Designs and photographs, [ca. 1870-ca. 1890]

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Designs and photographs, [ca. 1870-ca. 1890]

Consists of pencil sketches for window treatments and furniture, presumably drawn by Maercklein; photographs of furniture and furniture frames, perhaps purchased by Maerklein from other furniture manufactures, including Hall & Garrison, Kilian Brothers, Fisher & Brother, G.E. Sparman, and Henry I. Seymour; carte de visites of Maerklein's couches and sofa beds; and plates from Desire Guilmard's influential and widely copied journal Le Garde-meuble as well as plates from other publications.

2 boxes : ill. (some col.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8325634

Winterthur Library

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Guilmard, Désiré, 1810-approximately 1889

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Maercklein, Hermann A. W., 1826-1921.

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Hermann Maercklein was an upholsterer. Born in 1826 in Stettin, Pomerania, he completed his apprenticeship in his native city in 1847. Just as the Revolution of 1848 began, Maercklein fled to the United States. He was married in New York City in 1851 and first appears in the Hartford city directory as an upholsterer in 1853. He remained in business under various partnerships or by himself until 1911. Maercklein aspired to the status of decorator and had a cabinet shop, upholstery shop, and drape...

Kilian Brothers.

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Fisher & Brother

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Hall & Garrison.

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G.E. Sparman.

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Seymour, Henry, M.P.

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Epithet: of Knoyle House, county Wiltshire; of Add MS 40582 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000800.0x000290 Epithet: of Add MS 15856 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000800.0x00028d Epithet: of Add MS 36192 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000800.0x0002...