Table Decor

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Everything here is sized to be looked at from a metre away The pieces run from 2.5 inches, which is a desk or a bedside, to 15 inches, which wants a console to itself. That range is the only thing they have in common. They are objects seen at close quarters rather than across a room, and that is a harder test than it sounds: at arm's length the finish and the relief have to hold up, and a figure that photographs well from a distance can look coarse once it is on the table in front of you. Most of what is here also sits in home decor , which is the whole range. The filter is the surface. Pieces made to hang are in wall decor , and anything meant for daily worship rather than display is in pooja essentials . The surface decides the size, not the piece A console or sideboard stands around 30 to 36 inches, so whatever is on it meets you at chest height when you walk past. That surface swallows a small figure. Eight to eleven inches is where a single piece starts to hold its own there, which is what the taller antique horses and the eleven inch enamel elephants are for. A centre or coffee table is roughly half that height and you look down onto it from a sofa. Footprint matters more than height there, and a tall narrow figure reads as something to see around rather than something to look at. On a dining table, keep it low enough that two people seated opposite can see each other over it, which in practice means under about a foot, or accept that it moves every time the table is laid. A desk is the case people get most wrong. You are sitting a foot away from it and you need the surface for work, so 2.5 to 5 inches is the size that earns its place. That is the range people are actually after when they search for an idol for an office or a study table, and going bigger is the common regret. Turn it to face you rather than the door, since you are the one who looks at it. Measure the depth of the surface as well as the width. A 15 inch running horse is also long, and a floati