The Wrong EmPHAsis, the Wrong SyllAble

"accent" (noun): an element, distinct from those surrounding it, used to denote special importance/significance or to draw particular attention to something (or to itself in an ensemble).

Or, what makes a 'detail' a 'détail.'

Accents on wedding chairs: acceptable comme idée, but be sure to flex your circumflex in the right direction, or you'll fall a little, well, flat.

Hate it or love it, this is a détail:


this is another:


and here, finally, a third:


They might not proclaim earth-shattering statements to write home about, but if nothing else, they make for a (short) conversation piece.

This (and let's, for the sake of argument, ignore how atrocious this spectacle is in general), in any colour, no matter how you tie the knot (or bow), is not even a detail, let alone a détail:


We keep seeing chairs 'accented' this way and ... yawn ... I'm too sleepy even to be böred.