Sofa

1860–70

Artist unknown (American, 19th century)
New York
Ormolu mounts by Pierre E. Guerin
American, founded 1857

Status: On View, Gallery 174
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Pierre E. Guerin (firm) (Manufacturer)
Title: Sofa
Place: New York (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1860–1870
Medium: Rosewood, inlays of various woods, ormolu mounts, porcelain plaques, and upholstery
Dimensions: 115.5 × 188 × 76.2 cm (45 1/2 × 74 × 30 in.)
Credit Line: Robert R. McCormick Charitable Trust Fund and the American Arts Purchase funds
Reference Number: 1985.7
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The Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report, 1984–1985 (Art Institute of Chicago, 1985), 33, fig. 22.
Magazine Antiques (Oct. 1988), 828–39 (ill.).
Judith A. Barter, et al., American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998), 235–237, no. 112.

By descent through the Kaelber family, Rochester, New York; Peter Hill, East Lempster, New Hampshire, by 1985; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1985.

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