Victorian Longhorn Footstool LONGHORN ASH FOOTSTOOL, LATE 19TH CENTURY, recently upholstered with fabric, central post support, 16 horns total, small horn decorations on the frame, original finish, 17 inches W x 19 inches H x 17 inches D.

 

Texas Longhorn Chair attributed to Wenzel Friedrich A very nice example of long horn chair attributed to Wenzel Friedrich, San Antonio, Texas, circa 1885. Measuremnts are: 36 inches tall, 26inches wide and 26 inches deep, 22 horns. The chair is in pristine condition and his upholstered in cow hide.

FRIEDRICH, WENZEL (1827-1902). Wenzel Friedrich, horn furniture maker, was born in Grünthal, Bohemia, on July 2, 1827. In 1853 he emigrated, landed at Indianola, Texas, and settled in San Antonio. He soon established himself in cabinetmaking, a trade he had learned in Bohemia.

In 1880 Friedrich expanded his cabinetmaking business to include the manufacture of horn furniture. It has not been established whether he originated horn furniture, but over the next ten years he crafted some of the most innovative. His works received awards of merit at the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition of 1883, the New Orleans Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition of 1884-85, and the Southern Exposition at Louisville, Kentucky, in 1886. Between 1880 and 1890 his furniture, noted for its quality, was sold throughout the United States and Europe. His patrons included Queen Victoria, Otto von Bismarck, and Kaiser Wilhelm I. Friedrich died in San Antonio on November 7, 1902. Today his furniture is displayed in museums throughout the United States.
 

Aesthetic Movement Mahogany Side Chair American Aesthetic Movement Mother-of-Pearl- and Brass-Inlaid Mahogany Sidechair, fourth quarter 19th century.

The back with a spindled frieze centered by a foliate and floral brass and mother-of-pearl panel, the seat apron with a similar gallery and inlaid foliate and floral garland, now upholstered after the period fashion in gold and aqua brocade.
 

Rosewood Aesthetic Movement Dresser Signed G. Vollmer & Sons b>An attractive American Victorian dresser produced by the firm Gotlieb & Vollmer & Sons, Philadelphia, circa 1870 with original finish. Lock plate stamped G . Vollmer & Sons, Philadelphia.

Rectangular mirror plate flanked by fluted column and foliate carved baluster stiles sumounted by floral cresting flanked by urn finials. Floral marquetry inlaid (brass, mother of pearl and wood) frieze drawer and two long panel molded drawers raised on animal paw feet. Original finish (outstanding rosewood) and measurements are 7 feet 11 inches tall, width 4 feet 1 inch, depth 22 inches.

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Aesthetic Movement Ibis Pedestal An American Victorian Aesthetic Movement, circa 1885, Ibis pedestal in excellent condition and retaining original finish with onyx top. Measurements are 33 inches tall x 16 inches wide.

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Great Longhorn Chair with Gold Incising attributed to William Mittman <b>A very good example of Long Horns Chair attributed to William Mittman, San Antonio Texas, circa 1885. The chair has unusual carving in the aesthetic style on the horns with original gold incising. Measurements are: 36 inches tall x 36 inches wide x 36 inches deep, 26 horns. The chair is in pristine condition and his upholstered in faux fur.


THE CHAIR WAS ON LOAN AT THE PANHANDLE-PLAINS HISTORICAL MUSEUM IN CANYON, TEXAS FOR THE EXIBIT CALLED:
SHARP HORNS, SOFT SEATS: THE ART OF HORNED FURNITURE NOVEMBER 12, 2005 TO AUGUST 2006.

The exhibit included furniture made from longhorns as well as the horns of other animals from the museum's own collection as well as borrowed pieces from other museums and private collections.




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AN AMERICAN AESTHETIC MOVEMENT MAHOGANY WRITING TABLE, CIRCA 1880 An American mahogany and flame mahogany aesthetic movement writing table, circa 1880 in excellent condition.

Measurements:
h. 29 5/8 in.; w. 37 3/4 in.; d. 25 3/4 in.

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Aesthetic Movement Cabinet attributed to P&S Aesthetic Movement Ebonized cabinet attributed to Pottier & Stymus, New York City, Circa 1870. The cabinet is in excellent condition and retaining orginal finish. Wonderful paintings of cupids, inlay border, marble surface.
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AESTHETIC MOVEMENT VICTORIAN ETAGERE GREAT QUALITY An American Victorian Aesthetic movement style, circa 1885, very well made ebonized over cherry wood mirror-backed display cabinet.

The etagere is all original with original bevelled mirrors, nicely done pierce carved gallery, claw feet and a well executed front panel door with cherubs carving.

Measurements:
80 inches tall, 60 inches wide and 16 inches deep.

 

E. W. Godwin - Aesthetic Movement Architect and Designer by S. W. Soros This book examines the multifaceted life of E. W. Godwin, an Englishman who began his career as an architect, later turned to furniture design and decoration, then assumed several roles in Victorian theater--costume designer, designer-manager, and critic. The book also presents an annotated selection of 150 items representative of Godwin`s work and his diverse contributions to design reform.


 

The Shock of the Old CHRISTOPHER DRESSER DESIGN REVOLUTION Christopher Dresser (1834-1904) was the first industrial designer of the modern era. A true radical, he favored form over ornament, and his stylish, spare, and astonishingly modern designs contrast sharply with the highly ornate work of his Victorian contemporaries. Believing that good design could be popularized through industry, Dresser worked with more than 50 manufacturers to produce an enormous variety of reasonably priced, widely available consumer products. This book is published to accompany the first comprehensive exhibition devoted to his career.
More than 300 superb color photographs reveal Dresser's highly innovative ceramics, cast-iron garden furniture, and stark, geometric silverplate tableware, as well as previously unattributed designs for textiles, wallpaper, and glass. With essays based on the latest research, this stunning volume brings Dresser the attention he deserves.




 

Henry Hobson Richardson: J. J. Glessner House, Chicago by Harrington Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. AS NEW but for slight dj edgewear; no tears; no internal markings of any kind Henry Hobson Richardson designed the Glessner House (1885-87) in Chicago for an industrialist and his family. The house was built in an elite residential neighborhood on the south side of the city near the Loop, and Richardson took advantage of the lot's location on the south-western corner of Prairie Avenue and Eighteenth Street to give the building a special character. He seized this opportunity to provide two impressive facades as well as an inner court yard unseen from either street. Even after a century of change in its urban surroundings the Glessner House, with its two exterior walls of rough cut pink-gray granite, conveys a powerful presence. The Glessner House is significant because it was created toward the end of the life and the career of Richardson who was the most important American architect of the nineteenth century. It is one of the mature works of this well-trained and highly creative architect, and has been called "his best residence in Chicago, probably his best anywhere". In common with other architects of the 1870's and 80's Richardson rethought the floor plan of the American house. However, his plans were especially adept, even revolutionary, in combining functional and aesthetic aspects. In his working fashion Richardson conceived the house as a whole, planned it from the inside out, and carefully placed rooms and their connections in the plan. He unified the facade, exterior massing, and decorative elements, the whole expressing the building's purpose. The recent Hedrich-Blessing colour photographs, primarily by Robert Shimer, display the warm, rich interior surfaces and the reserved granite facades of the house to their fullest advantage. Added to thisbook is a portfolio of historic black and white photographs that record Richardson's masterwork while the Glessner family was in residence. Elaine M. Holzschuh Harrington has been the Curator of the Glessner House and the Curator of the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio (Opus 23: Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, Oak Park). She has written and lectured extensively about both. Hedrich-Blessing, Chicago's oldest and foremost architectural photography firm, was founded in 1929. From its beginning, the firm has been noted for portraying the most dramatic rendition of a building within the bounds of high architectural accuracy.


 

The Aesthetic Movement by Lionel Lambourne The aesthetic movement (whose motto was "art for art's sake", swept through North America and England in the late 19th century and touched every sphere of the fine and decorative arts. All aspects of design experienced new freedom and revitalization, perhaps best personified by the colorful Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley. Huge social and cultural changes occurred because more than a decorative style, the aesthetic movement reflected an attitude. For the firs time a direct correlation was being made between beautiful surroundings and the quality of one's life, and beautiful objects were being championed as fit for everybody and not just for the privileged elite. The movement's emphasis was on interiors and artifacts that would improve the quality of life for their sheer beauty. The decorative arts were completely reevaluated and elevated to new status; the industrial revolution was resisted; an explosion of new clubs and organizations abounded, and people could not get enough of books on how to decorate one's home. Lionel Lambourne's The Aesthetic Movement is a monumental work on the subject. Original scholarship combines with a flair for descriptive writing and an eye for the perfect representative example have combined to produce a seminal and definitive work that will grace every personal, academic or community library art history collection.
 

In Pursuit of Beauty - Antiques by Lise Bohm This is a used hardcover book in excellent condition. This volume, published to accompany an exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, "explores a period inspired by a British movement that had reacted against the Industrial Revolution's machine-made products. The eleven essays . . . range from general social history to such specific crafts as stained glass and metalwork. . . . A 'Dictionary of Architects, Artisans, Artists, and Manufacturers' compiled by Catherine Hoover Voorsanger, a research associate at the Metropolitan, {is included}." (N Y Times Book Rev) Bibliography and Index. Buyer to pay shipping and handling of $5.00.
 

Herter Brothers - Furniture and Interiors of the Gilded Age Softcover book published by Harry Abrams and in associations with the Museum of Fine Arts of Houston. The book contains 271 pages of color illustrations and black & white pictures. This book is an intensive study of the finest maker of 19th Century furniture in the aesthetic style, renaissance revival, etc. "Gustave Herter came to America in 1848, followed by his brother, Christian, in 1859. By 1875 the furniture from the 'Herter Brothers' shop was in great demand by America's wealthiest families. . . . This study, of the Herters, who worked with exotic woods and ornate inlay combined with ebonizing and gilding, is published in conjunction with a 1994-95 exhibition in Houston, Atlanta, and New York." (Libr J) Bibliography. Index. In 1848, Gustave Herter arrived in America from Germany, fleeing political and economic chaos. His brother, Christian, joined him a decade later. By 1875 their firm, renamed Herter Brothers, was supplying the White House with furnishings, as it had been doing for some of America's wealthiest families since 1858. During this opulent period, Herter Brothers could claim to be the leading cabinetmaking and decorating firm in the country. The Herter brothers' extraordinary accomplishment has never before been the subject of a book. Here, at last, is an in-depth study of these talented men, their company, and its work, prized then as now for its design, richness of materials and detail, superb craftsmanship, and splendid diversity. The best of the Herter Brothers' furniture and interiors are displayed in 133 color and 167 black-and-white illustrations, including many close-up details as well as comparative work by rival fine cabinetmakers of the time in New York and Europe. Herter Brothers tells the story of the company from its earliest manifestations, when Gustave worked with other partners and alone, through his partnership with his brother, to Christian's years as head of the firm and the end of his tenure. The book places the company firmly in its context, international as well as domestic, with an extensive discussion of the brothers' background and influences and an absorbing narrative of the furniture and decoration trade in New York City in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Also described is the superb work done by the firm for their fabulously wealthy patrons - a who's who of the Gilded Age, including J. Pierpont Morgan, William H. Vanderbilt, and Jay Gould - for whom the Herters created some of their most lavish furniture and complete interiors. These commissions, many illustrated here, included woodwork, plasterwork, lighting fixtures, window treatments, wall and ceiling paintings, carpets, textiles, mosaics, stained glass, and decorative objects. Buyer to pay shipping and handling of $5.00 in continental USA. Please note that I have the hardcover format for sale for $65.00.