Antique Folk Art Poker Work Arts & Crafts Monks Bench Table Chair New York 1900

Antique American Folk Art pyrogrpahy/poker work metamorphic Monk's bench table chair, by The Flemish Art Company of New York, Circa 1900. The round table lifts and converts to a chair, both the top and base and sides are finely decorated with floral poker work, which is known as the art of pyrogrpahy. This table was made by the Flemish Art Company of New York, who specialized in these types of designs during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The underside of the table when upright to form the backrest has the burned inscription " Rest-Ye And Thankful-Be", which was a welcoming phrase commonly found on Arts & Crafts furniture. This wonderful antique Monk's bench also known as a Christmas chair/table in in very good antique condition and is ready to grace your space. The Flemish Art Company of New York was a prominent American manufacturer that became famous for fueling the massive pyrography (wood-burning) craze at the turn of the 20th century. Operating primarily out of Brooklyn and Manhattan between the late 1890s and the 1920s, the company was so incredibly successful that the brand name "Flemish Art" became a generic term used to describe the entire medium of pyrography. An almost identical table can be seen online at the Folklife Center Gallery located at the Crandall Public Library, Glens Falls, New York. Height when back is in the upright position 47" tall