Herter Brothers : furniture and interiors for a gilded age / Katherine S. Howe ... [ et. al.].

Details

Descriptive Terms

Exhibitions.
Furniture History Exhibitions. 19th century
Interior decoration History Exhibitions. 19th century

Originator

Howe, Katherine S.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
High Museum of Art.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Contents

A European context, 1840-80 : England / Simon Jervis. Germany / Hans Ottomeyer. France / Marc Bascou -- An introduction to the Herter Brothers / Katherine S. Howe -- From the Bowery to Broadway : the Herter Brothers and the New York furniture trade / Catherine Hoover Voorsanger -- Patronage and the artistic interior / Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen -- Herter Brothers furniture / Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Katherine S. Howe, Catherine Hoover Voorsanger.

Publication

New York : Harry N. Abrams in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Description

272 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Notes

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition ... organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in collaboration with the High Museum of Art, Atlanta."--T.p. verso
Exhibition held at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 21-October 23, 1994 ; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, December 13, 1994-February 12, 1995 ; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, March 15-July 9, 1995.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-262) and index.
Rodris Roth Library (copy 2).

ISBN

0810934264 (Abrams)
0890900604 (Museum pbk.)

Call Number

Coll. NK2439.H43 A4 1994
Roth NK2439.H43 A4 1994 c.2

Other People and Orgs

Herter Brothers (New York, N.Y.)

Places

United States