Lot 509
A Rare Antique American Horn Armchair, late 19th c., probably San Antonio, Texas, the back, arms and legs composed of steer horns and retaining the original tooled saddle leather back rest and seat, connected by chromed steel stretchers, height 51 in Note: The extensive use of Mexican stamped leather on this chair indicates it may have been made by Wenzel Friedrich (Bohemia/San Antonio, Texas 1827-1902) or a nearby competitor in central or southern Texas. His works received merit awards at the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition (1883), the New Orleans Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition (1885), and the Southern Exposition at Louisville, Kentucky, (1886). Patrons included Queen Victoria, Otto von Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm I. A hall rack with a horseshoe top nearly identical to that seen here is illustrated top center of the c. 1890 W. Friedrich advertising placard.Reference: St. John. Longhorn Artist Wenzel Friedrich; Bishop and Coblentz. The World of Antiques, Art and Architecture in Victorian America, p. 180; "Early Texas Furniture and Decorative Arts", San Antonio Museum Association, 1973, pp. 138-139, fig. 165; Wenzel Friedrich 1890 catalog, pp. 28-29.
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