Object number1935.28
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionThis sofa is said to have been purchased by by Mr. Crapo at Bourne's Auction Rooms about 1875 (formerly in the cabin of a whaleship being dismantled). This was likely William Wallace Crapo (1830-1893). This is an extremely rare example of a sofa that was once a built-in piece of furniture in a whaling vessel, although shipbuilders often included sofas in captains' cabins, as discussed by Elizabeth Meier in the thesis, "Respectability at Sea: Captains' Cabins on Maine-Built Merchant Ships, 1875-1900" (University of Delaware MA thesis, 2017). ProvenancePurchased by Mr. Crapo at Bourne's Auction Rooms about 1875 (formerly in the cabin of a whaleship being dismantled). Possibly 00.49.39.
On View
Not on view1745-1925
1725-1960
DeMontigny, Clarence W.
Vrolik, W.--(Willem),--1801-1863
1822
Alexander (Steam Bark)
Liebig Company- Publisher
Gifford, Robert Swain (1840-1905)*
