拍品专文
Laminated in thin layers of veneer and covered with exuberantly carved naturalistic motifs within a frame defined by sinuous C-scrolls, this sofa can be attributed to John Henry Belter. Belter, a prolific and much-imitated craftsman was noted both for his personal ornamental style conceived in the rococo revival idiom as well as his pioneering development of the lamination process (for more on Belter's technique see Marvin D. Schwartz, et.al., The Furniture of John Henry Belter and the Rococo Revival (New York, 1981) and David Hanks, Innovative Furniture in American From 1800 to the Present (New York, 1981). A sofa in the collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art with a nearly identical frame and carved foliate motifs, is illustrated in William Voss Elder III and Jayne E. Stokes, American Furniture 1680-1880 From the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art (Baltimore, 1987), p.68, fig.46.