A hand-painted print of a frog chasing a dragonfly on a draped white dress made one think of couture's animal lovers, Schiaparelli and even Adrian.
One forearm and hand rest on a draped table; the other hand holds a daguerreotype case.
The work, a commission by James Lloyd, is a large oil painting showing the Downton Abbey star wearing a jacket and trousers sitting in a bare studio on a draped chair.
Its title is more or less its full description: "Figs on a Tazza With Vine Leaves, a Basket of Grapes, Roses, Irises in a Glass Vase With Cherries, Pears, Plums, Cob Nuts, Peaches and Other Fruit on a Draped Table with Butterflies".
"Sitting at the top of a gentle hill," writes George Johnson in his biography of Leavitt, "the spot is marked by a tall hexagonal monument, on top of which (cradled on a draped marble pedestal) sits a globe.
Consider adding a drape on a curtain rod over doors to add extra soundproofing to doors and closet areas.
He stood on a sofa, draped a curtain over the painting in preparation for its unveiling and declared himself in need of a vacation.
And the evening clothes, often based on a one-shoulder drape, would have seemed classic with a longer hemline.
And compared with the crystalline hyperrealism of Mr. Pearlstein's 1977 nude sitting on a patterned drape, Mr. Bell's heavily outlined "Morning II" (1978-81), wits itsimplifieded, self-consciously perfected composition, seems an inert echo of Matisse.
Animals were anesthetized with isoflurane and placed on a sterile drape with limbs secured and chest swabbed with 70%% ethanol.
If the stain is on a tablecloth, drape the material over a saucepan with the stain in the middle of the pan.
