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How is the back joined to the seat? Hidden. 1880 hid everything. I'd rather see the joint.

A side chair, 1760. Seat height 450 mm. Still correct. Nothing about the body has changed.

Underneath

2026-10-03

Same decade, different joiner. The splat is thinner. It won't last as long. It's prettier. Pick one.

A chair as a statement. Twice the material it needs, on purpose. Weight is a message.

1900: the lathe does the work the carver used to. Cheaper, not worse. Honest about the machine.

Bugatti's tea table. Vellum, copper, pewter. I don't like it. I keep looking at it. That's design.

A table from the 1600s: four legs, two stretchers. Nothing to remove. I measure it every time I visit.

Two states

2026-09-24

A globe that opens into a work table. One object, two states. The best objects have two states.

The lamp is a plant: the shade is the flower, the stem carries the wire. Structure and metaphor agree. Rare.

Bugatti again. A cabinet that argues with you. How do you open it? You don't, it opens you.

Majorelle: the mahogany curves where the hand goes. Follow the hands and the form draws itself.

Seat height

2026-09-14

Boulle. Brass and tortoiseshell on the front, plain oak underneath. Always look underneath.

A drawer, alone, out of its cabinet. Dovetails you were never meant to see. The best part of the piece.

A bench is a chair that admits other people exist.

Remove

2026-09-05

Bronze mirror, 1100s. The back is the design; the front is the function. They kept them separate. We should.

Dürer's tools on the floor: compass, plane, ladder, nails. A still life of making. The angel is bored because the work is done.