
Sideboard
<p>Founded by the German immigrant Gustave Herter in the 1850s, Herter Brothers began as a furniture manufacturing shop, but the company soon became one of America’s most notable tastemakers of the late 19th century. The firm specialized in creating the eclectic yet unified interiors popular during the Aesthetic movement. Ornamented with foliate panels, Romanesque arches, and small turned and chamfered pillars, this “modern Gothic” sideboard reinterprets the medieval past, using, for instance, the favorite Aesthetic element of the sunflower arranged in a Gothic tree-of-life motif.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1876
- Medium
- Oak with white pine
- Dimensions
- 230 × 213.4 × 73.7 cm (91 1/2 × 84 × 29 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Herter Brothers
Artist
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Record
Verified by Watts Index- Artist
- Herter Brothers
- Year
- 1876
- Medium
- Oak with white pine
- Dimensions
- 230 × 213.4 × 73.7 cm (91 1/2 × 84 × 29 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1876-048743
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified
