Saddle001 Primitive Wooden Saddle
Saddle002 Persian Painted saddle
Saddle003 South American saddle
Saddle005 Child's basket saddle
Saddle006 Tibetan saddle
Saddle017 Australian Stock saddle
Saddle018 Syd Hill rodeo saddle
Saddle019 17/18th Century saddle cloth/caparison
Saddle021 Tibetan saddle
Saddle022 South American saddle
Saddle025 Mexican saddle
Saddle026 South American saddle
Saddle028 Moroccan saddle
Saddle029 Selle Fermier
Saddle030 British UP saddle
Saddle031 18th century carved saddle
Saddle033 Basket saddle
Saddle036 Museum saddle
Saddle037 Chinese / Mongolian saddle
Saddle039 Basket saddle
18th Century European Carved Wood Saddle
An eighteenth century wooden saddle. This saddle has geometric decoration on its front and back, and, on the front, the date 1796 is carved, and the initials "EPB" ( ? the maker).
On one side of the saddle iron loops support a shelf or platform of wood, suggesting that this was a footrest for early sidesaddle. Part of the platform has broken off, so one corner is no longer attached to the saddle. On the opposite side of the saddle it would appear that there had been another piece of wood, forming the back support of the saddle, or perhaps part of a "selle fermier", which could be adapted to work as a sidesaddle, an astride saddle or a basket.
I am told that the decoration is chip carved and Northern European, possibly Scandinavian. The saddle has suffered from woodworm, this has been treated. I am not sure of the type of wood.
Dimensions : 42cm (16½") long, 35cm (13¾") wide and 28cm (11") tall
Ref: Saddle031
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