Museum object · sofas
Mahogany sofa from the home of Robert Smalls
1850s
Beaufort, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A Late Classical mahogany sofa, upholstered in red, with serpentine, tufted back and wing scroll arms, crotch mahogany decorative veneers on crest, arms, and apron.
- Catalog date
- 1850s
- Recorded places
- Beaufort, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Recorded subjects
- African American; American South; Black interiors; Design; Domestic life; Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: 2010.28.1
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection