Sentence examples for the piet from inspiring English sources
("We're the Piet Cong," jokes a real housewife).
Special mention goes to the Piet Mondrian-inspired La Vie Claire kit worn by Bernard Hinault and Greg LeMond.
Some, like the Piet Mondrian sold on Feb. 23 for €21.9 million, were understandable up to a point.
A brilliant place to see these gorgeous skeletons at their best is in the Piet Oudolf borders at the RHS Gardens Wisley.
This particular tragedy began in the unlikeliest of places: a leafy Rotterdam suburb where Arie van der Spek, 24, lived in a small apartment with his parents above the Piet Hordijk bicycle store.
He does, however, accept a steady flow of custom work, including large-scale projects like garden cottages, institutional furnishings and store interiors; he even created a three-story building for a flower show in Holland, which is now known as the Piet Hein Eek House.
Rounding out a Rabelaisian cast are the goddess Venus, the boozer Piet the Pot, a cross-dressing astronomer, his dominatrix wife, a petulant boy prince who sings in the range of a castrato and sundry others.
He leaves a legacy in his generous support for the Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House.
Open House tomorrow from noon to 4 p.m. at the Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House Museum, 5816 Clarendon Road, at Ralph Avenue, East Flatbush, Brooklyn, (718) 629-5400.
In 1652, his ancestors built what is now known as the Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House Museum, at Clarendon Road and Ralph Avenue in Brooklyn.
Pinkster, Sunday from noon to 3 p.m. at the Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House Museum, 5816 Clarendon Road, at Ralph Avenue, East Flatbush, Brooklyn, (718) 629-5400.
