New England, circa 1810, frame set with yellow and blue striped silk upholstery, scrolled arms with turned arm supports and legs, traces of early red stain, old dry surface, 34 x 76 x 28 in. - Provenance: Marguerite Riordan, Stonington Connecticut, with copy of invoice dated 1979 for $9000, describing it as "American sofa of exceptionally graceful form with fine condition and color. In cherry with pine and ash secondary... this is a fine and exceptional example of a New England Sheraton sofa. It has never been refinished." visible frame in good condition, minor cracks to curved arms, old dry surface with some wear and distress, minor chips to leg turnings, possible restorations to pilaster uprights at back of curved arms, modern upholstery generally good, not examined under upholstery˜