A RARE, ANTIQUE, PRIMITIVE, EXQUISITELY, HAND CRAFTED AND CARVED, SCULPTURE OF A YOUNG BOY KNEELING, FROM A 1-PIECE SOLID WALNUT BOARD.  IT IS CIRCA 1800's.  THE BOARD WAS ORIGINALLY CUT FROM A LOG BY A WHIPSAW, OR PIT SAW.  THIS WAS A PROCESS INTRODUCED IN THE 1400's AND USED THROUGH THE CENTURIES, PRIMARILY IN SHIP BUILDING.  THIS PROCESS INVOLVED A PIT OVER WHICH LOGS WERE POSITIONED AND THEN CUT BY A TWO HANDLED SAW WITH TWO MEN---ONE ABOVE THE TIMBER AND THE OTHER IN THE PIT BELOW.  PLEASE SEE PICTURES #4 & 5 FOR CUT DETAIL.  THIS PROCESS WAS ALSO USED IN MAKING FLOORING FOR OLDER AND FINER HOMES INTO THE 1800'S.  THIS PROCESS DISAPPEARED IN THE LATTER 19th CENTURY WHEN FORESTS BEGAN TO BECOME LESS PLENTIFUL AND MODERN TECHNOLGY INTRODUCED NEW TYPE SAWS, TECHNIQUES AND TONGUE-AND-GROOVE FLOORING. 

 THE HAND CARVING OF THE FIGURE OF THE YOUNG BOY IS EXQUISITE IN DETAIL.  THE CRAFTSMAN HAS USED THE NATURAL FLOW OF THE GRAIN IN THE WOOD TO SHOW THE BEAUTY OF THE CARVED SCULPTURE.  THIS PIECE HAS BEEN REFINISHED WITH A CLEAR SEALER TO FURTHER ENHANCE AND PRESERVE THE GRAINING OF THE WOOD AND THE BEAUTY OF THIS CRAFTSMANSHIP.  THIS ELEGANT WOODEN SCULPTURE MEASURES 16 INCHES HIGH; 12 1/2 INCHES WIDE; AND THE DEPTH IS 1 INCH. 

 THIS ORNATE, ANTIQUE, PRIMITIVE, WALNUT WOOD SCULPTURE IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION.  IT IS A TRULY BEAUTIFUL, AND FINELY DETAILED WOOD CARVING, AND A WORK OF ART FROM THE 19TH CENTURY.  A RARE, AND PRIZED ACQUISITION FOR ANY HOME OR OFFICE DISPLAY OR COLLECTION.

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