THE WHARTON FAMILY IMPORTANT CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY CAMEL-BACK SOFA PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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Description

length 90in. (228.6cm)

Provenance

Charles Wharton
Israel Sack, Inc, New York
Robert Steinberg collection
Israel Sack, Inc., New York

Catalogue Note

This sofa is presumed to be a mate to the Wharton family sofa which is illustrated in Hornor's Blue Book of Philadelphia Furniture, plate 267, page 151, which states that a pair of molded leg sofas flanked each other in the Charles Wharton House.