Christian Herter (Designer)
Christian Augustus Ludwig Herter (born January 8, 1839 in Stuttgart ; † November 2, 1883 ) was a German-born designer and co-owner of the Herter Brothers company .
Christian Herter was a son of the Stuttgart cabinet maker of the same name and his wife Johanna Christiana Maria Barbara, b. Hagenlocher, who had brought her illegitimate son Gustav into the marriage.
Christian Herter was trained in Stuttgart and Paris . In 1859 he followed his older half-brother Gustave (Gustav), who had emigrated earlier, to the USA and took a share in his furniture business, which was transformed into the Herter Brothers company in 1864 , which specialized in furnishing the homes of those who had become rich.
In 1867 he became an American citizen. He made trips to France and Great Britain, which influenced his style, and took over the management of the company in 1870 after his brother moved back to Stuttgart. While his furniture and fittings initially showed traces of the impressions he had received from Charles Garnier , the style of the products later changed - probably also because contacts to France were restricted by the Franco-German war - in the spirit of the English design reformers that represented clearer lines and geometric shapes. Edward William Godwin , through whom Christian Herter also became acquainted with Japanese art, was particularly important here . An important testimony to his work was the residence of William Henry Vanderbilt on Fifth Avenue in New York, which was destroyed in 1927.
His son Albert Herter worked as a painter.
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- ↑ Katherine S. Howe emphasizes, however, that there is no evidence that Herter was ever enrolled at a university: [1]
- ↑ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1026/is_n3_v146/ai_16100899/pg_2/?tag=content;col1
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Herter, Christian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Herter, Christian Augustus Ludwig (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Furniture designer and interior decorator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 2, 1883 |