Rooms in the Vanderbilt Mansion, 5th Avenue, New York, decorated by Herter Brothers after whom Herter blue is called. 1883. An evocative place never to be visited for it met the wrecking ball long ago. Lithographs from various editions of “Mr. Vanderbilt’s House and Collection”, published by George Barrie.

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"View of the Japanese Parlor.”
“View of the Japanese Parlor.” Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Fair use license. via https://www.incollect.com/articles/artistic-furniture-of-the-gilded-age-herter-brothers-and-the-william-h-vanderbilt-house
"Ante room, library."
“Ante room, library.” In the public domain because the maker died over 70 years ago. via http://halfpuddinghalfsauce.blogspot.com/2012/08/mr-vanderbilts-house-and-collection_29.html
"Portion of the Conservatory."
“Portion of the Conservatory.” Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. In the public domain in the United States because the maker has been dead over 70 years. via https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/704714
"A Corner in the Drawing-room.”
“A Corner in the Drawing-room.” Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. In the public domain in the United States because the maker has been dead over 70 years.via https://www.incollect.com/articles/artistic-furniture-of-the-gilded-age-herter-brothers-and-the-william-h-vanderbilt-house
"Southwest corner of the Library."
“Southwest corner of the Library.” Drawn by Nordman. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via http://halfpuddinghalfsauce.blogspot.com/2012/08/mr-vanderbilts-house-and-collection_29.html

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On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.

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