A Late 19thC Black Forest Naturalistically Carved & Painted Hall Chair c.1900 sub-Natural History Alternatively it may have been

Alternatively it may have been used for leather-work or in an in-house cobblers (these existed in some asylums) and the initialed ‘R’ to the frieze is made from punched leather so this may be a clue

and its history is both long and glorious

" and higher quality ones signed

Carter” inscribed to the flank

A Late 19thC Black Forest Naturalistically Carved & Painted Hall Chair c.1900 sub-Natural History Alternatively it may have beenOrigin: Swiss, Black ForestPeriod: Late 19thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1900Height: 36 or 18 at seatWidth: 17. 5Depth: 16The duck egg blue painted side chair having a pierced back profusely carved with oak leaves, flowers and acorns with a serpentine front, chequerboard seat, and naturalistically carved legs. surviving from the zeniths of the nineteenth century and of Swiss, black forest origin. The chair is stable and there is only a little movement