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A Carved Wooden Bear from the 'Black Forest'
A Carved Wooden Bear from the 'Black Forest'
Dimensions: H: 20 in / 50 cm | L: 28 in / 70 cm | D: 22.5 in / 57 cm
PRICE: $24,600
A ‘Black Forest’ Bear
Carved from linden wood in a naturalistic style, with glass eyes and its head raised, the bear prowls on all fours.
German, 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; ‘Swiss Carvings, The Art of the Black Forest’ by Arenski, Daniels and Daniels, published by The Antique Collectors Club 2004 shows similar examples
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