Sp-elgian?

I saw this chair in a shop in Spain and kind of had to laugh. It is so Belgian upon first glance, but then you can see that the legs and arms have just a crazy amount of detail and engraving on them. I mean carvings out the wah-zoo.

Maybe it's the compromise the Spanish made with the Belgians when they agreed to import their style, like "we'll take your neutral fabrics and paints, but we won't give up our right to carving!"

Anyways. Musings on foreign policy and design.