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A very fine 19th century Aesthetic Movement ebonized with maple inlaid dresser manufactured by Herter Brothers for William H. Vanderbilt residence located on Fifth Avenue at Fifth Street in New York City. The dresser is branded Herter Bros. and is signed in pencil N. 411 Vanderbilt, Esquire at several places on the dresser. The dresser appears to retain its original brasses. Measurements are: 84 in. high, 64 in. wide, 16¾ in. deep
This exquisitely executed dresser and mirror exhibits the well-developed Anglo-Japanese style at the height of the Aesthetic movement. The rectangular proportions of the mirror frame and the lower case are complemented by the placement of the inlaid angular branches and circular flowers. Expanses of ebonized wood on the small upper drawers are juxtaposed above flowers that seem to grow towards each other across the central doors, creating tension in the ebonized area.
A closely related wardrobe is part of the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Katherine S. Howe, Herter Brothers, Furniture for a Gilded Age (Houston, 1994), pp. 194-195).
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