Early 1900s Wall Brackets

This early 20th-century Swiss Black Forest hand-carved wood wall bracket is a stunning representation of the region’s renowned craftsmanship. The bracket features a beautifully detai...

Indulge in the timeless elegance of the Louis XV era with this exquisite canopy bed, crafted from lacquered and painted wood and dating back to circa 1900. Featuring a graceful baske...

Antique Indian rosewood temple door beam carving with green distressed paint, circa 1900. Made of solid rosewood. Thick green paint has faded and chipped in many areas, revealing the...

19th Century Gilt Wood Wall Bracket or Shelf, Water Gilt A petite finest quality water gilt late 19th century wall braket having demi lune form with fine tassle and shell carvings. ...

Antique brass curtain tie backs, each makes an umbrella of banana leaves.

A superb antique Black Forest chamois or mountain goat wall bracket shelf hand carved in Switzerland, circa 1900. This fine bracket features a handsome chamois with glass eyes surrounded by intricately carved leaves. It's perfect for your rustic lodge decor...

Jugendstil Wardrobe vienna around 1908 Polished and stove enameled.

A lovely little shelf made of hand carved wood, made in the black forest area in Germany. Found at an estate sale in Nuremberg, Germany. It is not marked. A nice addition to your col...

Geographically speaking, “Black Forest” denotes the forested mountain range in southwest Germany. Since the early 1800’s, the phrase has been used to describe elaborate animal wood carvings, as the figures were thought to have originated in the Black Forest of Germany. It is believed that in the 1850s, the Trauffer’s, a family of woodcarvers, began popularizing the “black forest style” through their handicrafts, furniture making and their instruction in carving at a school in Brienz Switzerland. The popular notion that the Black Forest style has its roots in the the Bavarian Black Forest, in Germany, is likely mistaken. By 1910 there were some 1,300 cottage industries of woodcarvers in the environs of Brienz and the Black Forest style of carving became a major economic force and home industry throughout Switzerland. The communities of Luzern and Interlaken also became noted for these handicrafts. The popularity of black forest carvings was driven by both a strong tourist industry and the crafts movement. The “Black Forest” style describes wooden sculptures or carved replicas of nature’s bounty, incorporated into the design of household items. Antique Black Forest handicrafts exemplify Swiss folk art traditions and are seen in carved clock cases, hall trees, desks, picture frames, chairs and all variety of decorative objects and furnishings. Walnut and linden wood is typically used. The black forest style is the accomplished carving and trained whittling of realistic tree branches, twigs, bears, birds, deer, rabbits, edelweiss flowers and such Both of the brackets seen here feature a small, shaped shelf with a thin recessed molding along the underside. They rest on top of a tripartite tree trunk support, just above an eagle with wings displayed and expanded perched on a branch. Each eagle grips its prey with its talons. Additional branches dotted with small flowers surround each bird. The birds have been presented looking in opposite directions, allowing for them to be displayed on either side of a piece of art or architectural element. Our pair of Swiss black forest eagle wall brackets...

Large French carved wood Black Forest Eagle Wall Bracket Circa 1900. Acanthus leaves.

Brass chrome-plated and ebonized coat, hat hooks, attributed to Josef Hoffmann elegant shape and perfect quality made in Austria in the early 1900s. Original condition. Two pieces +...

French faux bamboo towel holder, circa 1900.