Wenzel Friedrich Att., Adirondack Rustic Style Side Table, ca. 1880-90’s

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Wenzel Friedrich Att., Adirondack Rustic Style Side Table, ca. 1880-90’s

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Attributed to Wenzel Friedrich Adirondack Rustic Style Side Table USA, circa 1880-90 DIMENSIONS Height: 31.5 inches Top diameter: 17.25 inches WENZEL FRIEDRICH (Bohemian/American, 1827–1902) was famous horn furniture maker, born in Grünthal, Bohemia, on July 2, 1827. In 1853 he immigrated to the United States and first landed at Indianola, Texas, and then settling in San Antonio. He soon established himself in cabinetmaking, a trade he had learned in Bohemia. He became a founding member of San Antonio's first volunteer fire department and later was a charter member of the Number Two Fire Company. On December 8, 1854, he married Agnes Urbaneck. The couple had seven children; their youngest son, Albert Friedrich, was founder of the Buckhorn Saloon*. In 1880 Friedrich expanded his cabinetmaking business to include the manufacture of horn furniture. It has not been established whether he originated horn furniture, but over the next ten years he crafted some of the most innovative. His works received awards of merit at the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition of 1883, the New Orleans Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition of 1884–85, and the Southern Exposition at Louisville, Kentucky, in 1886. Between 1880 and 1890 his furniture, noted for its quality, was sold throughout the United States and Europe. His patrons included Queen Victoria, Otto von Bismarck, and Kaiser Wilhelm I. Friedrich died in San Antonio on November 7, 1902. Today, his furniture is displayed in museums throughout the United States. *BUCKHORN SALOON Albert Friedrich of San Antonio began his exotic horn collection in 1881, three years before the founding of the Lone Star Brewery, the future home of the Buckhorn Saloon. Friedrich, whose father made horn furniture, began to display his collection at a saloon that he acquired on Dolorosa Street. He moved his business to what became the Buckhorn Saloon, at Soledad and West Houston streets, in 1896. There he maintained one of the most respectable saloons in San Antonio during one of the city's rowdiest eras and acquired the antler collection of a famed hunter, Capt. Ernest Dosch. As a result of prohibition, in 1922 Friedrich moved his business to 400 West Houston Street, where it was first known as Albert's Curio Store and subsequently as the Buckhorn Curio Store and Cafe. Three decades later, in 1956, the Buckhorn Saloon, with its mirrored back bar intact and a facsimile of the main bar, was restored at the Lone Star Brewery. Quaint machines and trick mirrors were brought from the old Buckhorn, along with the Friedrich collection, which was housed in the adjacent Hall of Horns. The collection included trophies of big game hunts throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. The Texas Room, crowned by a chandelier composed of over 4,000 horns from the old Buckhorn Saloon, featured such world champions as a longhorn with an eight-foot spread and a deer head with seventy-eight-point antlers. Stuffed freaks of the animal world were found alongside a huge gorilla and memorabilia of the "world's greatest" sharpshooting team, San Antonians “Plinky” and Adolph Toepperwein. A number of unusual framed artistic designs at the saloon were made by Friedrich's wife, who was a rattlesnake-rattle artist. A shark collection, the Hall of Fins, was added in 1964 and a bird collection, the Hall of Feathers, opened in 1973. In 1977 the Lone Star Brewing Company was sold to Olympia Brewing Company. The Buckhorn collection was sold five times over the next twenty years. In 1997 Albert Friedrich's granddaughter, Mary Friedrich Rogers, and her husband, Wallace, purchased the collection and entered into a lease agreement with Twisthorn Holdings and the Buckhorn Museum and Saloon Limited to manage the enterprise. The Buckhorn collection was moved from the Lone Star Brewery to a 33,000 square foot site at the corner of Houston and Presa streets in 1998. In addition to the collections, the Buckhorn hosts live entertainment and features the Hall of Texas History Wax Museum, a gift shop, and an arcade.

Attributed to:
Wenzel Friedrich (Maker)
Dimensions:
Height: 31.5 in (80.01 cm)Diameter: 17.25 in (43.82 cm)
Style:
Adirondack (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Brass,Hand-Crafted
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
1880-1889
Date of Manufacture:
ca. 1880's
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. We make our best effort to provide a fair and descriptive condition report. Please examine photos attentively for they are an important part of the description. Send us a message to request more details or discuss price.
Seller Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU2819338102732