Wall lamp console called pipe holder or collar holder, shelf, black drill style.

Magnificent aplique iniatially to carry pipes but can easily be diverted into jewelry holder, necklace or oracles. A beautiful coat of arms is surrounded by two proud griffins. This beautiful decorative object has neither missing nor broken it is in a very beautiful condition. A bit of history about the "black forest" style: in the jargon of the art market, it is customary to refer to these carved wooden objects under the name of the black forest, a name today erroneous... Explanations: bears supporting a bench or leaning on a tree whose branches form a coat rack... These pieces of furniture, with their deliciously kitsch design, are usually considered to be handcrafted creations from the black forest. This mountainous region of western germany, facing the vosges, is one of the bear's natural habitats. It was enough to attribute to this region the paternity of a production that gives pride of place to this animal. Yet these carved wooden furniture and objects come from the brienz region of switzerland. The swiss poet, heinrich federer, ranks them among local curiosities, in the same way as the giessbach waterfalls. No tourist worthy of the name could, in this nineteenth century, leave these mountain pastures without taking in his luggage one of these trinkets. Made as a dilettante by the inhabitants of the region in the evening by the fire, they are in the nineteenth century at the center of a lucrative trade. The story begins in 1817, to find other sources of income, a certain christian fischer has the idea of selling his production to tourists. A cottage craft: in summer, the country attracts many english visitors, faithful subjects of her majesty who follow in the footsteps of queen victoria, who came to the region in 1868. Her attachment to this country led her to build a chalet decorated with swiss furniture and trinkets on her osborne house property.

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