About the Artwork
Dolphin Sofa
ca. 1820
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American
American
Mahogany with rosewood seat rail and ash
Overall: 34 × 99 1/2 × 27 1/2 inches (86.4 × 252.7 × 69.9 cm)
Furniture
American Art before 1950
Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund
1996.11
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Woods (Woods Gerry Mansion, Providence, Rhode Island, USA)
Senator and Mrs. Peter Gerry
until1995, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson E. Miller
Leigh Keno American Antiques
1996-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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"American Decorative Arts Acquisitions 1985-2005." Bulletin of the DIA 81, 1-2 (2007): p. 54.
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American, Dolphin Sofa, ca. 1820, mahogany with rosewood seat rail and ash. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, 1996.11.
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