Antler Chair, United States by Arthur Court

No deer were troubled. The antlers are aluminum.

This antler chair is by Arthur Court (1928-2015), from San Francisco, United States, about 1970. It is cast aluminum and pigment, hand painted, and upholstered in suede. Court is best known for cast aluminum tableware and furnishings drawn from animals and plants, and an antler chair like this was made for a lodge-minded home, giving the rustic hunting look a more polished form. Broad palmate antlers crown an oval back in pale suede, trimmed in brass-toned nailheads. More antlers branch out to form the arms and legs, finished in a bleached, bone-like color. Twenty-nine inches long, thirty-two deep and forty-two high.

Sitting in it feels like a minor coronation.