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Sofa

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1850-1870

GUSN

GUSN-3914

Description

Sofa with serpentine back and front with scrolled arm supports. Carved front feet on casters. Plush upholstery. Deeply gouged back crest rail.

Details

Descriptive Terms

sofas
multiple-seating furniture
mahogany (wood)
Rococo Revival
Sofa

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

36 3/4 x 25 (HxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.256

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