One English lady of taste went so far as to paste 25 large birds on her paper. It was only discovered in 1986 that this "Chinese wallpaper" actually featured a number of prints from an album of American bird species by a well-known ornithologist.
一位藝高膽大的英國貴婦，在她的中國壁紙上天衣無縫地加貼了二十五隻美麗的大鳥，直到一九八六年才被人認出這面「中國壁紙」上，居然出現了知名博物學家出版的《美洲鳥類》圖版！