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Upholstered sofa with wooden crest rail, open scroll carved at midpoint, narrow arms, casters. Lincoln stretched out on this long sofa to read or think about his next law case.
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Details
- Title: Sofa
- Contributor: Lincoln Home National Historic Site, National Park Service
- Original Source: http://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/liho/exb/home/LIHO1059_Sofa.html
- Source: Lincoln Home National Historic Site
- National Park Service Catalog Number: LIHO 1059
- Measurements: H 97.2, W 219.6, D 67 cm
- Materials: Mahogany veneer, wood, horsehair.
- Date: The Lincolns purchased a parlor suite of mahogany furniture upholstered in black horsehair fabric in the mid-1850s. They put most of it in storage to use when they returned from the White House.
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