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Americana: Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Chinese Export Art and Prints

Americana: Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Chinese Export Art and Prints

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 215. A Federal Sofa, Attributed to John Seymour (1738–1818) and/or Thomas Seymour (1771–1848), Boston, Massachusetts, Circa 1800.

Property from the Collection of Barbara and Lawrence A. Fleischman

A Federal Sofa, Attributed to John Seymour (1738–1818) and/or Thomas Seymour (1771–1848), Boston, Massachusetts, Circa 1800

New York Gantry Point Warehouse

Lot Closed

January 20, 06:55 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Inlaid mahogany


Height 34 1/2 in. by Width 70 1/2 in. by Depth 23 1/2 in.


Please note that this lot will not be on view during the sale exhibition. It is located at our Long Island City, New York storage facility. If you would like to examine it in person before the sale please make an appointment with the Americana department at 212-606-7130.

Israel Sack, Inc., New York.

A nearly identical sofa is illustrated in American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, vol. 1, (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957), p. 74, pl. 233.

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