Details
4712 in. (120.7 cm.) high, 4618 in. (117.2 cm.) wide, 8312 in. (212.1 cm.) deep
Provenance
James Goodwin, Woodlands, Hartford, Connecticut.
Jeanne Golly.
Margot Johnson, New York.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above in 1996.
Literature
K. S. Howe, A. Cooney Frelinghuysen and C. Hoover Voorsanger, Herter Brothers: Furniture and Interiors for a Gilded Age, New York, 1994, p. 174, no. 23.
Exhibited
Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, Herter Brothers: Furniture and Interiors for a Gilded Age, 21 August - 23 October, 1994; also Atlanta, High Museum of Art, 13 December 1994 - 12 February 1995; New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15 March - 19 July 1995.
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Lot Essay

This pair of bedsteads is characteristic of the Herter Brothers firm’s production of exceptional furniture in its restrained form with charming and intricate decoration. The three-quarter beds and their clean lines express a sensibility for English-design reform while also combining features of the Aesthetic movement, such as the repeated stylized sunflower motif complemented by sprigs of pointed leaves and berries. The sunflower is again repeated in the incised carving seen on the bedposts.

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