Sofa

Object/Artifact

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Historic Charleston Foundation

New York Sofa with French Upho

New York Sofa with French Upho

Name/Title

Sofa

Entry/Object ID

96.10.20

Description

Sofa 1820/1850 Mahogany veneer and white pine seconardy wood with upholstery French cake (?) under-upholstery. Fabric, possibly a French Aubusson, is heraldic pattern in a leaf and branch intertwined cartouch, there are six repeats of fabric on back with herald running horizontally and not upright; reverse fabric shows stripe of pink, yellow brown and tourquoise blue. All feet have casters; stuffing is of horsehair, back is tufted with four rows of buttons. The sofa is of mahagany veneer on a pine frame. There are square nail heads on frame and rounded nail heads on upholstery on top.

Collection

Loan

Made/Created

Date made

1820 - 1850

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sofa

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Seating Furniture

Nomenclature Class

Furniture

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

1248

Dimensions

Height

34 in

Depth

23 in

Length

78 in

Dimension Notes

est. overall height: 34", arms:L: 23"; H: 15" (max)

Material

mahogany veneer, pine frame; sq.nail heads, rounded nail heads on top uphols.

Location

Location

Building

AR 109

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Building

AR Storage

Moved By

Red

Date

December 1, 1995

Notes

Until: 04/20/2004

Location

Building

AR Storage

Moved By

Red

Date

December 1, 1995

Notes

Until: 04/20/2004

Location

Building

AR 109

Category

Permanent

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Notes

Parts that were removed during restoration in 2004 are located in one box at the NRH, labeled as such. Includes nails, buttons, parts of arm support, and later modifications of sofa (20th century - before 1996). The sofa is in eleven pieces; veneer loss at upper back rail, back foot is separated, but available; remnants on proper right are of another fabric showing green, red, orange white and blue. four rows of buttons with 15 remaining;

Overall Condition

Poor

Notes

Sofa was in many parts, missing veneer and whole section of right arm. Overall dirty, grimy, etc. Damage Information: Veneer in need of repair. Right arm support missing. Finish dirty, grimy. Parts of frame unstable.

Overall Condition

Good

Notes

Surface of veneer gleams. Parts Missing: buttons

Conservation

Treatment

Conservator

David Beckford

Notes

Scope of work: Repair veneer New Right Arm Support REglue frame Finish Cost: 1875 Expected completion date: 2004-05-13

Treatment

Conservator

Jill Beute Koverman

Exhibitions

Exhibition

2

Notes

Exhibit Start: 2004-06-07

Intake

Loan In

L.1996.010.

Lender

Mary Maybank Scarborough

Date Received

Sep 15, 1998

Date Due for Return

Feb 8, 2006

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Location Details1: 1

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

August 3, 1998

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

March 30, 2023