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Jun 25 2008, Sharmila Chakravorty

No, this is not a James Bond movie picture! Part of the Rettangolo collection from Gessi, this daring piece of Italian design brings the water straight down from the ceiling inside an odd-looking rectangular-shaped bar. The entire set looks like...

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