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Was there ever a practical use for the doily? Was it a drink coaster that somehow went awry or was it strictly used for decorative purposes?

I think the idea of a doily was to protect the furniture...when things were made of real wood.

I've always loved doilies as objects. I think I liked them as a kid when we used them for crafts projects and I love them still.

I don't like traditional doilies, and I don't like these.

traditional doilies are great when used in a way that compliments their detail, their symmetry, their geometry and their simplicity. I hang mine on the wall as art.

The only reason the ones above got onto this blog is that they are doilies of a new generation so to speak, and frankly they aren't nice to look at.

Listen, I'd rather have a simple symmetric doilie around the house than one of some power lines. Why are power lines cool all of a sudden? ....oh yeah, we're supposed to find beautiful design in everything. Sure. Maybe if we are desperate.

I need to get this out:

I am so tired of the
skull and bones motif
the deer antler motif
the branch motif
the tree motif
the baby deer motif
the horse motif
the bird motif
in hipster-ville overpriced crap soho/williamsburg shops.

Tell me, when was the last time any of you in NYC frolocked with deer or rode a horse or cared for a tree, or for that matter, even knew what type of tree you were looking at, or boarded a pirate's ship or flipped through your Peterson's Ornithologist guide to North American birds?

I can't stand any of these motifs. Especially when seen in overpriced restaurants.

Sick sick sick of it and my advice is to stop buying crap motifs and start saving for a house in the country.

msjessica--totally, completely agree! My huge aversion is for deer heads and deer antlers - why glorify something like that? I cringe whenever I see those.

(except I have no experience on your last item and I can't remember any baby deer motif.)

The original purpose of the doily was to protect upholstery.

Pixie, the baby deer has suddenly romped into the glades of Urban Outfitters. If you haven't had a chance to get sick of it, be patient... you will.

I myself love the deer head/antler thing - that aren't the real thing. Enjoy the beauty without the killing.

Love the power lines. I don't care if the artist calls it a doile but it helped me understand (whether it's important or not) what the thing was made of. String? It's so spatial for a flat object. I don't love all the power lines I ever see in art or design - I love THIS image. Arrested my attention - I had breezed through everything else.

Don't like the over the window hangings, shapeless and shabby - at least in those pix. Maybe that works for somebody else.

That list of overdone motifs was very funny - but that is the stuff of the world - so it's always going to show up.

I remember a painting of a tree that blew me away a few years ago. It's particularly interesting when an "overdone" subject matter shows up fresh and surprising, sometimes moving, sometimes life affirming.

Hysterical that people "cringe" at the faux deer heads and don't seem to have the same PETA-driven reaction to HUMAN skulls. Ha!

And antlers *can be* naturally shed, btw. No deer harmed.

And msjessica, why do motifs have to be "familiar"? Can I not hang a beach scene in my Manhattan penthouse?

And as for the house in the country, call us back on the deer-loving once the local deer eat every last one of your prized hydrangeas.

I like traditional doilies and I think they can look good in some settings, but I do have a grandmotherly aesthetic at times.

As far as these go, the first one is well done but I've never liked the hipster power line motif, and the other two (especially the curtains) are just awful.

Is there a way to enter this web site? I mean, nice graphics and animation, but there aren't any links for further info.

I'm kind of with P2 on this one; I think the deer are purty, and the antlers aren't necessarily evil. Let's face it, the shapes of antlers are beautiful.

Those tattered-sweater-looking make me feel very, very sad.

Curtis: As a knitter, they make me downright depressed.