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This convertible sofa has a history of ownership at Upper Bremo in Fluvanna County, Virginia. Completed around 1819 by John Hartwell Cocke in consultation with John Neilson, the house remains in the family along with Lower Bremo and Bremo Recess, two other homes on the larger property. The sofa appears in 1931-1933 HABS photos of Upper Bremo in the library with a slipcover over the upholstery.
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Details
- Title: Sofa
- Date Created: 1820-1860
- Location Created: America, Virginia, Fluvanna County
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 33 1/4 × 78 3/4 × 29 3/4in. (84.5 × 200 × 75.6cm) Back folded down: 28 11/16 × 78 3/4 × 45in. (72.8 × 200 × 114.3cm)
- Type: Sofa
- Rights: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Gift of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello.
- External Link: Learn more about this object at Colonial Williamsburg's emuseum
- Medium: Tulip poplar, yellow pine, iron, linen, cotton, Spanish moss, curled hair, grasses
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