Sofa Maker: Unknown
Maker: (mount) P. E. Guerin (American, founded 1864)

1865–75

American Decorative Arts

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900

This sofa's bronze mounts by P. E. Guerin, a firm founded in New York City in 1857, are in the Egyptian Revival style, which enjoyed a brief period of popularity in the post-Civil War period. The sofa retains its original upholstery foundation and some of its green silk show cover. It has been conserved with a reproduction fabric that is very similar to the original silk.

Medium

Rosewood, ash, gilded bronze, and silk upholstery

Dimensions

34 1/2 × 72 × 35 in. (87.63 × 182.88 × 88.9 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Archer M. Huntington, M.A. (Hon.) 1897, in memory of his mother, Arabella D. Huntington, by exchange

Accession Number

1997.62.1

Geography

Made in New York, New York

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Furniture

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Bibliography
  • Helen A. Cooper et al., Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2008), 332–33, no. 213, ill
  • "Acquisitions, January 1996–December 1997," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (1997–98), 149
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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