Dance Like Death Is Watching Tee, La Fenice Antiquaria

Dance Like Death Is Watching Tee

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$19 USD
$19 USD
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  • Dance Like Death Is Watching Tee, La Fenice Antiquaria
  • Dance Like Death Is Watching Tee, La Fenice Antiquaria
  • Dance Like Death Is Watching Tee, La Fenice Antiquaria
  • Dance Like Death Is Watching Tee, La Fenice Antiquaria
Dance Like Death Is Watching Tee
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Dance Like Death Is Watching Tee
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Fit runs closer to a soft, flattering modern cut than boxy; measured flat, double the width number for full chest. Length goes from about 27" at XS to 35" at 5XL, width from 16.5" to 32", growing in even steps as sizes go up. Fastest way to pick one: lay a tee you own flat and compare its length and underarm-to-underarm width to these numbers.
$19 USD
$19 USD

What is this about

In 1485, Guyot Marchant copied verses painted on the walls of a Parisian cemetery and printed them as the first Danse Macabre - Death leading pope and pauper alike toward the same grave, a reminder that rank buys no exemption. By the eighteenth century the image had trickled down into the Bibliothèque bleue, the cheap woodcut chapbooks hawked door to door across France, among them a 1728 Troyes edition illustrated with four skeleton musicians on its title page.

This shirt borrows that page. Four skeletons, their instruments, and a phrase that's been true since 1485: Dance like Death is watching.

Printed on a soft, lightweight Bella+Canvas tee, 100% cotton, made in USA or imported.
Care Instructions
  • Machine wash cold, inside-out
  • No fabric softeners
  • Tumble dry low, or hang-dry for longest life
  • Cool iron inside-out if necessary. Do not iron decoration.
  • Do not dry clean.
Materials
  • 100% cotton, made in USA or imported.
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