Grecian Settees Photos

The Grecian inspired style of settee for reclining wherein the arm & back at one end is higher than opposite end. This asymmetric reclining chair was made popular during the French Second Empire (1852-1870). This type of couch is also called Meridienne, "fainting" or Mme. Recamier settees. (Though Recamier models lack backs & are closer to day beds.)

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Reclining couch in Chambers Home at Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site. Colorado Springs, CO.Couch from New York at Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, CT.Parlor sofa at Woodrow Wilson House. Washington, DC.Grecian couch attrib. to John Finlay & Hugh Finlay from Baltimore at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Reclining couch in Chambers Home at Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site. Colorado Springs, CO.Couch (1820-30) from New York at Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, CT.Parlor sofa at Woodrow Wilson House. Washington, DC.Grecian couch (1810-30) attrib. to John Finlay & Hugh Finlay from Baltimore at National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC.
Renaissance-Revival lounge chair resting on Egyptian-style sphinxes from New York at Lightner Museum. St Augustine, FL.Bedroom with canopy bed & daybed at Russborough House. Ireland.Drawing room with pair of settees at Derrynane House. Ireland.Grecian couch from New England or New York at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL.
Renaissance-Revival lounge chair resting on Egyptian-style sphinxes (1860-70) from New York at Lightner Museum. St Augustine, FL.Bedroom with canopy bed & daybed at Russborough House. Ireland.Drawing room with pair of settees at Derrynane House. Ireland.Grecian couch (1825-40) from New England or New York at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL.
Settee at Laura Plantation. Vacherie, LA.Seating in parlor at Chatillon-DeMenil Mansion. St. Louis, MO.Recamier couch at Beauvoir. Biloxi, MS.Classical Grecian Couch by unknown at Currier Museum of Art. Manchester, NH.
Settee at Laura Plantation. Vacherie, LA.Seating in parlor at Chatillon-DeMenil Mansion. St. Louis, MO.Recamier couch at Beauvoir. Biloxi, MS.Classical Grecian Couch (1820-5) by unknown at Currier Museum of Art. Manchester, NH.
Reclining sofa in upstairs bedroom at Lindenwald. Kinderhook, NY.Second Empire setee at Mount Vernon Hotel Museum. New York, NY.Chaise lounge at Taft House NHS. Cincinnati, OH.Parlor suite from PicNic mansion of Pittsburgh prob. from New York City or Philadelphia at Carnegie Museum of Art. Pittsburgh, PA.
Reclining sofa in upstairs bedroom at Lindenwald. Kinderhook, NY.Second Empire setee at Mount Vernon Hotel Museum. New York, NY.Chaise lounge at Taft House NHS. Cincinnati, OH.Parlor suite from PicNic mansion of Pittsburgh (c1825) prob. from New York City or Philadelphia at Carnegie Museum of Art. Pittsburgh, PA.
Daybed sofa with carved back at Sauer-Beckmann Farmstead. Stonewall, TX.Settee with one arm at Capt. Charles Schreiner Mansion. Kerrville, TX.Settee with suitcases in bedroom at McFaddin-Ward House. Beaumont, TX.Parlor in Muenzler House at Pioneer Village. Gonzales, TX.
Daybed sofa with carved back at Sauer-Beckmann Farmstead. Stonewall, TX.Settee with one arm at Capt. Charles Schreiner Mansion. Kerrville, TX.Settee with suitcases in bedroom at McFaddin-Ward House. Beaumont, TX.Parlor in Muenzler House at Pioneer Village. Gonzales, TX.
Daybed sofa at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland.Corner chaise-longue at Woodrow Wilson Birthplace. Staunton, VA.Recamier-type upholstered sofa at Park-McCullough Historic Estate. North Bennington, VT.Divan in birthplace house at President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Park. Plymouth Notch, VT.
Daybed sofa at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland.Corner chaise-longue at Woodrow Wilson Birthplace. Staunton, VA.Recamier-type upholstered sofa at Park-McCullough Historic Estate. North Bennington, VT.Divan in birthplace house at President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Park. Plymouth Notch, VT.
Chaise longue in library at Campbell House Museum. St. Louis, MO.Parlor with mantel original to house & sofas at Craik-Patton House. Charleston, WV.Madame Récamier painting by Jacques-Louis David at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.Récamier sofa from Quebec at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
Chaise longue in library at Campbell House Museum. St. Louis, MO.Parlor with mantel original to house & sofas at Craik-Patton House. Charleston, WV.Madame Récamier painting (1800) by Jacques-Louis David at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.Récamier sofa (c1830-45) from Quebec at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
Carved dolphin details of Récamier sofa from Quebec at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.


Carved dolphin details of Récamier sofa (c1830-45) from Quebec at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.


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