Cornice from Top of Fireplace

Artist:UnknownHerter Brothers

Medium: Mahogany, marble

Geograhical Locations:

• New York, New York, United States

Dates:ca. 1881

Dimensions: 14 3/4 x 100 1/4 x 7 in. (37.5 x 254.6 x 17.8 cm)

Collections:

• Decorative Arts and Design

Museum Location: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, A Quiet Place

Exhibitions:

• The American Renaissance: 1876-1917
• American Art
• American Identities: A New Look
• Toward Joy: New Frameworks for American Art

Accession Number: 41.980.72a

Catalogue Description:
Mahogany cornice with marble insets atop mantel (41.980.72a-e); upper edge stepped back as it descends to double row of dentil courses. Front panel carved with horizontal elongated scrolls with reeded and beaded borders. Scrolls flank inset pieces of marble within carved frame: three rectangular pieces in center and two oval ones at ends; marble is salmon-colored with brown veins. [Photograph shows mantle in its original location, the library of the house of John Sloane, 883 Fifth Avenue, New York City, decorated by Herter Brothers, 1881-82.]

Brooklyn Museum