Black Forest Pair of Corner Shelves Original Hand Carved Switzerland Late 1800s

Pair of black forest hand-carved end tables or side tables with marble tops that were made in Switzerland during the late 1800s. Finding one piece of black forest is difficult enough, but locating a pair is unusual to say the least. The history of black forest carvings dates to the early 1800s originating in the town of Brienz, Switzerland. Original black forest carvings began as a cottage industry and found a niche market with the local tourist trade in Switzerland. Old plank has recently discovered a treasure trove of black forest carved furniture...

Black Forest Pair of Jardinière’s hand carved in Switzerland during the late 1800s. The Jardinière’s are complete with their original metal liners and are ready to be planted. Black Forest Furniture first began to appear in the mid-1800s in Brienz, Switzerland and originally only included small Black Forest animal objects made for the tourist trade. In the late 1800s, as tourism traffic increased, so did the number and Size of Black Forest Carvings and soon thereafter was followed by Black Forest Furniture. As luck would have it, Old Plank has recently discovered a treasure Trove of Black Forest Carved...

Black Forest bookcase, that was part of a major collection of Black Forest items sold by a Chateau outside of Marseille, France. There is a total of (42) antique Black Forest items that we have imported from the chateau and all will be listed on 1stdibs as soon as they can be photographed. Old Plank has been collecting and selling Black Forest furniture and Black Forest accessories for over 30-years and never have we witnessed a collection of Black Forest of this magnitude. Our 19th century Black Forest bookcase still retains its original wavy glass. Black Forest history began in Switzerland during the 1800’s and expanded with the increasing popular tourist trade. By the late 1800’s, the small animal carvings...

Black Forest furniture is both a bit rustic and a little whimsical in nature and dates from the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s. Although most p...

Antique Black Forest Mirror (one-half of a pair), that were part of a major collection of Black Forest items sold by a Chateau outside of ...

Exceptionally fine Pair of late 1800’s Louis XVI style French Gilt Bronze large two-light Sconces. The French refer to this gilding process as “bronze doré ” and of course we say “do...

Pair of Art Nouveau wooden hand-painted floral shelves, Germany, 1910. A beautiful pair of antique Art Nouveau period wooden shelves/consoles with hand-painted floral decors. These ...

Pair of substantial acrylic shelving units in the style of Karl Springer, each comprised of 6 1" thick race track oval shelves separated by solid...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Italian circa 1880 mahogany and walnut inlaid corner hanging book shelf A very good looking and d...

Mid century walnut floating shelves - A pair Each shelf measures: 35 wide x 10 deep x 19 inches high All pieces of furniture can be had in what ...

Inlaid Corner Étagère from the late 19th century We present you this beautiful, inlaid étagère of a lightweight form. The piece is composed of five shelves supported on turned sma...

With a demi-lune shaped ledge and highly shaped walls, this French corner shelf is a beautiful decorative accessory/small wall architectural. Hand-carved in the 1800’s out of walnut,...