New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Grecian Sofa

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1820

DimensionsOverall: 77 1/2 x 21 1/2 x 32 1/2 in. (196.9 x 54.6 x 82.6 cm)

Credit LineChrysler Museum of Art, Moses Myers House, Norfolk, Virginia. The Historic Houses are the property of the City of Norfolk and are operated by The Chrysler Museum.

Object number97.49.58.1

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, MMH, Drawing Room

DescriptionChaise lounge painted and grained to imitate rosewood and decorated with striping, designs in gold leaf and yellow paint, and applied brass mounts. The chaise lounge has asymmetrical scrolled ends, with the larger end scroll flowing into a single scrolled arm above the rear seat rail. Scrolled saber legs rest on ball feet. Ornament includes painted anthemia (on the front seat rail), pierced cast brass lozenges in rectangular panels of gilt banding (above legs), cast brass Apollo masks (scroll ends), cast brass laurel wreaths (end scroll panels) and floral medallions. Rectangular frame is rabbeted to accept a rush seat insert, and a loose silk-upholstered mattress lies above the rush.

Exhibition HistoryMyers House "Work of the Month," Chrysler Museum of Art, October 2001.