SETTEE

Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: First Floor Library

About this object

The settee is covered with a paisley wool with a general tonality that is red. The top of the back is serpentine in shape. The low closed arms end in recessed scrolls edged in fringe. The seat cushion is also edged in fringe. It stands on short cabriole legs with a design of scrolled leaves. The front legs are carved and the outsplayed back legs are plain.

Object name:

SETTEE

Made from:

Wood -- paisley wool

Made in:

England

Date made:

20th c.

Size:

83.2 × 111.8 × 66 cm (32 3/4 × 44 × 26 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

33.56

Class:

FURNITURE

Signature marks:

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973