Classic Dug-Out Chair or "Kubbstol"

Classic Dug-Out Chair or "Kubbstol"
With Boarded Seat and Small Twin Carry Holes to the Sides
Solid Dug-Out, Hewn and Carved Alpine Pine
Swedish, Darlana Region, c.1780
31 ½” high x 19" diameter

Comparative Literature: Ed. Charles Holme; "Peasant Art in Sweden, Lapland and Iceland"; Pub. "The Studio" Ltd. London, Paris, New York, 1910; A similar "Trunk Chair" is illustrated as Plate 47 and dated 1738, from the Collection of the Nordiska Museet, Stockholm. Museum Collection Number 15,819.

Ref: 7759