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Love it.

It would go great with an elephant foot umbrella stand and some tortoise shell accessories.

it looks like a porcupine. :) http://www.fromsingletomarried.com

(Aha! I was wondering when this would start getting the sort of comments that DJ did.)

It looks like it could poke your eye out.

gives off a very prickly vibe; not exactly inviting...

sick.

NO NO NO. DO NOT WANT

love it.

i wonder how many porcupines they have to piss off to get them to shoot this many quills.



no, actually, i don't wonder. cause they're just dead. for a mirror. really.

I can see how someone would like it, but personally it kinda freaks me out!

So I guess 'we' know where 'You' stand on fur.

I would say the quills are probably fake.

I personally like the way the mirror looks.

Hmmm...
What next?
A beaver tail corkboard, parrot beak coat hook, kangaroo pouch magazine holder, tortoise shell footstool, yorkshire terrier teacozies? Ugh. It's a sick sick world.

All inhumane discussion aside, how does one get it home? And then hang it? I could see all $675 come crashing to the floor in an instant.

I, personally, choose not to use animal-by products in my home (with my vintage Eames lounge as the exception) especially one that scream of what animal you've raped of its threads.

However, I can't stop laughing at bcylnn's comment. Parrot beak coat hook, why am I surprised we haven't seen this recently?

I know some kids who make jewelery out of quills. They get the quills from roadkilled porcupines. In that case it's like totally upcycling.

If we are killing off animals to get the quills then I say no.
If this is made in a far off land, I would tend to think animals are being taken down for the quills.
It is an interesting look though---far better then turtle shells hanging on a wall.

I actually heart it too! LOL!

jenny!, porcupines don't shoot their quills. quills' ends have backward-facing bits which sink into offending flesh.

this piece reminds me of when one of the family dogs got porcupine quills stuck in her mouth. poor girl. can't love this piece.

are you f'n kidding me? i'm not smiling. if it were fake, that would be lovely, but if it's really a porcupine... it's very very sad.

and it's sad if this post is just possibly trying to poke at the sensitivities following on the heals of the 'tiger nailed to the wall' post. very disappointing.

I think it's awesome. It would look terrific in an entry way or in a bathroom. If I had $700 to spend on a mirror, I would snag it.

... as long as it's fake quills.

I sat on porcupine quills when I was a kid and it hurt my ass like hell.

This mirror...... no way!

Owch.

really? REALLY?

the perfect accent piece.. on an adams family movie set. nowhere else.

this is awesome because it replaces the need to keep a bat under the bed.
Now if there is a home intruder you can impale with the resident porcuipine mirror.

I wonder how many commenters are vegan? Serious question.

Love the look... luckily, I will not have to wrestle with the moral quandaries due to insufficient funds.

bclynn, i am totally going to make a kangaroo pouch magazine holder! Possibly right now! (no worries, actual kangaroos are quite scarce in Arkansas...)

I actually own this mirror (purchased earlier this year) and it's flat out *gorgeous*. The photo here really doesn't do it justice. It has a definite presence, and looks amazing.

That said, I've been constantly asked by people if the quills are real. I've always stated they're fake just to calm people's inner animal lover, but I never knew if that was truly the case.

So after seeing this AT post I decided to contact Horchow. They weren't 100% sure either, so they contacted the manufacturer. They replied soon thereafter that the quills are *not* real, and are manufactured to both look and feel like the real thing. It's true -- the wood they use is curved and has a tactile quality that makes it seem very organic. But at least we now know no animals were harmed in the production of this mirror. ;)