Sofa

Artist / Maker

Attributed to Hugh Finlay (1781–1830)

City of Manufacture

Baltimore

Date

c. 1815–1830

Dimensions

36 × 95 × 24 in.

Medium

Primary woods: Tulip poplar

Surface treatments: painted decoration, stencil gilding, brass, replacement upholstery

Provenance

The James Wilson Family, Baltimore, or the Robert Smith Family, Baltimore. By descent to Mrs. James W. Wilson (née Ellen Von Kapff, 1856–1944) at 505 Park Avenue, Baltimore; To her grandson James Wilson Poultney (1908–1993). With G. K. S. Bush, Inc., c. 1990. Sale, Northeast Auctions, Mar. 21, 1999, lot 718, advertised as “Collection of the Wilson Family, Baltimore”; With J. Michael Flanigan, American Antiques, Baltimore, 1999; Purchased by Schrimshers, 1999.