Armchair, ca. 1855, Probably made in New York, New York, United States, American, Walnut, 64 1/2 x 25 3/8 x 22 1/4 in. (163.8 x 64.5 x 56.5 cm), Furniture, Possibly Gustave Herter (1830–1898), This imposing armchair is from Belvoir, a large Gothic villa built in the 1850’s in Yonkers, New York for the tobacco merchant Christian H. Lilienthal. A nineteenth-century photograph of the Gothic Revival library at Belvoir shows chairs and bookcases closely related to documented works by the cabinetmaker Gustave Herter, suggesting that this chair was also designed by the talented German immigrant master craftsman
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Armchair, ca, 1855, New York, United States, American, Walnut, 64 1/2 x 25 3/8 22 1/4, 163.8 64.5 56.5 cm, Furniture, possibly, Gustave Herter, 1830–1898, imposing, armchair, Belvoir, large Gothic, villa, built, 1850, Yonkers, tobacco merchant, Christian, H, Lilienthal, nineteenth-century photograph, Gothic Revival, library, chairs, bookcases closely, related, documented works, cabinetmaker Gustave, Herter, suggesting, chair, designed, talented German, immigrant, master, craftsman
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