William H.Vanderbilt House客厅的控制台 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	William H.Vanderbilt House客厅的控制台
品名（英）	Console from the drawing room of the William H. Vanderbilt House
入馆年号	2013年，2013.956a, b
策展部门	美国之翼（The American Wing）
创作者	Herter Brothers【1864 至 1906】【美国人】
创作年份	公元 1879 - 公元 1882
创作地区	制造于: 美国, 纽约, 纽约（Made in: United States, New York, New York）
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尺寸	35 1/4 × 34 1/4 英寸 (89.5 × 87 厘米)
介绍（中）	威廉·范德比尔特是科尼利厄斯·"海军准将"·范德比尔特的儿子，他继承了巨额财富和利润丰厚的运输业务，并以指数级增长，成为美国最富有的人之一。1879年，为了纪念他崇高的社会和经济地位，他在第五十一街和第五十二街之间的第五大道上建造了一座横跨整个城市街区的豪宅。他委托纽约市首屈一指的橱柜制造公司Herter Brothers来装饰和布置他的家<赫特兄弟在为豪宅的每个房间设计独特的装饰方案时，从各种历史风格中汲取了灵感，并使用了昂贵的异国材料虽然范德比尔特豪宅中的每个房间都展示了奢华的装饰和细节，但客厅是赫特兄弟统一愿景的核心。它体现了一个兼收并蓄的古典亚述复兴主题，深红色的调色板，充满了镀金和反光表面。这个不同寻常的控制台是这个豪华空间中幸存的几件家具之一，也是客厅不可或缺的一部分。表面镀金，埃及雪花石膏顶部与装饰房间的成对基座相连。它的装饰特征让人想起文艺复兴时期的图案：两对相对的狮鹫和聚宝盆在威胁性的赛特尔面具下面，侧面是一根中央的鲍鱼柱。雕刻的腿上镶嵌着宝石般的泪珠花环。
介绍（英）	William H. Vanderbilt, son of Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt, inherited a vast fortune and a lucrative transport business, which he expanded exponentially, becoming one of the wealthiest men in America. In 1879, to mark his elevated social and economic status, he built a mansion that spanned an entire city block on Fifth Avenue, between Fifty-First and Fifty-Second Streets. He commissioned Herter Brothers, one of the premier cabinetmaking firms in New York City, to decorate and furnish his home. In devising distinct decorative schemes for each room of the mansion, Herter Brothers drew inspiration from a wide range of historical styles and utilized expensive, exotic materials. While every room in the Vanderbilt mansion displayed lavish ornament and detail, the drawing room was the centerpiece of Herter Brothers’ unified vision. It embodied an eclectic classical- Assyrian revival theme with a crimson color palette, replete with gilding and reflective surfaces. This unusual console is one of several surviving furnishings of this luxurious space and was integral to the drawing room. The surface is gilded and an Egyptian alabaster top relates to the paired pedestals adorning the room. Its decorative features recall Renaissance motifs: two pairs of opposing griffins and cornucopias below menacing saytrs’ masks flank a central pillar of lustrous abalone. The carved legs are encrusted with jewel-like teardrop garlands.