Simple things like scissors made to look like a bird’s beak, embroidered everything, scrolling details on metal spoons and clawed feet on furniture… tiny buttons, fancy thimbles! Why so many details for every little thing? Might be a silly question, sorry.
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There is an element of survivorship bias: the old objects that are still around are mostly the nice ones.
Also in the past there were very wide wealth disparities between the small number of rich people and the large number of poor people. As a result the wages of workers and artisans were very low compared to the price that the rich consumers could afford to pay. This means that a lot of hours could be put into each object without it becoming cost prohibitive.
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