E.'s own and decorated with colored pencil are partly enclosed in aluminum and glass jalousies.
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" Un des inspecteurs m'avait dit, 'Mais ça c'est des genres de jalousies, ces lettres anonymes, c'est certainement de la jalousie,' " dit M. Matzneff.
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In Honolulu, we lived in my maternal grandparents' house, a wooden plantation-style 1940s bungalow shaded from the late-afternoon sun by a copse of pink and red torch ginger that had grown so tall and dense that its leaves poked through the sea-glass-green jalousies.
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Companies like StormMaster claimed their jalousies provided "winter warmth and summer comfort." Others, like Ludman WindoTite, promoted their product by declaring how the brand's windows have "transformed the Jones' front porch," which is an unambiguous reference to the concept of Keeping up with the Joneses. The VentVue company took a different approach to their advertising copy, instead stressing how their jalousies make "every window a picture window," and states that they are fashionable choice for new constructions and replacements.
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His lighter, colorful pantomime ballets like Les Caprices de Galathée, La Toilette de Vénus, and Les Jalousies du sérail, received great success.Hansell, Kathleen Kuzmick. "Noverre, Jean-Georges." The International Encyclopedia of Dance: Oxford University Press, 1998.
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Glass jalousie window and storm door, common on mid-20th-century homes in warm climates. Wooden jalousies were chosen in 1946 by Ian Fleming for his Jamaica estate, Goldeneye Glass jalousies viewed from outside. A jalousie window (, ) or louvre window (Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Southeast Asia, United Kingdom) is a window composed of parallel glass, acrylic, or wooden louvres set in a frame. The louvres are joined onto a track so that they may be tilted open and shut in unison to control airflow, usually by turning a crank.
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Other varieties of window blinds include mini blinds (typically aluminum, Venetian-Style blinds with very narrow slats, usually 1 inch (25 mm) wide), micro blinds (usually inch (12 mm) wide), louvers, jalousies, brise soleil, Holland blinds, pleated blinds, and roller shades.
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Breezeway brand jalousies are made with non-corrosive hardware and a pinning system which keeps the slats secured from the interior of the house to increase security and prevent the slats from falling out. They are currently the only jalousie window in the United States certified to withstand a Category 5 Hurricane.
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Glass jalousies, steel bars, and grill doors were also located. The termination of full-height adobe walls was adorned with round-edge cornice. The second floor, which catered residential uses before, was laid with wide wood planks. Wooden door panels, and sliding capiz shell windows and persianas (wooden louvers) were also located.
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These porch areas were continuously expanded with furniture and muslin mosquito nets.Raine, p. 21 Wooden window shutters became common, particularly "jalousies" — which were hinged at the top — that were probably imported from the West Indies. Food was often stored in a buttery separate from the main house, which was designed to keep food cool.
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The entrance is on the north face, but the main façade is on the east side, fronting a driveway leading to the Brighton Road. The 1860s single-storey extension is on the west side, and has three bays with round-arched windows. The north side also has three bays. Most windows in all parts of the building are jalousies.
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The construction of main gate made of welded iron bars, which started in 1955, was completed in this year. In June 1961, the dilapidated camarins which were used as classrooms since 1952 were replaced with two one-storey Rodriguez-type buildings with four rooms each, with window jalousies to accommodate the increasing school population. These buildings were inaugurated on September 28, 1961.
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This bay breaks the podium for access to the main entrance and incorporates a round arch beginning at a point lower than the other arches. Inside the loggia the central doorway is flanked by rusticated segmental arches with full-height, double-shutter jalousies. A continuous string course separates the first floor from the second. At the upper level there are five rusticated openings similar to those of the first storey.
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The south half of Florida room ceiling was originally glass. In 1964 Hurricane Cleo damaged the glass panels and they were removed and replaced with solid wood, matching the rest of the ceiling. In about 1974 the sliding glass doors on the north and south of the Florida were installed as replacements for the fixed glass and jalousie windows. Salt air had corroded the jalousies so they were stuck.
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The baptism took place exactly one week later on December 13, performed by the Archbishop of Toledo. The Holy Water was brought from the Jordan River by some friars who had recently returned from Jordan. The same Barrionuevo wrote that "the Prince screamed lustily when he was baptized, and, attracted by the loud, resonant voice, the King, who was looking through the jalousies, exclaimed, 'Ah! that does sound well; the house smells of a man now'".
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Jalousie windows are objects of scorn for many Floridians, as the windows are unable to keep out human and insect home invaders. Modern manufacturers have improved their designs of jalousie windows to address these problems. Many market their products as having greater security and energy efficiency compared to earlier versions. The Australian company Breezeway, which began producing jalousie windows in 1935, is currently marketing jalousies which they claim creates an airtight seal when closed to keep out water and insects while keeping in air conditioned air.
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1763, one of a series of groups probably directly taken from Noverre's ballets Noverre's friends included Voltaire, Mozart, Frederick the Great and David Garrick (who called him "the Shakespeare of the dance"). The ballets of which he was most proud were his La Toilette de Vénus, Les Jalousies du sérail, L'Amour corsaire and Le Jaloux sans rival. Besides the Lettres sur la danse, Noverre wrote Observations sur la construction d'une nouvelle salle de l'Opéra (1781); Lettres sur Garrick écrites à Voltaire (1801); and Lettre à un artiste sur les fêtes publiques (1801).
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