Antique English Carved Oak Arts & Crafts Hall Bench Seat 'Birds in a Tree' 1900 Decorative Arts and sometimes otherworldly

and sometimes otherworldly

or ochre in colour

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particularly Honduran mahogany

after Emile Galle's death)

Antique English Carved Oak Arts & Crafts Hall Bench Seat 'Birds in a Tree' 1900 Decorative Arts and sometimes otherworldlyAn unusual and attractive antique carved oak Arts and Crafts bench, circa 1900. This very handsome antique bench has a hand carved top and is made of planked and pegged construction, the seat is carved with birds sitting is a fruiting tree. The flared base with block carved legs and stretchers, the bench is raised on arched pad feet. The bench is made from solid quarter sawn oak with very attractive 'Tiger' stripping and is of very stout construction,