Dendrochronology as an analytical tool for dating of wooden art objects has been used for the last 20 years and has generally been restricted to oak wood. Several years ago, dendrochronological analysis was initiated for the wood of different conifer species used in art objects. For spruce and pine wood, new chronologies were established for different regions; for fir wood, an existing master chronology from southern Germany could be used. These chronologies now allow an exact time-related determination of the last growth ring available on an object. From this result, several conclusions can be derived with respect to the felling date of the tree and also for a <i>terminus post quem</i> of the art object. Although in principle dendrochronological analysis is always possible, its application is often limited if boards have been tangentially sawn or if the boards are small and do not contain a sufficient number of rings.