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19452
A Black Forest Carved Dog
A Black Forest Carved Dog
Dimensions: H: 8.5 in / 22 cm | W: 22 in / 56 cm | D: 14 in / 5.5 cm
PRICE: £25,000
19452
Constructed in naturalistically carved and stained lindenwood, the recumbent dog complete with a carved collar, lead, and glass inset eyes.
Brienz area, circa 1890
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.
Literature:
Arenski, Jay, Simon Daniels, and Michael Daniels. Swiss Carvings: The Art of the 'Black Forest' 1820-1940. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 2005, p. 34 (illus. no. 26). Illustrating a closely related carved single dog; Private collection.
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