The Horn Furniture of
Herman Metz
Metz, a St. Joseph, Missouri fireman who died in the line of duty,
created masterpieces of horn furniture --
many with horn veneering!
His horn furniture was displayed at the 1904's World's Fair in St. Louis and
several sparkling examples are featured on this page.
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more about Herman Metz, his incredible horn furniture and horn veneering
Largest Known Piece of Horn Furniture |
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Stands
an incredible 8 ft. 3 inches tall and 5 ft. 10 inches wide! 14 sets of buffalo and
8 sets of black cow horns decorate the front -- in striking contrast to the mostly yellow
horn veneering. |
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An Up-close View of Horn Veneering. Drawer pulls made of horn. Thousands of brass finishing nails. Buffalo horns. Horn veneering is the rarest form of horn furniture making and, to date, only six makers of horn-veneered furniture are known to me: Herman Metz, Wenzel Friedrich, Charles Puppe, and the three other makers are unidentified. |
Horn Goblet |
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11 inches tall
6 inches across Carved hands and hearts of horn Hinged top Has little screws made from horn
A Truly Unique Item! |
Buffalo Horn Hatrack |
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Displayed at 1904 World's
Fair Trimmed with cattle horn folk-art pieces About 26 inches tall x 23 inches wide Leather-covered shield 13 carved hands of horn 5 bowties of horn A Classic Piece of American Horn Folk Art! |
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Child's Horn Rocking Chair |
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Herman Metz probably made this rocking chair
for his daughters in the 1890’s. 28 inches tall 14 inches wide Cushioned seat covered with the
type of material commonly used on buggies. Into these pieces are inlaid 525 dots of horn. Into the back and arms were inlaid four stars and three diamonds made of horn. The ends of the steel rods were fitted with nine hand-carved acorn finials also made of horn. |
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Ella and Herman Metz Metz is holding a horn cane, which features an inlaid dot pattern, a hallmark of his work.
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Hall Tree |
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The Herman Metz Hall Tree with Mirror Believed to be about six feet tall. The wooden surface covered with hundreds of pieces of cattle horn veneer and trimmed with 26 steer horns. On display at the 1904 World's Fair. Veneered horn furniture is the rarest class of all American horn furniture made.
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