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3 piece set that includes sofa (love seat), a man's chair, and lady's chair. The material is velvet with the cushion intact. Measurements are as follows: Sofa height: 34inches, seat length,: 50inches, seat width: 18inches; Man's chair height: 44inches, seat length: 20inches, seat width, 18inches; Lady's chair height: 38inches, seat length: 19inches, seat width: 16 inches. We do know that the furniture had belonged to a northern Abolitionists from Boston, circa 1860's.
The furniture came from an 1850's historic home that had been owned by Ellen Murray, one of the Abolistionists that started the Penn School (one of the oldest African American institutions in the country)
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Good evening, Kitty,
Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry. So that I may best assist you, can you please upload a few better images of the other pieces in the set so that I can determine that they are part of the same set and so that the value can reflect the price of the set, not the individual pieces.
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Good afternoon, Kitty,
Thank you for the additional information. I have the photographs of the other two chairs and will give you a price here for both the sofa if priced its own and how the set would be priced if sold together.
Victorian carved walnut settee, mid-19th century, with crushed red velvet upholstery
Sofa height: 34 inches, seat length,: 50 inches, seat width: 18 inches
$400-600
(together with)
A Victorian carved walnut open armchair, mid-19th century, with crushed red velvet upholstery
chair height: 44 inches, seat length: 20 inches, seat width, 18 inches;
$300-500
AND
A Victorian carved walnut slipper chair, mid-19th century, with cream upholstery
height: 38 inches, seat length: 19 inches, seat width: 16 inches.
$200-300
Provenance: Ellen Murray, abolitionist and founder of St. Helena Island SC's Penn School.
Value for the set: $900-1,400