Side chair; 1879-82; Made in New York; New York; United States; American; Oak; brass; and reproduction leather upholstery; 35 x 23 7/8 x 21 3/4 in. (88.9 x 60.6 x 55.2 cm); Furniture; Herter Brothers (German; active New York; 1864-1906); This is one of several side chairs known to survive from the dining room Christian Herter designed for William H. Vanderbilt's (1821-1885) house at 640 Fifth Avenue; New York. An iconography of bounty governed the room; drawn from Renaissance precedents as was popular during the period