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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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Collection
Wheatland
Object ID
W.1936.011.001
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Collection
Wheatland
Description
American Empire walnut sofa, upholstered in brown leather; the back is button-tufted. The sofa has an oblong body and exposed frame. Top rail of back is straight with a slight backward roll with downward sloped ends. The lyre curved end/arms are upholstered and faced with balancing swan-neck uprights that are carved with foliate motif scrolls. The deep skirt is straight with a center carved foliate motif and scroll work. The sofa is supported by four legs that feature foliage-carved knees terminating with upward turned scrolls on wood casters.
Provenance
Buchanan, James
To - Johnston, Harriet Lane
To - Willson-Rettew, Mary
To - Sheppard, Henrietta D.
To - James Buchanan Foundation
LancasterHistory
Year Range From
1840
Year Range To
1850
Last Owner
Buchanan, James
Storage Location
Wheatland, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Library
Storage Wall
South Wall
People
Buchanan, James
Subcategory
Furniture
Search Terms
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Object Name
Sofa
Material
Leather, Walnut
Height (in)
38.25
Width (in)
91.5
Depth (in)
26.25
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2023-05-15
Condition Notes
Reupholstered ca 1939, brown leather
Object ID
W.1936.011.001
Notes
Donor bought sofa at Willson-Rettew Estate sale and donated it to the James Buchanan Foundation in 1936.
Credit
In memory of Hazel D. Mook (Mrs. Leanord C.), President of Robert Fulton Chapter NSUSD
Accession Number
W.1936.011
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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
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
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