http://rarevictorian.com/2008/11/gustave-herter-parlor-suite.html The definitive Victorian antique furniture destination Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:41:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://rarevictorian.com/2008/11/gustave-herter-parlor-suite.html/comment-page-1#comment-1180 max Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:01:34 +0000 http://rarevictorian.com/?p=1571#comment-1180 The parlor set is definitely early Herter because the form matches the set at the Victoria Mansion. There are at least four variations of this pattern. 1. Cherub heads with children faces- Victoria Mansion as pictured in the Herter book 2. Cherub heads as pictured in your photograph 3. Large children heads without wings of which I own two arms, one with covered front rail and one with exposed, and a sofa with a covered front rail 4. Pharoah heads All appear to be in rosewood. Bronze mounts vary on all that I have seen. The parlor set is definitely early Herter because the form matches the set at the Victoria Mansion. There are at least four variations of this pattern.
1. Cherub heads with children faces- Victoria Mansion as pictured in the Herter book
2. Cherub heads as pictured in your photograph
3. Large children heads without wings of which I own two arms, one with covered front rail and one with exposed, and a sofa with a covered front rail
4. Pharoah heads
All appear to be in rosewood.
Bronze mounts vary on all that I have seen.

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