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Herter Brothers

Side Chair, 1877-1879

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Description

Maker

Title

Side Chair

Year

1877-1879

Medium

Ebonized cherry with light wood inlay

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Dimensions

96.5 x 45.7 x 45.7 cm (38 x 18 x 18 inches)

Type

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

1990.057

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Making It In America

October 11, 2013 - February 9, 2014

Eastern aesthetics and Western form are united in this chair, with ebonized cherry resembling Japanese lacquer and a stylized floral design of intricate inlays, distinctive of Herter Brothers’ furniture. Founded by German immigrants Gustav and Christian Herter, Herter Brothers was associated with the incorporation of Japanese decorative arts in American design in the 1880s. The firm quickly made a name for itself, garnering impressive commissions such as designing William Henry Vanderbilt's Fifth Avenue mansion, decorating the White House Red Room for Ulysses S. Grant, and renovating the White House East Room for Theodore Roosevelt.

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