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Lot 649
Description:
A Louis XV-Style Carved and Painted Maple Cylinder Bureau, attributed to Herter Bros., New York, with superstructure of three doors, cylinder lid centered by a floral spray, desk interior with a pull-out writing surface, kneehole configuration of drawers, cabriole legs, scroll feet, retains original crème peinte surface, height 50 7/8 in., width 38 in., depth 24 3/4 in.
- Notes: Note: This desk is rare among Herter furniture in its strict adherence to Louis XV antecedents, with a painted surface, and historical form. The keyhole escutcheons on this desk relate closely to those on a Herter Brothers wardrobe at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (69.140) and a desk made for Jay Gould, also at the Met (69.146.3). Reference: Howe, Frelinghuysen, Voorsanger. Herter Brothers, Furniture and Interiors for a Gilded Age. pp. 196-198, fig. 34-35.
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January 31, 2010 11:00 AM CST
New Orleans, LA, US
Neal Auction Company
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