Video of Rail Road Magnate Mark Hopkins House Nob Hill Side Chair made by Herter Brothers

Mark Hopkins House Side Chair, c. 1878-80, designed and made by Herter Brothers (New York), rosewood, inlaid and veneered with various woods, silk (of the period, but not original) Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Museum purchase from General Acquisitions.

Other Articles in This Series:

• Fake Wills & Forged Bibles Lay Claim to Mark Hopkins’ Huge Estate

• The Gilded Age Palace: What Mark Hopkins Bankrolled

• Mad Scramble to Claim Mark Hopkins’ Riches: A ‘New Gold Rush’

• Diary of Young Girl Recalls Gilded Age

• Pedigree, Pearls, and Pooches: The Hopkins Saga Continues

• The Mysterious Death of Heiress Lydia Kellogg Hopkins, Part I

• The Mysterious Death of Heiress Lydia Kellogg Hopkins, Part II

• W. R. Moss’ Hoax: A Scam for the Hopkins Fortune