American Renaissance Revival Parlor Suite

American Renaissance Revival Rosewood Parlor Suite, Attributed to Herter Brothers

ca. 1869, comprised of a settee, h. 47", w. 60", d. 32", and a pair of side chairs, h. 39-1/2", w. 20", d. 19", each with a leaf-carved crest centered by a painted plaque depicting a head in profile, the settee with closed arms, the front seat rails with marquetry inlay, raised on characteristic Herter trumpet-form legs and retaining their period gilt incising throughout.

Notes: A parlor suite in this pattern is presently in the collection of the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum in Norwalk, Connecticut. Their suite was purchased ca. 1877 by the home's second owner, Charles Mathews, because it "matched what LeGrand Lockwood had ordered."
Dimensions: 65 x 50 x 38 in