FEDERAL SOFA
Portsmouth Circa 1800 Primary Woods: Mahogany, Fme Birch, Bird's-eye Maple Secondary Woods: Maple, White Pine Height: 34 1/2 inches,Width: 74 1/2 inches, Depth: 24 inches Provenance: Dr. C. Ray Franklin, Kentucky; Eddy Nicholson, New Hampshire; Private Collection, Texas. Reference: A nearly identical sofa is illustrated in Brock Jobe, Portsmouth Furniture: Masterworks from the New Hampshire Seacoast , catalog no. 106. For another similar sofa in the Winterthur collection see Charles F. Montgomery, American Furniture: The Federal Period, entry 271.
FEDERAL CARD TABLE North Shore of Massachusetts or Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Circa 1790
Primary Wood: Mahogany, Flame Birch Secondary Woods: White Pine, Maple Height: 29 3/4 inches, Width: 37 inches, Depth: 18 inches Provenance: Dr. C. Ray Franklin, Kentucky; Israel Sack, Inc., New York
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