Love Letter Napkins

Emily Mason

Love Letter Napkins

Sold as a set of 4

100% ramie fabric; Hand-dyed, silk-screened

36 x 33 cm each

Variant 1 - Love poem from Napoleon Bonaparte to Josephine in 1795:

"I awake all filled with you. Your image and the intoxicating pleasures of last night, allow my senses no rest. Sweet and matchless Josephine, how strangely you work upon my heart. Are you angry with me? Are you unhappy? Are you upset? My soul is broken with grief and my love for you forbids repose. But how can I rest any more, when I yield to the feeling that masters my inmost self, when I quaff from your lips and from your heart a scorching flame? Yes! One night has taught me how far your portrait falls short of yourself! You start at midday: in three hours I shall see you again. Till then, a thousand kisses, mio dolce amor! but give me none back for they set my blood on fire."

Variant 2 - Love poem from Gustave Flaubert to Louise Colet in 1845:

"I will cover you with love when I see you, with caresses, with ecstasy. I want to gorge you with all the joys of the flesh, so that you faint and die. I want you to be amazed by me, and to confess to yourself that you had never even dreamed such transports… When you are old, I want you to recall those few hours, I want your dry bones to quiver with joy when you think of them."

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