Primitive Stump Chair

An adorable stump chair made in solid pine. Hand carved by an unknown Swedish cabinetmaker in 1960s. A beautiful wabi sabi piece for the modern interior. This cute beauty will fit...

The Swedish Stump Chair or 'Kubbstol', dating from the 1940s, is a beautiful example of traditional Scandinavian design. Crafted from solid pine wood, the chair showcases clean lines...

The Swedish Stump Chair or Cubbed Chair, dating from the 1940s, is a beautiful example of traditional Scandinavian design. Crafted from solid pine wood, the chair showcases clean lin...

Primitive dug-out chair from Southeast Asia. Hand-carved from sold piece of hardwood. Note: Regional differences in humidity and climate during shipping may cause antique and vintag...

Sculptural brutalist stump chair in solid wood, probably birch root. Handcrafted in Norway. Unusual shape and a decorative figure for the modern interior. Honorable mentions in...

Primitive Stump Chair From Switzerland, Circa 1900. Solid pine construction with superb patina and use.

A sculptural hand carved one of collectible item by Finnish Matti Martikka. A chair made in solid pine from fallen tree trunks. This stump chair is acquired from a museum at his home town of Lappeenranta. This chair is usable, but a bit unstable and therefore more a piece of art. A unique opportunity to acquire a rare decorative object. Other of his pieces has been sold at some of the largest auction houses in the world and shown at different museums. "Matti Martikka from South Karelia was a locally known carpenter. His carpentry hobby began with small everyday objects made for home use, but eventually the interior design of the home was dominated by ever larger wooden objects...

A pair of ebonized wood chairs.

A large, characterful 19th century vernacular chair, primitively constructed from heavily patinated elm with original woven rush seat. Irish, c. 1850.

Koncz Vilmos (1932 – 2006). He started painting at the age of 30, using the following techniques: charcoal, pastel, oil. He has had solo exhibitions eight times in Budapest, and his works have been featured in seventeen group exhibitions worldwide. He was an experimental creator. Its more than 420 works include glass mosaics, terracotta, copper embossing and furniture carving. After his death, most of his oeuvre was “lost”. A decade and a half passed from painting to the first carvings. Middle Eastern and African culture had a major impact on his further artistic work. Traveled and created in Baghdad, Kuwait, Beirut and Tanzania. He became acquainted with the ancient folk art of the Makonde tribe, with carvings of ebony and ivory, which changed his creative career. When he made an authentic bracelet out of ivory, decorated with African motifs, the members of the tribe welcomed him among themselves. He became the tribe’s "Mister Vili." An exhibition of his painted paintings was held at the Kilimanjaro Hotel. He learned the machining of copper from the Arabs and the making of glass mosaics, and the tricks of jewelry making from the Hindus. He had forty large sculptures erected in various settlements of Hungary, mostly multi-field, made with a circular carving technique. Everything from ornaments on the table to the three-meter-high monument was found in his oeuvre. The Tiszakürt Arboretum also houses two wooden sculptures made of circular carvings: Tasso and the Tanzanian family tree. Donated works of his hometown: the 1956 headboard, the “Jászok” and “Kunok” (Old Hungarian Tribes), the “Flute”, the “Kolompolás” (Ringing the Bell) and the “Winged Altar”. In the 1980s, he also made carvings for the Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden. His Ars Poetic was: “I do what I love, which drives from within, because I want to leave marks behind that I once existed and perhaps not uselessly” (2002). The term "Brutalist" originated from Le Corbusier’s Cité...