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Triple Shield-Back Settee

Triple Shield-Back Settee

Unknown

Artist
Unknown (English)
Title
Triple Shield-Back Settee
Date
ca. 1785-1788
Medium
Wood, paint, caning, and brass
Dimensions
39 x 68 3/4 x 26 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of Russell B. French
Accession No.
2001.5
Classification
Furniture
Geography
England

Related

From late 18th century, collection of Stoneleigh Abbey (Warwickshire, England); ca. 1946 – 1949, purchased from an antique dealer (in North Carolina) by Mildred Howard (Goldsboro, NC); ca. 1980, gifted to Ruth [Howard’s niece] and Russell B. French (Janesville, WI); April 2001, gifted to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin/Biennial Report 1999-2001." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 2002. p. 95

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