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Settee

Description

Baltimore painted settee, or bench, with painted details, shaped splats, and turned bannisters. "Brooklandwood" was built about 1790 by Charles Carroll of Carrollton for his daughter Mary Carroll Caton. Ownership later passed to the Brown family of the prominent Baltimore banking firm "Alexander Brown & Sons."

Creator

Date

circa 1805-1820

Materials

Wood, paint, cane

Dimensions

34.5 H x 67 W x 20.25 D inches

Object ID

1973.35.1

Resource ID

272

Notes

It is possible that this settee, among other pieces of furniture, came with the house when it was sold to George Brown (1789-1859) in 1846 and subsequently used by his son Alexander Davison Brown (1823-1892). The furniture descended to other owners of the house, including H. Carroll Brown, the last resident of the house. The settee later went to his niece Colgate Woodward Nuttle (donor). A matching pattern chair from the home was donated in 2021 (2021.11.1).

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. John Clagett Nuttle

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.