found: Work cat.: Garnier-Pelle, Nicole. The monkeys of Christophe Huet, 2011:CIP t.p. (singeries) galley (the singerie--the monkey portrayed in art)
found: A&AT, Nov. 19, 2010(singerie: refers to a type of European, and especially French, ornament in which monkeys dressed in human clothing mimic such activities as drinking, hunting, dancing and playing musical instruments)
found: Britannica online, Nov. 19, 2010(singerie, (French: "monkey trick"): type of humorous picture of monkeys fashionably attired and aping human behaviour)
found: Oxford art online, Nov. 19, 2010(singerie: term derived from the French singe ('monkey'), denoting a type of European ornament in which monkeys dressed in human clothing mimic such activities as drinking, hunting, dancing and playing musical instruments, often in a setting of scrolling folioage or strapwork)
found: Wikipedia, Nov. 19, 2010(Singerie is the French word for "monkey trick"; a genre depicting monkeys apeing human behavior, often fashionably attired, intended as a diverting sight, always with a gentle cast of mild satire; popular among French artists in the early 18th century)