SOFA
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The frame of this neoclassical canape is carved with a continuous bull's eye along the frame of the back and the frame of the seat. The arms are carved with acanthus leaves at the elbow and where the arms join the seat frame. Where the legs meet the seat frame there is always a rosette within a square. The tapering legs have a spiral twist.
- Object name:
- SOFA
- Made from:
- Gilt wood -- silk -- velvet
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- Late 18th c.
- Size:
- H. 30 1/4 × W. 47 3/4 × D. 27 in. (76.8 × 121.3 × 68.6 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 31.99
- Class:
- FURNITURE
- Signature marks:
- MARK
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973