Beautifully Crafted Antique Carved Wood and Woven Ash Splint Chair document box with wonderfully shaped front and

with wonderfully shaped front and back flippers

and I think pretty fabulous still

with a great warm patina to the dry wood

all fairly rare from what I can tell

and also Black Mountain College

Beautifully Crafted Antique Carved Wood and Woven Ash Splint Chair document box with wonderfully shaped front andOne sees doll chairs and benches in this manner around these parts from time to time usually referred to as Adirondack but I don't think I've ever seen one as lovely as perfectly aged as this one, which feels like pure sculpture to me. Late ish 19th century I believe, the frame of the chair was carved in pieces with tiny nails used to secure them where the pieces meet, with bent twigs for the sides and woven ash splint I believe for the back and seat.