Sofa

Museum Object Number 1951.0007

Object Name

Sofa

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Unknown (Furniture Maker)

Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Fabric manufacturer)

Creator Notes

This record is to be used when the maker of an object is unknown.

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Secondary Place of Origin

Venice, Italy, Europe

Secondary Origin Notes

The reproduction fabric used on this sofa was commissioned through Classical Revival and woven in Venice for Winterthur in the last decade of the 20th century.

Date

1770-1780

Materials

Mahogany

Techniques

Woven (compound)

Dimensions (inches)

40 (H) , 97.5 (L) , 36 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

101.6 (H) , 247.65 (L) , 91.44 (D)

Measurement Notes

OL at arms, OD from front of seat to crest.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Downs, Joseph & du Pont, Henry Francis. 1952 American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published: fig. 272
[Manuscript] Bertrand, Rebecca & Parks, Sarah. Seasonal Change Study.
• See Curator of Textiles for Seasonal Change Study binder discussing this object.
[Book] Hummel, Charles F. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chippendale Furniture: Middle Atlantic and Southern Colonies.
• Published: fig. 74.