Cycad Leaf Fossil Chair

Description: 29H x 29W x 29D inches up-cycled vintage chair base, woven canvas strips, layers of plaster gradually cured, sanded and carved. Painted with acrylics, varnish, and waxed to enhance colors. Functional art, comfortable, durable. The Cycad Leaf Fossil Chair is thicker and heavier than most of the chairs, with extensive carving details emphasizing its unique character. The front of the chair is a rendition of the fossil of a Cycad leaf from the first species of palm-like trees that grew about 50 million years ago. The original Cycad leaf fossil was discovered in a Wyoming riverbed. The circumference on the back of this chair has an informal mosaic embedded with authentic fossils of an extinct clam and pebbles. The extinct genus of shells called Myalina are estimated to be 345 - 225 - million years old, and were found in a playground in the Dallas, Texas area.Completing the back of the chair, the surface is textured along with patterns of the bark and leaf scars of a fossilized Paleozoic Lepidodendron. The first trees on Earth were actually leafless; nothing more than woody stems standing in and absorbing nutrients from water. Lepidodendron were a primitive species of the very first trees on earth, reaching heights of 130 feet (40 m) tall, with leaves that grew flat directly along the bark around 400 million years ago.Personalized with card and message upon request. $200 shipping only in the US.

Price: 2500 USD

Location: Hillsboro, Oregon

End Time: 2024-10-14T02:01:28.000Z

Shipping Cost: 200 USD