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Dutch Cap
A Dutch cap or Dutch bonnet is a style of woman's hat associated with the various traditional Dutch woman's costumes. Usually made of white cotton or lace, it is sometimes characterized by triangular flaps or wings that turn up on either side. It can resemble some styles of nurse's hat. referring to the more usual style of nurse hat as a "traditional Dutch cap". Many parts of the Netherlands have their own traditional costumes. Images [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch (ethnic Group)
The Dutch ( Dutch: ) are an ethnic group and nation native to the Netherlands. They share a common history and culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Aruba, Suriname, Guyana, Curaçao, Argentina, Brazil, Canada,Based on Statistics Canada, Canada 2001 Censusbr>Linkto Canadian statistics. Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and the United States.According tFactfinder.census.gov The Low Countries were situated around the border of France and the Holy Roman Empire, forming a part of their respective peripheries and the various territories of which they consisted had become virtually autonomous by the 13th century. Under the Habsburgs, the Netherlands were organised into a single administrative unit, and in the 16th and 17th centuries the Northern Netherlands gained independence from Spain as the Dutch Republic. The high degree of urbanization characteristic of Dutch society was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Vermeer
Johannes Vermeer ( , , see below; also known as Jan Vermeer; October 1632 – 15 December 1675) was a Dutch Baroque Period painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. During his lifetime, he was a moderately successful provincial genre painter, recognized in Delft and The Hague. Nonetheless, he produced relatively few paintings and evidently was not wealthy, leaving his wife and children in debt at his death. Vermeer worked slowly and with great care, and frequently used very expensive pigments. He is particularly renowned for his masterly treatment and use of light in his work. "Almost all his paintings", Hans Koningsberger wrote, "are apparently set in two smallish rooms in his house in Delft; they show the same furniture and decorations in various arrangements and they often portray the same people, mostly women." His modest celebrity gave way to obscurity after his death. He was barely mentioned in Arnold Houbraken's major source book o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnemuiden
Arnemuiden is a city of around 5000 people in the municipality of Middelburg in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands. It is located on the former island of Walcheren, about 3 km east of the city of Middelburg. On the 23 September 1338, at the start of the Hundred Years' War The Hundred Years' War (; 1337–1453) was a series of armed conflicts between the kingdoms of England and France during the Late Middle Ages. It originated from disputed claims to the French throne between the English House of Plantag ... between England and France, a naval battle was held near Arnemuiden. It was the first naval battle of the Hundred Years' War and the first naval battle using artillery, as the English ship ''Christofer'' had three cannon and one hand gun. In 1573, Arnemuiden was destroyed by Spanish troops and more than 300 citizens were killed. Even though only a couple of hundred people were left, it received city rights in 1574. Until 1997, Arnemuiden was a sep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Dutch Cleanser
Cudahy Packing Company was an American meat packing company established in 1887 as the Armour-Cudahy Packing Company and incorporated in Maine in 1915.The Cudahy Packing Company First Mortgage 5% Gold Bonds March 2, 1922 The Milwaukee Sentinel page 7 The Cudahy meatpacking business was acquired by Bar-S Foods Company in 1981. History In 1887, Michael Cudahy, with the backing of Philip Danforth Armour, started the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caps
Caps are flat headgear. Caps or CAPS may also refer to: Science and technology Computing * CESG Assisted Products Service, provided by the U.K. Government Communications Headquarters * Composite Application Platform Suite, by Java Caps, a Java framework * Computer Animation Production System, a film animation post-production system developed by Walt Disney Feature Animation and Pixar Biology, medicine and psychology Genetics * Calcyphosin, the CAPS gene and its protein * Cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence, markers used to detect a polymorphic sequence Medical conditions * Auditory processing disorder (APD), formerly Central Auditory Processing Syndrome * Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome * Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome, a spectrum of autoinflammatory syndrome Other uses in biology, medicine and psychology * CAPS (buffer), N-cyclohexyl-3-aminopropanesulfonic acid, in biochemistry, a buffering agent * Cognitive-affective personality system, a model within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
