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| Anonymous French Makers Neoclassical Drapery with Pearls and Lace ca. 1805-1810 block-printed wallpaper border Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
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| Anonymous French Makers Neoclassical Drapery with Pearls and Lace ca. 1810-20 block-printed wallpaper frieze Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
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| Anonymous French Makers Fringed Floral Drapery Swags over Painted Floral Swags ca. 1810-20 block-printed wallpaper frieze Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
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| Anonymous French Makers Drapery Swags and Peacock Feathers ca. 1810-20 block-printed wallpaper frieze Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
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| Anonymous Russian Maker Cuff Border 19th century linen bobbin-lace National Museum of American History, Washington DC |
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| Anonymous German Makers Floral Swags with Classical Pendants ca. 1900 embossed and die-cut wallpaper border Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
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| Herman Elsberg (designer) Patterned Textile Fabric woven in Lyon, France ca. 1919 silk satin Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
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| Anonymous U.S. Makers Evening Gown worn by Mrs. Warren G. Harding 1921 beaded silk satin National Museum of American History, Washington DC |
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| Anonymous French Makers Drapery Swag ca. 1920-30 block-printed wallpaper sample Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
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| Anonymous French Makers Fruit Swag ca. 1928-29 machine-printed wallpaper sample Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
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| Anonymous French Makers Drapery Swag above Art Deco Stripes ca. 1928-29 machine-printed wallpaper sample Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
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| Anonymous French Makers Surrealist Ships ca. 1928-29 machine-printed wallpaper sample Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
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| Anonymous U.S. Makers Lilies and Swags 1949 machine-printed wallpaper sample Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
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| Anonymous U.S. Makers Neoclassical Drapery ca. 1950 machine-printed wallpaper sample Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
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| House of Scalamandré Fruit Swags and Cupids ca. 1955 machine-printed wallpaper border Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
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| Anonymous U.S. Makers Victorian Revival 1968 screenprinted wallpaper border Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
An Epitaph to Let
My name was – (Well – what signifies?) – my nation –
(Well, what of that?) – my birth and education –
(Were good or bad; of course – no matter which)
My life – (Well, sink all that – was poor or rich –
Who cares?) – I died, aged –(Oh, drop that stuff)
And here I lie – (Ay, ay – that's sure enough.)
Who cares?) – I died, aged –(Oh, drop that stuff)
And here I lie – (Ay, ay – that's sure enough.)
– Paul the Silentiary (AD 520-580), translated by Leigh Hunt (1837)