The Lacemaker (Vermeer) foreground. By rendering areas of the canvas as out-of-focus, Vermeer is able to suggest depth of field in a manner unusual of Dutch Baroque painting of the era. In "The Lacemaker", the artist presents in an abstract manner the various elements which compose the girl's face and body and the pattern of the material on which she is working. The girl's hands, the curls of her hair and the T-cross which form her eyes and nose are all described in an abstract manner unusual for the era in which Vermeer worked. In addition, the red and white of the lace
The Brown Jug is on sale on news stands, hotel stands and railroad stations in Providence, New York and Boston."" The cover of the "Jug"s first issue showed a girl in party dress and hat emerging from a bandbox holding a small bear; it proclaimed this the “Coming Out Number,” and the masthead identified it as “Vintage of 1920 ... Jugful Number 1.” Since its founding, the "Brown Jug" has been dissolved and resurrected a number of times by various Brown students and organizations. Humorist S. J. Perelman was editor and cartoonist for the Jug in 1924 and 1925. It first ceased publication