Settee

Name/Title

Settee

Entry/Object ID

36.96.1

Description

Material: wood, textile, metal. Size: 45" W. x 38" H. x 24" deep. Description: cherry-stained hardwood - pale yellow upholstery with a pink and green floral pattern - decorative tacks hold a 1/2" W. finishing band around upholstery edges - one curved wooden arm on each side - high ornately carved cherry back board - decorative carved center back - one wooden framed upholstered insert on each side of back - decorative wooden scrollwork above each back cushion and in center back.

Context

Gena Eleanor Loken Fretham inherited the settee from her parents Jens and Jestina Loken of New Richland. Upon Gena's death, it was willed to the Waseca Co. Historical Society. Gena's children are: Gordon, Ludwig, Melford, Ellsworth and Clarice (Krause).

Cataloged By

pauline

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Settee

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sofa

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Seating Furniture

Nomenclature Class

Furniture

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Exhibitions

Notes

Continually since 1996-2005.

Create Date

July 22, 1996

Update Date

November 21, 2024