Antler Bench, United States by Arthur Court

The seat is calm. What is happening underneath it is not.

This antler bench 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. Furniture of real antler has a long history in hunting lodges, where it showed off the owner's sport, and Court's version keeps the look while replacing the animal with a foundry. Pale branching tines spread out in all directions, tangling at the center and curving down to the floor. Above them sits a plump, piped cushion in putty-colored suede. Thirty-four and a half inches long and nineteen high.

It looks ready to wander off.