Herter Brothers : furniture and interiors for a gilded age / Katherine S. Howe [and others].
New York : Harry N. Abrams in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, ©1994.
272 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
In 1848, Gustave Herter arrived in America from Germany, fleeing political and economic chaos. His brother, Christian, joined him a decade later. By 1875 their firm, renamed Herter Brothers, was supplying the White House with furnishings, as it had been doing for some of America's wealthiest families since 1858. During this opulent period, Herter Brothers could claim to be the leading cabinetmaking and decorating firm in the country. The best of the Herter Brothers' furniture and interiors are displayed in 133 color and 167 black-and-white illustrations, including many close-up details as well as comparative work by rival fine cabinetmakers of the time in New York and Europe. Herter Brothers tells the story of the company from its earliest manifestations, when Gustave worked with other partners and alone, through his partnership with his brother, to Christian's years as head of the firm and the end of his tenure.
The book places the company firmly in its context, international as well as domestic, with an extensive discussion of the brothers' background and influences and an absorbing narrative of the furniture and decoration trade in New York City in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Also described is the superb work done by the firm for their fabulously wealthy patrons - a who's who of the Gilded Age, including J. Pierpont Morgan, William H. Vanderbilt, and Jay Gould - for whom the Herters created some of their most lavish furniture and complete interiors. These commissions, many illustrated here, included woodwork, plasterwork, lighting fixtures, window treatments, wall and ceiling paintings, carpets, textiles, mosaics, stained glass, and decorative objects in addition to furniture.
0810934264 (Abrams)
9780810934269 (Abrams)
0890900604 (Museum pbk.)
9780890900604 (Museum pbk.)
Herter, Gustave, 1830-1892.
Herter, Christian Augustus Ludwig, 1839-1883.
Herter Brothers (New York, N.Y.) Exhibitions.
Herter Brothers (New York, N.Y.)
Herter Brothers Expositions.
Furniture United States History 19th century Exhibitions.
Interior decoration United States History 19th century Exhibitions.
Décoration intérieure États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle Expositions.
21.84 interior design and decoration.
Furniture
Interior decoration
Meubels.
Meubles États-Unis 19e siècle Catalogues d'exposition.
Décoration intérieure États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle Catalogues d'exposition.
Furniture, American Exhibitions.
Interior decoration United States.
Decoration and ornament Victorian style
United States
Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
History
Books.
Exhibition catalogues (form)
Catalogues d'exposition.
Howe, Katherine S., 1946- author.
Howe, Katherine S.
Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney
Wood, Ann Claggett
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, host institution.
High Museum of Art, host institution.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
High Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Localisation: Bibliothèque main 92239
Cote: NK2439.H47.A4 (ID:95-B725)
Statut: Disponible
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