Lot Essay
According to a descendant of the original owner, a bill of sale from the Joseph Meeks and Company once accompanied this sofa (Venable, p. 143).
POSSIBLY JOSEPH MEEKS AND COMPANY (1836-1859), NEW YORK CITY, 1820-1840
Details
A CLASSICAL CARVED MAHOGANY SOFA
Possibly Joseph Meeks and Company (1836-1859), New York City, 1820-1840
The cylindrical downscrolling crest terminating in carved leafage and rosettes above a shaped serptine upholstered back flanked by upholstered outscrolling arm terminating in carved rosettes over a rectangular seat frame with bolection veneered front rail, on cornucopiae carved legs with animal-paw feet
37.7/8in. high, 86.5/8in. wide, 23.7/8in. deep
Possibly Joseph Meeks and Company (1836-1859), New York City, 1820-1840
The cylindrical downscrolling crest terminating in carved leafage and rosettes above a shaped serptine upholstered back flanked by upholstered outscrolling arm terminating in carved rosettes over a rectangular seat frame with bolection veneered front rail, on cornucopiae carved legs with animal-paw feet
37.7/8in. high, 86.5/8in. wide, 23.7/8in. deep
Literature
Katherine S. Howe, "Nineteenth-Century American Decorative Arts in Houston," Antiques (March 1979), p. 556.
Jonathan L. Fairbanks and Elizabeth Bidwell Bates, American Furniture: 1620 to the Present (New York, 1981), p. 373.
Charles L. Venable, American Antiques in the Bybee Collection (Austin, Texas, 1989), cat. 65, pp. 142-143.
Jonathan L. Fairbanks and Elizabeth Bidwell Bates, American Furniture: 1620 to the Present (New York, 1981), p. 373.
Charles L. Venable, American Antiques in the Bybee Collection (Austin, Texas, 1989), cat. 65, pp. 142-143.
Exhibited
Houston, Texas, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, "An American Sampler, 1700-1875: The Charles Lewis Bybee Memorial Collections," 23 October 1981 - 7 February 1982.