Side chair 1879 Herter Brothers William H. Vanderbilt, son of Cornelius Commodore” Vanderbilt, inherited a vast fortune and a lucrative transport business, which he expanded exponentially, becoming one of the wealthiest men in America. In 1879, to mark his elevated social and economic status, he built a mansion that spanned an entire city block on Fifth Avenue, between Fifty-First and Fifty-Second Streets. He commissioned Herter Brothers, one of the premier cabinetmaking firms in New York City, to decorate and furnish his home. In devising distinct decorative schemes for each room of the mansion, Herter Brothers drew inspiration from a wide range of historical styles and utilized expensive, exotic materials. Vanderbilt’s library was conceived as a masculine, solemn, and quiet space to house antique works of art and bound volumes. The woodwork and furnishings were rosewood carved in a Renaissance style and inlaid with brass and mother-of-pearl swags utilizing a graduated pearl motif, r

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Side chair 1879 Herter Brothers William H. Vanderbilt, son of Cornelius Commodore” Vanderbilt, inherited a vast fortune and a lucrative transport business, which he expanded exponentially, becoming one of the wealthiest men in America. In 1879, to mark his elevated social and economic status, he built a mansion that spanned an entire city block on Fifth Avenue, between Fifty-First and Fifty-Second Streets. He commissioned Herter Brothers, one of the premier cabinetmaking firms in New York City, to decorate and furnish his home. In devising distinct decorative schemes for each room of the mansion, Herter Brothers drew inspiration from a wide range of historical styles and utilized expensive, exotic materials. Vanderbilt’s library was conceived as a masculine, solemn, and quiet space to house antique works of art and bound volumes. The woodwork and furnishings were rosewood carved in a Renaissance style and inlaid with brass and mother-of-pearl swags utilizing a graduated pearl motif, r

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