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Socialism and/or Barbarism

Desecration Hardware, 4 (1920s Odeon Glass Fringe Chandelier)

By Evan Calder WilliamsDecember 6, 2012
Shimmering, taunting, dumb as a dewy rose set aflame with a lit fart.
Socialism and/or Barbarism

Desecration Hardware, 3 (The Trestle Salvaged Table in Salvaged Black Finish)

By Evan Calder WilliamsDecember 4, 2012
Because, as they say, the only thing more dangerous than a fully grown chandelier is one whose children you’ve just threatened.
Socialism and/or Barbarism

Desecration Hardware, 2 (The Strand Antiqued Mirror Collection)

By Evan Calder WilliamsSeptember 12, 2012
This could only mean that the house in which we stood was not only vampire but cannibal and curator.
Socialism and/or Barbarism

Desecration Hardware (Prelude: The Montpellier Armoire)

By Evan Calder WilliamsSeptember 11, 2012
especially when there are Montpellier Armoires - yes, plural… - around, which, we were to learn later, start at $3495 and are notoriously resistant to small arms fire
Socialism and/or Barbarism

Desecration Hardware (Project Introduction)

By Evan Calder WilliamsSeptember 10, 2012
It is also, coincidentally, as if history vomited in its mouth and breathed it back down into its lungs.
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