If I were to go round the world again, or to make an extended journey anywhere on its surface, I should always prefer to visit localities that would be new to me, rather than follow routes I had traveled before.
Music Box Chair
Late 19th Century
Acquired by Wm. H. Seward II while traveling in Europe in 1888. Walnut carved and inlaid music box chair. Carved in Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. Naturalistic twig-carved openwork back centering a stag on inlaid navette-shaped medallion. Serpentine seat with circular medallion. Cabriole legs. When back is tipped back, a music box is revealed in the seat.