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Herter Brothers Secretary Lands At Newark Museum

March 5, 2010
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The above Aesthetic Movement secretary made by Herter Brothers is in the process of being acquired by the Newark Museum. That news is fresh off the presses as the decision was just sealed yesterday after a formal presentation to the museum’s board. The secretary is currently in the American Art wing as part [...]

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Fine Inlaid Renaissance Parlor Suite With Diminutive Archairs

February 20, 2010
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Bill M. sent me photos of a five-piece inlaid Renaissance Revival parlor suite with porcelain plaques to get some input on it’s maker.  He had run into this older post I did on the Herter Brothers attributions that come about from the mere presence of decorative inlay and overall high style.  Twenty years ago, Bill’s [...]

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Aesthetic Recamier At The Armory

January 26, 2010

Herter Brothers or Associated Artists? That was the question that was floating about at the Armory this past weekend. Joan Bogart had opinions from others on the maker associated with her recamier but no one had a rock solid firm one.  The flower, inlay patterns,  and carved feet have unmistakable and possibly unique [...]

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Herter Cabinet Spotted In 1964 Movie – My Fair Lady

December 15, 2009

Ulysses Dietz, curator at Newark Museum recently stopped by to give us a heads up on a Herter Brothers cabinet that a friend of his spotted in the 1964 Warner Brothers movie, My Fair Lady.  I extracted a scene showing the library, above, and have provided the Bonham’s sale image below.  I believe that we [...]

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Antique Attributions Murky Part II

November 18, 2009

I think an equally important problem with making attributions is that we, on the whole, have long forgotten many fine makers from the Victorian era, probably numbering in the thousands – America alone, let alone globally. With an absence of labels, tags or stamps, we have nothing to remember them by except for old, [...]

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Auction Results – Neal Auction Fall Estates Sale

September 18, 2009

Fine Victorian furniture was in abundance at Neal Auction Company’s mid-September event. More than 1,000 lots of American furniture alone crossed the auction block. The top piece of Victorian furniture to sell raked in a winning bid of $21,150 (prices include 20 percent buyer’s premium) – a fine American Rococo carved and laminated rosewood [...]

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Comparing Herter Brothers Marks – When Is It Authentic?

August 23, 2009

Marked, signed, or labeled furniture in the Victorian era is the exception and not the norm.  The higher-end furniture makers seemed to be as neglectful in this regard as any of the rest of the cabinetmakers.  One of the most successful high-end makers, Herter Brothers, occasionally branded their furniture with “Herter Bro’s” and two [...]

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