Friedrich Wenzel / Platform rocking chair and stool / about 1880

Friedrich Wenzel
Platform rocking chair and stool
about 1880 - 1890
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Creator Name: Wenzel, Friedrich
Creator Nationality: North American; American
Creator Role: Designer
Creator Dates/Places: Born in Czechoslovakia (Bohemia); 1827 - 1902
Gender: M
Creator Birth Place: Czechoslovakia (Bohemia)
Creator Active Place: Texas
Creator Name-CRT: Friedrich Wenzel
Title: Platform rocking chair and stool
View: front
Creation Start Date: 1880
Creation End Date: 1910
Creation Date: about 1880 - 1890
Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Classification Term: Furniture
Materials and Techniques: horn, ocelot, ivory and glass
Dimensions: H.35-3/4 x W.24 x D.20-1/2 in.
AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number: 84.4.1
Credit Line: The Fiduciary Fund
Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html
Context:

The taste for antler and horn furniture developed in Germany in the 1830s and appealed greatly to the nineteenth century taste for exoticism and naturalism. The majority of horn furniture was made in Germany and was most popular among German groups. Wenzel Friedrich, born in Bohemia, introduced horn furniture to San Antonio, Texas, where there was a sizable German population. From the 1880s to about 1900, he produced various types of horn furniture: tables, hat and coat racks, umbrella stands, and seating furniture of every kind. Friedrich published a catalogue of his furniture in 1889, listing chairs such as this one from $75 to $90, depending on upholstery and the rocking mechanism. By 1900, the near extinction of the longhorn cattle, combined with changing tastes, put an end to Friedrich's production.

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