Originally Posted by
Pat Barry
Just for fun, sketched up below are three rectangles, lets call them 1.273, 1.618, and 2. Which looks better? To me, they are all just rectangles and I can see no best one.
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This is a nonsensical question. It's like asking "what note sounds better, B-flat or F-sharp?". Notes only have meaning in relation to other notes, and proportions in furniture (among other things) only have meaning in context.
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