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Collection
Wheatland
Object ID
W.1943.001.001
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Collection
Wheatland
Description
American Rococo Revival Walnut Sofa. The serpentine back centered by a rose and shell scrolled carved crest, the back joined to closed arms, with a serpentine apron and raised on cabriole legs terminating in casters, silk velvet upholstery.
Provenance
James Buchanan
To - Edward Y. Buchanan
To - Alice Conyngham Buchanan Ewing
To - Cornelia Ewing Brooke
To - The James Buchanan Foundation
Year Range From
1845
Year Range To
1860
Last Owner
Buchanan, James
Storage Location
Wheatland, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Parlor
Storage Wall
West Wall
People
Brooke, Cornelia Lansdale Ewing
Buchanan, Edward Young
Buchanan, James
Ewing, Alice Conyngham Buchanan
Subcategory
Furniture
Search Terms
Buchanan Collections
Furniture
James Buchanan
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Sofas
Object Name
Sofa
Material
Walnut
Height (in)
44.562
Width (in)
88
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2003-10-02
Condition Notes
Re-upholstered in the 1940s.
Object ID
W.1943.001.001
Place of Origin
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
W.1943.001
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Collection
Wheatland
Object ID
2013.008.019
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Collection
Wheatland
Description
Serpentine-back, enclosed arm sofa, Louis XV (Rococo Revival), has yellow upholstery, finger-molded exposed frame of rosewood or mahogany and a rounded back crested with central cartouche of high relief carved fruit and leafage. Outline of rounded back slopes down to rounded shoulders that descend and curve back in to arms that enclose the sitter. Low arm rests have upholstered arm pads. Cyma-curved arm supports extend to short cabriole legs at front. Square, curving legs at back. Serpentine seat front and serpentine lower outline of seat frame.
Provenance
James Buchanan
To James Buchanan Henry
To his son - James Buchanan Henry
To his son James Buchanan Henry II
To his son James Buchanan Henry III
To his wife Eleanor Henry
To LancasterHistory
Year Range From
1845
Year Range To
1860
Last Owner
Buchanan, James
Storage Location
Wheatland, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Sitting Room
Storage Wall
Room Center
People
Buchanan, James
Henry, James Buchanan
Subcategory
Furniture
Search Terms
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Object Name
Sofa
Material
Wood, Fabric
Height (in)
37.5
Length (in)
64
Depth (in)
34
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2016-06-23
Condition Notes
Reuphostered in 2015. Dark finish has some marring with gouges and cracks in frame of back.
Object ID
2013.008.019
Credit
Gift of the Family of Eleanor N. Henry (John D. McNeill Jr., Mary Catherine Henry West, James Buchanan Henry IV, and Elizabeth Henry Richardson)
Accession Number
2013.008
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Collection
Wheatland
Object ID
W.1958.019.001
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Collection
Wheatland
Description
Empire-style sofa with lion-paw feet and foliage carved knees. Unvalanced skirt with deep torus molding face with crotch-grain veneer. Lyre-curved ends upholstered and faced with balancing swan neck uprights which are carved with foliage and cornucopia.
Year Range From
1825
Year Range To
1845
Storage Location
Carriage House
Storage Room
Wheatland Director Office
Storage Wall
North Wall
Subcategory
Furniture
Object Name
Sofa
Material
Mahogany Veneer, Horsehair
Height (in)
37.812
Length (in)
85.5
Width (in)
28.687
Condition
Excellent
Condition Date
2023-05-18
Condition Notes
Re-upholstered
Object ID
W.1958.019.001
Place of Origin
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
W.1958.019
Images
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Collection
Wheatland
Object ID
W.1989.004.001
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Collection
Wheatland
Description
Empire/Rococco sofa. Upholstered sofa with mahogany frame. Rolled arm fronts are cornucopia shaped with relief scroll shapes. Bottom front edge is wooden and slightly bowed outward in the middle; relief 's'-shaped scrolls with central palmette or w
Year Range From
1840
Year Range To
1860
Storage Location
Wheatland, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Center Attic Middle Room
Storage Wall
West Wall
Subcategory
Furniture
Object Name
Sofa
Material
Cotton, Mahogany
Height (in)
42.125
Width (in)
89.125
Depth (in)
24.875
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2023-05-19
Object ID
W.1989.004.001
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
W.1989.004
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