About the Artwork
Gothic Revival Sofa
ca. 1852
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American
American
Walnut, painted with rosewood graining
Overall: 62 1/8 × 78 3/4 × 22 3/4 inches (157.8 × 200 × 57.8 cm)
Furniture
American Art before 1950
Founders Society Purchase, Dexter M. Ferry, Jr. Fund
1984.38
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Provenance
William P. Chapman, (1811- after 1852, leaving no children (by repute)
Henry P. Chapman (1811- nd) (William P. Chapman's twin brother (reputed line of descent) to Rev. Waldron Pell II
(perhaps a mistake for Rev. Walden Pell II) (d. 1983)
Mr. and Mrs. I. Wistar Morris III (apparently acquird fter Rev. Pell's death in 1983) David A. Hanks and Associates, New York
1984-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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American, Gothic Revival Sofa, ca. 1852, walnut, painted with rosewood graining. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Dexter M. Ferry, Jr. Fund, 1984.38.
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