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A "camel back" sofa with an arched crest rail and tall scrolling arms and serpentine seat rail. It is raised on eight legs; the front legs are straight, square molded and the back legs are square and flaring back. All are joined by rectangular stretchers. The back, arms and seat are upholstered in peachy-pink swag and foliate patterned damask.
sofas
multiple-seating furniture
damask
mahogany (wood)
upholstering
Mahogany
Upholstered
Chippendale
Damask
Sofa
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
England
36 1/4 x 85 x 30 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.452
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