Comments on: All-Original Signed Herter Brothers Walnut Bookcase

By: RareVictorian

RareVictorian — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:52:02 +0000

http://www.postroadgallery.com/herter.html

By: RareVictorian

RareVictorian — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:38:02 +0000

Thanks Dave. You have some other nice pieces in your store/site – Pabst, Kimbel & Cabus, etc.

FYI, your Herter link goes nowhere. I’d like to see the desk, so please give us another link.

John

By: Dave B.

Dave B. — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:06:15 +0000

Hi, From the photo that you are showing and that you say the stamp looks pretty good I believe the bookcase. Although Herter made some of the most opulent furniture ever seen in the United States some of their things could be much plainer. Sometimes a commission called for furnishing in less important rooms (maid’s quarters, kid’s bedrooms) that didn’t require such elaborate treatment. Look in the Met’s Herter Brothers catalog at the chairs from the Vanderbilt bedroom. It’s very stripped down compared to the fanciers chairs made for the elaborate parlors. On our website we have a simple Herter fall front desk which is not fussy but absolutely right.

Dave Bahssin
http://www.postroadgallery.com/herter.com

By: John W

John W — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:35:00 +0000

The thought crossed my mind that the stamp could be added afterwards, but only close inspection could tell. I have not seen any other comparable bookcases, so I don’t have a full warm and fuzzy about this piece.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:53:00 +0000

Is it possible that this is not a Herter Bros. piece after all? As you note, I would never have guessed it a Herter absent the stamp. Moreover, I notice that the stamp on this piece reads “HERTER BROS” whereas other Herter items (for example, the clock in a previous posting on this site) reads “HERTER BRO’S” Finally, that stamp does not appear to be something that would be all that difficult to duplicate. Of course, no one can say conclusively, but these were just some thoughts I had when I had first viewed this item on eBay.