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Dictator Chic
In 2006, British author Peter York wrote a book, Dictator Chic, in which he identified all the design characteristics that autocrats’ homes have in common: gaudy gold-detailing, faux 18th-century French furniture, buildings of ludicrous scale and more. As York writes, President Donald Trump’s Manhattan penthouse would fit right in. Here’s a closer look at the aesthetic style of dictator’s past—the glass and the marble, the mirrors and the self-portraits—and how Trump’s own style compares.
The main sitting room at Trump’s Manhattan apartment follows almost every rule of “dictator style”: marble pillars set against marble walls, low-hanging glass chandeliers and over-sized period furniture—so far apart, it would be hard to have a conversation.
Excessive gold detailing is another feature of dictator style. Here, a gilded glass dining table at Trump’s apartment is set for tea—with glasses and other serving items that are also gilded.
Donald Trump
VIKTOR YANUKOVYCH
FERDINAND MARCOS
NICOLAE CEAUSESCU
SADDAM HUSSEIN
Last edited by Goose (3/12/2017 8:42 am)
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.