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Item
Sofa
CIS Survey ID
CIS-2013-1028
Object Type
Furniture
Date Created
1855 - 1865
Place of Manufacture
United States
Size
48 3/4" x 63 1/4" x 36"
Material
Rosewood; rosewood veneer; rosewood laminate; chestnut; iron; silk
Upholstery
Replacement pink silk and cotton damask woven upholstery, sun-bleached and decayed on back where openings in back panel reveal construction. Spring upholstered seats with webbing (likely jute) covered by black woven cotton cloth tacked to seat frame with small upholstery tacks. Multiple campaigns of upholstery history visible in tacking patterns. Upholstery has very hard, rolled edge framing seat, and pink silk gimp edging. Animal hair and plant fiber used as stuffing in back of sofa, while plant fiber (possibly straw) used as stuffing at arms.
Marks/Inscription/Labels
None
Accessories/Hardware
Original casters of iron collar and pin that is driven into base of leg with turned hardwood wheels.
Inlays/Veneers
Veneered skirt.
Surface Treatments
Rear of seat frame grained in imitation of rosewood.
Media Type
image/jp2
Description
Serpentine, continuous-back sofa of chestnut seat and back frame with laminated, carved rosewood cresting. Left and right sides of sofa frame of five-ply laminated rosewood forms curvature of sides, tapers in width and is tenoned or doweled into seat frame (upholstery conceals joinery, except on proper right where laminated support visible). Front legs of inverted tapered trumpet form, and S-curve rear legs that end in stump feet on casters. Seat frame at sides and back tenoned or doweled into front and rear legs, no pins visible. Cresting composed center and right and left sections of various depths ranging from three to five layers of rosewood laminate (approx. 1/8" thick) which have been doweled together twice. Central motif in crest of two blossoms carved from solid rosewood attaches to crest via screws. Arms carved with greek key and incised motifs. Rosewood veneered front seat frame also decorated with incised motifs.
Physical Location
Gulf Coast (U.S.)
Date Surveyed
2013-07-10
Source
Classical Institute of the South at The Historic New Orleans Collection
Repository
The Historic New Orleans Collection (http://www.hnoc.org)
Disclaimer
The information contained in the Gulf South Decorative and Fine Arts Database was collected in the year referenced under Date Captured". The Classical Institute of the South will update object records with new information to the best of its ability but does not guarantee that data contained within the records is current.
Digital Collection
Gulf South Decorative and Fine Arts Database
Contact Information
Contact the Historic New Orleans Collection for more information about use and reproduction. louisquery@hnoc.org
Credit
Gulf South Decorative and Fine Arts Database, Classical Institute of the South at The Historic New Orleans Collection.
Rights
Physical rights are retained by The Historic New Orleans Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with US copyright laws. The information and images in the Gulf South Decorative and Fine Arts Database may be used for non-commercial and educational purposes, but they must be accompanied by the “Credit” statement above.
Type of Resource
still image
Type of Resource
three dimensional object
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