COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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AMICO~1~1
The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
AIC_.1986.26
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AIC_.1986.26
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
1998
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1998
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Object Type
false
Creator Name:
Herter Brothers
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Herter Brothers
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality:
North American; American
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North American; American
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Dates/Places:
American; active 1859-1906 North and Central America,North America,United Sta
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American; active 1859-1906 North and Central America,North America,United Sta
Creator Dates/Places
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Herter Brothers
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Herter Brothers
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Cabinet
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Cabinet
Title
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Title Type:
preferred
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preferred
Title Type
false
View:
front view
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front view
View
false
Creation Date:
1878/80
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1878/80
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1878
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1878
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1880
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1880
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
Rosewood with ebonized cherry, maple, walnut, satinwood, marquetry of various woods, brass, gilding, and paint.
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Rosewood with ebonized cherry, maple, walnut, satinwood, marquetry of various woods, brass, gilding, and paint.
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Furniture
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Furniture
Classification Term
false
Subject Description:
Osewood frame, ebonized cherry door and drawer fronts, maple drawer linings, satinwood central compartment interior; four front paw feet on short legs square in section; four plain legs square in section at back; central facade advanced forward and decorated at ba se with pierced carving of six different flowers with gild centers; two central ebonized cherry doors inlaid with tulip wood in six vertical sections forming a continuous design originating at center bottom of rose canes with flowers, leaves and buds; doors provide access to compartment with one shelf surfaces veneered with satinwood; doors surmounted by one wide drawer with maple linings and two tear-drop shaped brasses; drawer decoration originating at outer ends of floral sprays inlaid in tulip on ebonized cherry ground, brass gallery at top back above backboard and part of top covered with plum-colored velvet; at each side a section rising above central area and consisting of drawer at base with one tear-drop shaped pull, a display area with carved and gild brackets, a compartment at top with a door hinged at outer side and decorated with a circular lacquered boss of butterflies and flowers against a gilt ground (one boss design the reverse of the other), decorative band above door of ebonized cherry inlaid with tulip, top platform supported by moldings and includes brass gallery at each side and back; cabinet back panelled with joints secured by screws; incised stamp twice on back panel to central facade drawer of capital letters without serifs.
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Osewood frame, ebonized cherry door and drawer fronts, maple drawer linings, satinwood central compartment interior; four front paw feet on short legs square in section; four plain legs square in section at back; central facade advanced forward and decorated at ba se with pierced carving of six different flowers with gild centers; two central ebonized cherry doors inlaid with tulip wood in six vertical sections forming a continuous design originating at center bottom of rose canes with flowers, leaves and buds; doors provide access to compartment with one shelf surfaces veneered with satinwood; doors surmounted by one wide drawer with maple linings and two tear-drop shaped brasses; drawer decoration originating at outer ends of floral sprays inlaid in tulip on ebonized cherry ground, brass gallery at top back above backboard and part of top covered with plum-colored velvet; at each side a section rising above central area and consisting of drawer at base with one tear-drop shaped pull, a display area with carved and gild brackets, a compartment at top with a door hinged at outer side and decorated with a circular lacquered boss of butterflies and flowers against a gilt ground (one boss design the reverse of the other), decorative band above door of ebonized cherry inlaid with tulip, top platform supported by moldings and includes brass gallery at each side and back; cabinet back panelled with joints secured by screws; incised stamp twice on back panel to central facade drawer of capital letters without serifs.
Subject Description
false
Creation Place:
North and Central America,North America,United States,New York
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North and Central America,North America,United States,New York
Creation Place
false
Dimensions:
53 x 71 x 16 in. (134.6 x 180.3 x 40.6 cm)
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53 x 71 x 16 in. (134.6 x 180.3 x 40.6 cm)
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Art Institute of Chicago
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1986.26
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1986.26
ID Number
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Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Antiquarian Society through the Capital Campaign
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Antiquarian Society through the Capital Campaign
Credit Line
false
Inscriptions:
Impressed twice on back boards: "HERTER BRO'S"; written in script in pencil on top boards: " N 238 Store"
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Impressed twice on back boards: "HERTER BRO'S"; written in script in pencil on top boards: " N 238 Store"
Inscriptions
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>
Rights
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E09742.TIF
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AIC_.E09742.TIF
Related Image Identifier Link
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