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2. Bonfire of the vanities - Wikipedia

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   A bonfire of the vanities (Italian: falò delle vanità) is a burning of objects condemned by religious authorities as occasions of sin.The phrase itself usually refers to the bonfire of 7 February 1497, when supporters of the Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola collected and burned thousands of objects such as cosmetics, art, and books in the public square of Florence, Italy, on the occasion ...

3. Ecclesiastes 1 - Wikipedia

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   A Latin quote from Ecclesiastes 1:2 is shown as engraved in the cup at the top of the jester's staff on the right: 'Vanitas vanitatum et omnia vanitas' ("Vanity of vanities, all is vanity") and below the map is a text taken from the Vulgate translation of Ecclesiastes 1:15: 'Stultorum infinitus est numerus' [17] ("The number of fools is infinite").

4. Countertop - Wikipedia

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   Countertop. A stainless steel countertop. A countertop, also counter top, counter, benchtop, worktop ( British English) or kitchen bench ( Australian or New Zealand English ), bunker ( Scottish English) is a raised, firm, flat, and horizontal surface. They are built for work in kitchens or other food preparation areas, bathrooms or lavatories ...

5. Bathroom cabinet - Wikipedia

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   A bathroom cabinet is a cabinet in a bathroom, most often used to store hygiene products, toiletries, and sometimes also medications such that it works as an improvised medicine cabinet. Bathroom cabinets are usually placed under sinks, over sinks, or above toilets. Many mirror cabinets are combined with a lamp that illuminates the mirror and ...

6. Dressing table - Wikipedia

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   Dressing table (ca. 1815–1830) The dressing table (also a vanity table or simply a vanity, [ 1] in Australian English, a duchess) is a table specifically designed for performing one's toilette (dressing, applying makeup and other personal grooming ), [ 2] intended for a bedroom or a boudoir. [ 3]

7. Charles Allan Gilbert - Wikipedia

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   All Is Vanity (1892) Charles Allan Gilbert (September 3, 1873 – April 20, 1929), better known as C. Allan Gilbert, was an American illustrator. He is especially remembered for a widely published drawing (a memento mori or vanitas) titled All Is Vanity. The drawing employs a double image (or visual pun) in which the scene of a woman admiring ...