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17447

A 'Black Forest' Fox Stool

A 'Black Forest' Fox Stool

Dimensions: H: 39 in / 98 cm  |  W: 21 in / 53 cm  |  D: 22.5 in / 57 cm

17447

A 'Black Forest' Fox Stool

Constructed in a very well patinated and carved lindenwood, the kneeling fox having glass eyes, with monochrome naturalistic highlights; the seat carved to resemble a mushroom.
Brienz Area, Circa 1900

Brienz, in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland was remarked upon in Baedeker's Travel Guide, as having a population of 2400, of whom 600 persons were employed as woodcarvers, to supply the tourist trade to Switzerland with mementos of the tour. A museum devoted entirely to the art of wood carving may be visited today.

Arenski, Jay, Simon Daniels, and Michael Daniels. Swiss Carvings: The Art of the 'Black Forrest' 1820-1940. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 2005, p. 140 (fig. 224). Illustrating a kneeling bear stool of similar construction.

REF No. 9386

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