November 10, 2008
Sloans & Kenyon out of Chevy Chase, MD will be putting the ebonized Herter Brothers desk to the right up for sale on November 16th. The back is stamped with the “Herter Bro’s” moniker, so you can be assured that this is the real deal.
The front of the desk is inlaid with “grapevines, stylized chrysanthemums [...]
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August 5, 2008
Another stop on my Philadelphia Museum of Art visit, this Neo-Grec jewelry cabinet was considered a “masterpiece” at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1867. This cabinet is still a show-stopper today and was manufactured by Charles-Guillaume Diehl. The cabinet has a hidden release mechanism that opens the door and top. Construction includes dyed inlaid woods [...]
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