Why does antique furniture usually have carved "feet"?
Why does antique furniture usually have carved "feet"?
Is it only ornamental? And why are they usually webbed feet (or at least they are in my experience)?
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Looser than what?
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Leo's girlfriend.
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Given the trash that passes for furniture these days I expect that in 50 years or so people will still be hunting for stuff from the early 1900s or earlier to put into their place.
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Maybe the supply of old furniture will dry up, and demand would rise enough to make actual quality furniture feasible again
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Possibly. They'll still be baking with the same chunky mixers, though.
This has already happened to a degree. You might have seen a log cabin but probably never a sod house. Probably not so many crank-powered tools either.
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who's the guy with the douchebaggy dark shirt
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80% certain that's Quentin Tarantino, or were you talking about Brad Pitt? Actually, I now see that they are all wearing black shirts, so maybe you're talking about Leonardo DiCaprio?
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Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt or Quentin Tarantino?
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Yes.
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