light. Bronze or some other chemically sensitive material is often transported in molded polystyrene, for protection. Chemistry. That is the keywork in the conservator's lab. Bottles and bottles of the most modern "poisons" crowd the shelves above ancient masterpieces. One wonders what the original artists would make...
Wind recounts how "at the Commonwealth Tournament, at St. Andrews, in 1955, for example, his aesthetic sense was appalled by a sweater with a repeating pattern of loud, clashing yellow, pink, black green and violet vertical stripes, which one of the Canadian players wore. Darwin kept himself well under control for a while, but finally went up to the Canadian and asked, 'I say, are those your old school colors or your own unfortunate choice...
There was also the apparent contradiction that existed between the political views and positions of the public, Socialist Thomas and the private Thomas, a member, however reluctant, of the upper class. Thomas's wife Violet (nee Stewart) was the daughter of one of New York's wealthiest and most illustrious families, and the bulk of the Thomas family income was derived from her sizeable inheritance. Thomas sent his children to private schools, owned a luxurious country house, employed several servants, and enthusiastically supported his wife's hobby of raising cocker spaniels. A staunch, and early, opponent of racial discrimination...
When he looks into Delphine's eyes-"midway between the underside of a periwinkle petal and the heart of a violet"-Charlie feels up to anything Delphine suggests, including: Rob the bank...
...evening wear (see color pages). The clothes are extravagantly ornamented, with braiding, tasseled cords, floral scarves, satin ribbons, hammered gold jewelry. They are topped with turbans, mink toques, babushkas, knit caps, fezzes and feathers, and bottomed with boots, boots, boots. They are an incendiary eruption of color: violet, emerald, scarlet, mint, tangerine, rose, sapphire, turquoise, lime, azure, royal purple...