Black Forest Bear Piano Seat

An exceptional black forest music chair. The frame is ornately carved to simulate branches and berries. The seat and back are designed in a un...

Pair of carved Black Forest oak chairs with round caned seats. Designed with a hunting motif of rustic leaves and hunting horns.

Unusual 19th century English terracotta Scottie or mixed terrier dog in a seated position. Charming copy of a particular dog with a sweet expression and demeanour.

Large terracotta bulldog sitting with ruffled chest and dark muzzle. Finely detailed Victorian dog with glass eyes and a real vintage studded leather collar around his neck.

Antique black forest carved seated bear sculpture An adorable and masterfully hand-carved figure of a seated bear. Switzerland, circa 1900...

Large and impressive, hand carved and demountable bench with five bear sculptures. This superbly hand carved bench is entirely made of solid wood and therefor too this stunning and highly decorative antique is as strong and stable as the day it was it was made. We cannot single out one detail that is more special than others, because the standing bear sculptures...

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...

Rustic Black Forest (19/20th Cent) carved walnut small figure of a walking bear with face pointed down. (similar to BAS039A) Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use