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Thumb your nose at those “know-it-all furniture designers” with this exotic and impractical table! Finally, an outrageous way to show off your OBSCENE WEALTH.

Mar 13, 2017

Design, Furniture

argh I can’t live in a world where tables have legs, french revolution, I don’t understand how not to hit my knees on table legs, rich people fancy table, table, table hang from ceiling, veblen bad, veblen good

The issue: Once upon a time, it was possible to show off one’s obscene wealth by purchasing ornately-decorated objects that were obviously expensive. However, in the era of modern manufacturing, high-quality products are available to even members of the non-nobility. If only there were a way to show off your personal decadence AND solve a…