Couch with 3 cushions (one of a pair) Aesthetic Movement style with Moorish style embroidery (Rockefeller Room)

George A. Schastey

Caption

George A. Schastey (1839–1894). Couch with 3 cushions (one of a pair) Aesthetic Movement style with Moorish style embroidery (Rockefeller Room), ca. 1881. Unidentified ebonized wood, original velvet upholstery, Couches: 15 1/2 x 29 1/2 x 64 in. (39.4 x 74.9 x 162.6 cm) Cushions: 22 x 22 in. (55.9 x 55.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., 46.43.1.

Gallery

Not on view

Designer and Maker

George A. Schastey

Title

Couch with 3 cushions (one of a pair) Aesthetic Movement style with Moorish style embroidery (Rockefeller Room)

Date

ca. 1881

Medium

Unidentified ebonized wood, original velvet upholstery

Classification

Furniture

Dimensions

Couches: 15 1/2 x 29 1/2 x 64 in. (39.4 x 74.9 x 162.6 cm) Cushions: 22 x 22 in. (55.9 x 55.9 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Accession Number

46.43.1

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