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Settee

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1793-1797

GUSN

GUSN-40849

Description

Settee. Mahogany, twentieth-century cotton and velvet upholstery. Shield-shaped upholstered back; closed arm supports; padded arms; brass nail trim. Rests on stop fluted legs.

Details

Descriptive Terms

settees
mahogany (wood)
ash (wood)
upholstery
horsehair
Federal
Settee

Associated Person

Lyman, Thomas

Associated Building

Original To Lyman Estate (Waltham, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

A579

Maker

Possibly Hains, Adam, 1768-1820 + (Furniture worker)
Possibly Bertault, George, 1793 (Upholsterer)

Location of Origin

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Dimensions

36 x 38 x 28 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the children of Arthur and Susan Cabot Lyman

Accession Number

1966.117

Places

Pennsylvania (United States)
Massachusetts (United States)

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