It was an era full of dark wallpapers and heavy velvety drapes in dark colors. The furniture was also dark, made of mahogany or cherry wood and had intricate designs carved into some of the pieces. ... It is as if the Age brought the English and Americans out of the dark ages and into the light. ... Those locks of hair usually ended up inside a broach or a locket attached to a necklace where the item could lay close to ones heart. ... Eighteenth-century sentiment was replaced by nineteenth-century sentimentality, as evoked in the following popular verse: "If I should from this world/Depart ...

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