Settee

Benjamin Goodison

ca. 1730 · Gilded gesso on walnut; previously covered in eighteenth-century blue silk damask not original to the settee · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This piece is from a large set of at least eight side chairs, four settees, four stools, and two side tables formerly attributed to James Moore (ca. 1670–1726) and said to have been made for Stowe, Buckinghamshire, a provenance now questioned.

Artist

Benjamin Goodison

Date

ca. 1730

Medium

Gilded gesso on walnut; previously covered in eighteenth-century blue silk damask not original to the settee

Culture

British

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1924