Sofa Maker: Unknown

1800–1810

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Hume Furniture Study
Medium

Mahogany; rails, hard maple

Dimensions

37 7/16 × 72 3/8 × 25 9/16 in. (95.1 × 183.8 × 64.9 cm)
other (seat rails): 12 15/16 in. (32.9 cm)
seat: 76 in. (193 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1931.310

Geography

Made in Salem, Massachusetts

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.

Provenance
Clifford Crowninshield, Salem, Mass.; his sister, Mrs. James Devereux, Salem, Mass.; her great-granddaughter, Mary Devereux Walters, Salem, Mass.; Brooks Reed, Boston, Mass.; Francis P. Garvan, New York, NY; The Mabel Brady Garvan Collection, 1931.310.
Bibliography
  • Patricia E. Kane, 300 Years of American Seating Furniture Chairs and Beds from the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University (Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1976), 242-244, no. 227, ill
  • John T. Kirk, Early American Furniture: How to Recognize, Evaluate, and Care for the Most Beautiful Pieces: High Style, Country, Primitive and Rustic (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970), 54, fig. 39
  • Meyric R. Rogers, "Garvan Furniture at Yale," Connoisseur Year Book, 1960 (1960), 63, fig. 19
  • Charles Nagel, Jr., American Furniture: 1650–1850 (New York: Chanticleer Press, 1949), 69, pl. 27b
  • Edgar G. Miller, American Antique Furniture: A Book for Amateurs, 2 vols. (Baltimore: Lord Baltimore Press, 1937), vol. 1, pp. 315, 317, no. 564
  • Anderson Galleries and American Art Association, New York, Selections From The Collection of Francis P. Garvan, sale cat. (January 8–10, 1931), 262, no. 386
  • Fiske Kimball, "Furniture Carvings by Samuel McIntire," Antiques 18 (December 1930), 499, fig. 2
  • Homer Eaton Keyes, "Long Text and Brief Sermon," Antiques 5, no. 16 (November 1929), 369, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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