Lot 162
A Fine American Classical Gilt Bronze-Mounted Mahogany Box Sofa, 19th c., New York, cylindrical crest rail, columnar arm supports, acanthus and melon feet, casters, height 33 1/4 in., width 79 1/2 in., depth 29 1/4 Note: This sofa is nearly identical to two well-known examples one included in the Newark Museum's "Classical America" exhibition of 1963; the other was sold by Neal Auction Company as lot 378, February 23, 2008, realizing $32,900. Other New York sofas of similar form include a mahogany sofa in the Brooklyn Museum of Art (acc. 41.1181); a sofa descended in the Drayton Family of Charleston sold as 435 by Neal Auction Company, June 9, 2007; and a sofa acquired from a New Orleans antiquarian sold as lot 283 February 7, 2009. Reference: Tracy. Classical America 1815-1845. pl. 57 andVoorsanger and Howat. Art and the Empire City, New York 1825-1861, p. 516, pl. 224.
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