An ebonized
Renaissance Revival
pedestal with Neo-
Grec accents, by
Kimbel and Cabus,
is highlighted with
bronze plaques
and gilded incising.
(collection of
Ian Burke)
Carved flowers and
fruits embellish a
ca. 1860, laminated
and carved, Rococo
Revival American
parlor chair
with needlepoint
upholstery.
souhantq.comA very rare American Renaissance
Revival inlaid and ebonized side
cabinet by Herter Brothers,
ca. 1870, is decorated with a pietra
dura plaque and side panels painted
en grisaille. doyle.comAn American Rococo
rosewood love seat, ca. 1860,
makes a statement with
elaborate, pierced floral carving.
souhantq.comThe Rococo Revival
console table with a marble top
is another John Henry Belter
antique. joanbogart.comA John Henry Belter ‘Fountain
Elms’-pattern rosewood love seat is
upholstered in a Scalamandre silk
damask. joanbogart.comVictorian Rococo
and Renaissance
furniture overlapped
in popularity during the
1860s through the 1870s.
Rococo was French and
florid; the more geometric
Renaissance style had
Italian roots.
A Victorian Rococo Revival marble-top
rosewood cabinet with a pierced fretwork
crest is attributed to J. & J.W. Meeks of
New York. joanbogart.comA serpentine recamier
or “fainting couch,”
ca. 1870, is upholstered
in period-appropriate,
button-tufted
peacock-blue silk.