Herter brothers

William H. Vanderbilt (1821-1885), New York, New York; Josephine Clardy Fox (died 1969); Centennial Museum at University of Texas at El Paso; sold by Charlton Hall Auction House, West Columbia, South Carolina, March 23, 2012, lot 602; bought on behalf the Metropolitan Museum of Art by dealer Margot Johnson, New York

Wardrobe Maker: Herter Brothers (1864–1906) Date: 1880–85 Geography: Mid-Atlantic, New York, New York, United States Culture: American Medium: Cherry

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This is one of several side chairs known to survive from the dining room Christian Herter designed for William H. Vanderbilt's (1821-1885) house at 640 Fifth Avenue, New York. An iconography of bounty governed the room, drawn from Renaissance precedents as was popular during the period

This is one of several side chairs known to survive from the dining room Christian Herter designed for William H. Vanderbilt's (1821-1885) house at 640 Fifth Avenue, New York. An iconography of bounty governed the room, drawn from Renaissance precedents as was popular during the period

Scheduled as the first of the major auctions conducted during Americana Week, Bonhams got the ball rolling on January 22. With yet another first, the inaugural furniture sale was conducted in the auction house⁳ new and stylish Madison Avenue showroom.

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Herter Brothers

Herter Brothers, one of the premiere cabinetmaking operations in New York City, made this desk in 1882 for the Fifth Avenue home of the New York financier Jay Gould (1836–1892). Gould commissioned the desk as a gift for his wife, Helen, to match their existing bedroom suite, also by Herter Brothers