What the creators of the original sculptures of antiquity would have seen every day on the streets of ancient Rome or Athens would undoubtedly have sent our grotesque-o-meters spinning.
Revenues were also hurt by a shift of marketing resources into our Club O loyalty program and away from coupons and other site-wide promotions, which were less effective in generating revenues during the second and third quarter of 2011.
"Henri Samuel used '70s furnishings to fill in gaps, things like large coffee tables and lighting accoutrements for our modern lives, " says 20th-century furniture dealer Liz O'Brien, who notes that prices have been slowly rising over the last decade.