The materials that we here at Architectural Classics get all gooey inside over are the brasses, coppers, and great quality woods made centuries ago. They are from a time where it took twice as many people, much more specialized knowledge, mistake-honed skill and absolutely no machines to make anything! Today, the skill in making the same sort of furnishings for home is in being able to manipulate technology to do amazing and imaginative things – rather than manipulating your own hands to do so. The skill is now in the design rather than the manufacture – so I wonder if Architectural Classics, circa 2207, will be selling and excited over these weird and wonderful modern lamps at Ikea! Ah, the future…

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