are also used for decorative purposes and have been used for artwork, furniture and other novelty items. Deer antlers were and still are the source material for horn furniture. Already in the 15th century trophies of case were used for clothes hook, storage racks and chandeliers, the so-called Lusterweibchen. In the 19th century the European nobility discovered red deer antlers as perfect decorations for their manors and hunting castles. This fashion trend splashes over to upper- and middle-class households in the mid of the 19th century. At the increasingly popular World Expositions, producers of horn furniture, mainly in Germany, Austria and the United States, such as and Friedrich Wenzel, showed their horn furniture and a kind of series manufacturing began. In recent times deer antler home decors can be found in home styling magazines. Gallery See also Deer of Great Britain Deer farm Medieval deer park Venison References Further reading Cameron, Donald; Fortescue, Hugh Fortescue 3rd, earl; Shand, Alexander Innes (1896) Red Deer: Natural history, London, New York [etc.] : Longmans, Green and co. Clarke, J. (1866), The naturalist: A treatise on the growth of the horns of the red deer, Barnstaple, A.P. Wood Heptner, V. G.; Nasimovich, A. A.; Bannikov, A. G.; Hoffman, R. S. (1988) Mammals of the Soviet Union, Volume I, Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Libraries and National Science Foundation Jeffries, Richard (1884), Red Deer, London Longmans, Green#B. External links Natural History of Red Deer (Wildlife Online) World of Deer Museum New Zealand New Zealand Red Stag Hunting Information red deer antler furnishings red deer red deer Mammals of Europe Mammals of North Africa Mammals of Western Asia National symbols of Ireland red deer red deer