19th Century Black Forest Carved & Inlaid Salon Chair

Price: $1,800

19th Century Black Forest Carved & Inlaid Salon Chair is a masterpiece of the furniture maker's art!  Sumptuous walnut was artfully carved to resemble naturalistic wood as it would appear in the forest, yet constrained into the form of a shield-back chair with boldly scrolled legs.  The seat back is particularly intricate, with a combination of straight timbers combined with vine motif.  Centered is an oval plaque with inlaid saw-tooth border around an Alpine horn player, perched atop a rocky crag.  The contoured seat shows a scene of a mountain ram and ewe appearing to hear the call of the horn, surrounded by various foliate designs.  The lower framework is a woodcarver's delight, all the way down to the cloven hoof feet.
Circa 1880s
Measures 37H x 18W x 17D; seat 18H