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Sofa

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1820-1840

GUSN

GUSN-24778

Description

Casters on front feet. Scrolled feet w/ incised volute decoration. Molded rail and slightly voluted and flaired arms. Mahogany veneer over unidentified secondary wood.

Details

Descriptive Terms

sofas
multiple-seating furniture
mahogany (wood)
upholstery
veneering
Mahogany
Upholstery
Veneered
SOFA

Associated Building

Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman

Accession Number

1985.119

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