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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Herter Brothers Creator Nationality: North American; American Creator Role: Designer and Manufacturer Creator Dates/Places: American; active 1859-1906 North and Central America,North America,United Sta Creator Active Place: North and Central America,North America,United Sta Creator Name-CRT: Herter Brothers Title: Cabinet Title Type: preferred View: Front view Creation Start Date: 1878 Creation End Date: 1880 Creation Date: 1878/80 Creation Place: North and Central America,North America,United States,New York Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects Classification Term: Furniture Materials and Techniques: Rosewood with ebonized cherry, maple, walnut, satinwood, marquetry of various woods, brass, gilding, and paint. Dimensions: 53 x 71 x 16 in. (134.6 x 180.3 x 40.6 cm) Inscriptions: Impressed twice on back boards: "HERTER BRO'S"; written in script in pencil on top boards: " N 238 Store" AMICA Contributor: The Art Institute of Chicago Owner Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA ID Number: 1986.26 Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Antiquarian Society through the Capital Campaign Rights: http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html Subject Description: Osewood frame, ebonized cherry door and drawer fronts, maple drawer linings, satinwood central compartment interior; four front paw feet on short legs square in section; four plain legs square in section at back; central facade advanced forward and decorated at ba se with pierced carving of six different flowers with gild centers; two central ebonized cherry doors inlaid with tulip wood in six vertical sections forming a continuous design originating at center bottom of rose canes with flowers, leaves and buds; doors provide access to compartment with one shelf surfaces veneered with satinwood; doors surmounted by one wide drawer with maple linings and two tear-drop shaped brasses; drawer decoration originating at outer ends of floral sprays inlaid in tulip on ebonized cherry ground, brass gallery at top back above backboard and part of top covered with plum-colored velvet; at each side a section rising above central area and consisting of drawer at base with one tear-drop shaped pull, a display area with carved and gild brackets, a compartment at top with a door hinged at outer side and decorated with a circular lacquered boss of butterflies and flowers against a gilt ground (one boss design the reverse of the other), decorative band above door of ebonized cherry inlaid with tulip, top platform supported by moldings and includes brass gallery at each side and back; cabinet back panelled with joints secured by screws; incised stamp twice on back panel to central facade drawer of capital letters without serifs. AMICA ID: AIC_.1986.26 AMICA Library Year: 1998 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998 AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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