Large Antique Mirror with Rustic Antler Decorations
Item e6097
A large impressive antler mirror decorated with turned horn roses and antler pieces of the deer, fallow deer and virginia deer. Made in Germany, Black Forest circa 1910.
Antler furniture have been one of the popular novelties of the great exhibition of the industries of all nations in London in 1851. A new lifestlye trend was born and the ambitious European middle-class generated a fabulous upswing. One of the first designers to be mentioned is the German horn carver and furniture manufacturer H. F. C. Rampendahl who gained enthusiastic successes on several world exhibitions with his antler furniture. In the aftermath one began to manufacture antler furniture in series.
Measures:
Width: 33.07" (84 cm)
Height: 61.81" (157 cm)
Depth: 10.63" (27 cm)
Inside width: 7.13" (18.1 cm)
Inside height: 13.19" (33.5 cm)
Width: 33.07" (84 cm)
Height: 61.81" (157 cm)
Depth: 10.63" (27 cm)
Inside width: 7.13" (18.1 cm)
Inside height: 13.19" (33.5 cm)
Literature Reference:
Sabine Spindler, Antler Furniture 1825-1925, Munich 2006