{"product_id":"wooden-dog-sculpture-wooden-dog-figurine-folk-art-dog-wood-animal-carving-hand-carved-animal-carved-wood-figures-dog-lover-gifts","title":"Hand Carved Wooden Dog w Red Suit","description":"\u003cp\u003eHand carved wooden dog sculpture in red damask jacket and tartan, 8 inches tall. Folk art wood carved dog figurine, hand painted. A dog lover gift by Carviani.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe is not looking at you. He is looking at something slightly above and beyond wherever you are standing, which tells you everything about his sense of his own position in any room he happens to occupy. The jacket is a deep crimson damask. The tie is art nouveau. The tartan is impeccable. He arrived dressed this way and he will leave dressed this way and the question of whether any of it suits the occasion has never once occurred to him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a hand carved and entirely hand painted wooden dog sculpture, approximately eight inches tall, and it is the most complex and layered costume Carviani has produced. The jacket is a full crimson damask, dark scrolling acanthus leaves moving through a deep red ground with gold seam lines dividing the panels. It covers the front of the figure completely and continues without interruption around the back, the full damask pattern painted across every surface the carver gave the painter to work with. At the back, below the hem of the jacket, the grey dog tail emerges, painted in fine strokes to match the face and completing the figure on all four sides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe collar is a grey and black tartan plaid, wide and well cut. Below it the matching tartan appears again as shorts, two textile patterns in deliberate and entirely successful contrast with the damask. Between them, a hand painted art nouveau tie in deep blue, orange, red and gold, each petal and curl placed individually. A rope belt with a painted tassel sits at the waist. In one hand a carved walking cane with a gold painted top.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe face is the other extraordinary thing about this piece. Fine white highlight strokes are worked over a deep charcoal and black base coat in dense short marks that build the fur texture from the broad muzzle up through the wide forehead and close ears. The eyes are warm amber brown, small and alert, with the look of a dog that is paying closer attention than he is letting on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe back view photograph is essential to understanding what this piece actually is. The damask continues there just as fully as it does on the front. The gold seam lines run clean and straight down the back panels. The tail is visible below the jacket hem. There was no surface of this figure that the painter left unfinished. That kind of commitment to an object this size is what separates genuine folk art from decoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlace him on a mantel and the red jacket reads across a room. On a bookshelf he stops a visitor mid-sentence. Among other Carviani figures he is the one who arrived in the most extraordinary outfit and somehow makes everyone else's wardrobe seem considered by comparison. He does not try. He simply is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe is a gift for the dog person whose home is genuinely interesting, the collector of folk art who recognizes serious craft on sight, or simply something you acquire because you looked at him and felt, with complete certainty, that he was meant to live in your home. Because each piece is carved and painted entirely by hand, the exact depth of the damask, the placement of every scroll, and the weight of that sideways expression will belong only to this carving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSpecifications:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eType: Hand carved and hand painted wooden dog sculpture, folk art figurine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMaterial: Solid carved wood, hand painted throughout in fine layered detail\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eColor: Deep charcoal and black dog with white highlight fur strokes, full crimson damask jacket with gold seam lines, grey and black tartan collar and shorts, art nouveau tie in blue, orange, red and gold, black trousers and shoes, rope belt with painted tassel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions: Approximately 8 inches tall\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDetail: Full crimson damask scrollwork painted across entire jacket front and back with gold seam lines, matching tartan on collar and shorts, hand painted art nouveau tie with individual petal and curl detail, carved walking cane with gold painted top, grey dog tail painted at back hem, dense white highlight fur strokes over dark base coat throughout, rope belt with tassel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAccessories: Carved walking cane with gold top held in one hand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStyle: Folk art, anthropomorphic, maximalist dandy, collector sculpture, damask and tartan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFinish: Hand painted and sealed. Facet carved surface with matte fur texture, gloss damask and fine metallic gold detail throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBest Placed: Mantel, bookshelf, study desk, alongside other Carviani figures\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePairs With: Rich wood surfaces, velvet, brass, gilt frames, maximalist or eclectic interiors, other Carviani folk art pieces\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGift Occasions: Dog lover gift, art collector gift, birthday, housewarming, holiday, self-purchase\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCare: Dust with a soft, dry cloth. Keep away from direct moisture and prolonged direct sunlight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePackaging: Securely boxed, gift-ready\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHand carved. Damask front to back. Entirely unbothered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBecause you deserve the most beautiful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShop more hand carved folk art from Carviani: etsy.com\/shop\/Carviani\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art For Us","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49502578409624,"sku":null,"price":205.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/3429\/7752\/files\/il_fullxfull.8300644067_s9fi.jpg?v=1784313807","url":"https:\/\/glassflowerboutique.com\/es\/products\/wooden-dog-sculpture-wooden-dog-figurine-folk-art-dog-wood-animal-carving-hand-carved-animal-carved-wood-figures-dog-lover-gifts","provider":"Art For Us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}