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The sofa has a five-sided cyma curved crestrail and seatrail, scrolled bracket feet and arms with shaped ends, and it's on castors. It has an upholstered gold brocade, three cushions in back, a box cushion for the seat and swept arms.
sofas
multiple-seating furniture
brocade (textile)
mahogany (wood)
veneer
upholstering
Empire (style)
Sofa
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
33 1/4 x 82 x 23 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.29
New York state (United States)
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