- Settee
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This unusual settee, with its bentwood crest rail, relates in design and construction to cradles or cribs. The overall concept echoes as well the design of rod-back chairs and settees of the early nineteenth century, especially those made in Pennsylvania.
Technical notes: Soft maple (main corner posts, legs), red oak (crest rail), white oak (stretchers), hickory (spindles). Old but not original green paint.
Related examples: Earlier versions: MMA (acc. no. 34.100.26); Santore 1981, nos. 185, 186.
Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.
ProvenanceJacob Paxson Temple (1880–1924), Tanguy, Pennsylvania; consigned to [American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, New York, The Jacob Paxson Temple Collection, January 16, 1922, lot 1192]; purchased through Wayman Adams (1883–1959) as agent for Miss Ima Hogg, 1922; given to MFAH, 1969.
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