The Ivory Tower
Where the phrase comes from · Card no. 4082
The Song of Solomon compares a neck to a tower of ivory. The French critic Sainte-Beuve used tour d'ivoire in 1837 for a poet who kept himself above the noise, and the phrase has been an accusation ever since.
No such place exists, which has never stopped anyone from going. Every card here is an original painting of a phrase, free to send by email or by link.