Lot 417
An Important American Classical Mahogany Sofa, c. 1840, attributed to Thomas Day, North Carolina, ogee crest rail, tall outswept arms, bolection seat rail, molded plinth, scroll feet, height 33 in., width 96 in., depth 25 in. Exhibition History: "Sankofa," various exhibitions, including Harriet Tubman African-American Museum, Macon, GA; Hampton University, Hampton, VA; The African American Museum, Dallas, TX; and others. Note: A remarkably similar sofa with the same crest rail, scrolled arms, and seat rail as the present lot is conserved at the Detroit Institute of Arts, the boldly scrolled feet pictured here differing from the bracketed feet in Detroit. Reference: Several related Thomas Day sofas are illustrated in Marshall, Patricia P. and Jo R. Leimenstoll. Thomas Day: Master Craftsman and Free Man of Color. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2010, pp. 85, 103-104.
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