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FEDERAL INLAID AND VENEERED SOFA

Offered by: Levy Galleries

Description
FEDERAL INLAID AND VENEERED SOFA
Portsmouth Circa 1800

Primary Woods: Mahogany, Flame Birch, Bird’s-eye Maple
Secondary Woods: Maple, White Pine

Height: 34 1/2 inches
Width: 74 1/2 inches
Depth: 24 inches

Provenance: Dr. C. Ray Franklin, Kentucky; Eddy Nicholson, New Hampshire; Private Collection, Texas.
Reference: A nearly identical sofa is illustrated in Brock Jobe, Portsmouth Furniture: Masterworks from the New Hampshire Seacoast, catalog no. 106. For another similar sofa in the Winterthur collection see Charles F. Montgomery, American Furniture: The Federal Period, entry 271.

More Information

Period:	19th Century
Creation Date:	1800
Styles / Movements:	Traditional, Federal
Incollect Reference #:	707580

Dimensions

W.	74.5 in;	H.	34.5 in;	D.	24 in;
W.	189.23 cm;	H.	87.63 cm;	D.	60.96 cm;

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