Today I discovered that Edgar Allen Poe had some strong opinions on interior design. Indeed he published an essay in 1840 boldly titled "The Philosophy of Furniture." A few choice quotes:A judge at common law may be an ordinary man; a good judge of a carpet must be a genius.
Yet we have heard discoursing of carpets, with the air "d'un mouton qui reve," fellows who should not and who could not be entrusted with the management of their own moustaches.
The Dutch have, perhaps, an indeterminate idea that a curtain is not a cabbage.
Weird dude.
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