Herter Brothers Oak Sideboard with Foliate Panels (1876–80)
A tall carved oak sideboard by Herter Brothers with foliate panels, small Romanesque arches and turned, chamfered details, made in New York in the late 1870s.
A dining room sideboard of this scale was effectively a built-in: it stood over seven feet tall and anchored the room. Herter Brothers carved its oak doors with stylized leaves, set small arches into the upper gallery, and used turned and chamfered posts to give it a vertical rhythm. The base offers deep cupboards and drawers; the upper tiers display plates and silver. Today the same layout makes an excellent built-in buffet or butler's pantry wall: closed storage below a counter, shallow open display above, and carved panels used only on the doors where they will be seen at eye level.
Oak frame-and-panel construction with 3D CNC-carved foliate door panels, turned posts and a stepped upper gallery; scaled to fit a dining wall as a built-in.
A custom version typically runs $950–$1,500 per linear foot, installed in Colorado.
- Style
- Victorian (Queen Anne, Eastlake)
- Element
- Kitchen Cabinets
- Date
- 1876–80
- Maker or designer
- Herter Brothers American, 1864–1906
- Materials
- Oak with white pine
- Dimensions
- 230 × 213.4 × 73.7 cm (91 1/2 × 84 × 29 in.)
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
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