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American Aesthetic Maple Faux Bamboo Dressing Table, late 19th c., attr. to J.R. Horner, New York, beveled mirror, galleried top, three drawers, stretcher base, conforming legs, h. 60 in., w. 36 in., d. 20 in. Note: Introduced at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, the Japanese aesthetic greatly influenced late 19th-century American design. Most of this furniture in the Japonesque taste was produced by firms in New York working from French antecedents such as Victor Quentin’s Le Magasin de Meubles. Writing in the 1870's Clarence Cook called the new faux bamboo style "capital stuff" for a country house. Among faux bamboo makers, Robert J. Horner established his furniture business in 1883 on East 23rd Street, New York, producing work to satisfy a variety of tastes including pieces in the Japanesque mode such as the subsequent offering. Ref.: Examples of faux bamboo furniture include those in Pierce, Donald. Art and Enterprise: American Decorative Art, 1825-1917, The Virginia Carroll Crawford Collection. pp. 230-23 and Tracy, Barry. 19th Century America, Furniture and Other Decorative Arts. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, cat. 228.

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February 20, 2016 10:00 AM CST
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