Grecian couch (one of a pair)
Vose, Coates & Company
(active, 1815 – 1819)
1817–1819
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueMahogany, rosewood, birch with rosewood graining, brass, silk upholstery; original underupholstery
DimensionsOverall: 88.6 x 178.4 x 60.3 cm (34 7/8 x 70 1/4 x 23 3/4 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by a friend of the Department of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture, the William N. Banks Foundation, The Seminarians, Dr. and Mrs. J. Wallace McMeel, and Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Stone
Accession number1977.727
On View
Not on viewClassificationsFurniture
Collections
ProvenanceAbout 1818/1830, Nathan Appleton (b. 1779 – d. 1861), Boston, who used the pair of couches (1977.726–727) in his home at 39 Beacon Street; to his son, William Sumner Appleton (b. 1840 – d. 1903), Boston; to his daughter, Dorothy Everard Appleton (Mrs. George Francis) Weld (b. 1878 – d. 1965); to her daughter, Dorothy Weld (Mrs. Daniel Michaux) Coxe (b. 1906 – d. 1986), Philadelphia; 1977, sold by Mrs. Coxe to Robert Trump Antiques, Flourtown, PA; 1977, sold by Robert Trump Antiques to the MFA. (Accession date: November 9, 1977)
about 1650–1700
about 1840–50
about 1823-1827