Herter Brothers : furniture and interiors for a gilded age /
Katherine S. Howe ... [ et. al.].
- New York : Harry N. Abrams in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, c1994.
- 272 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
"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.
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.
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