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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Why does antique furniture usually have carved "feet"?

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Why does antique furniture usually have carved "feet"?

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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Is it only ornamental? And why are they usually webbed feet (or at least they are in my experience)?

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Yes. They shouldn’t even have to purity test like in the second sentence.
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  We progressives are great at purity tests. IMO it’s part of the reason big tent populists do better than us.
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    Identity is a strong motivator. Unfortunately, way stronger than any abstract social good.

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