Open-back sofa, by Morris and Company and Rossetti

An image of Morris and Company (English furntiture maker and design firm, 1855-1932, located in London); Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. Carving, painting, gilding, upholstering. Regency Revival. Open-back sofa of wood painted black and partially gilded, the back painted with three figures in oval medallions inscribed "Amor," "Amans," and "Amata" (Love, the Loving or Lover, the Beloved), upholstered with contemporary green cut velvet, and accompanied by a square cushion of the same fabric (A). Height whole) 82.6 cm, length (whole) 199.1 cm, depth (whole) 66 cm, circa 1862.

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Morris and Company (English furntiture maker and design firm, 1855-1932, located in London); Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. Carving, painting, gilding, upholstering. Regency Revival. Open-back sofa of wood painted black and partially gilded, the back painted with three figures in oval medallions inscribed "Amor," "Amans," and "Amata" (Love, the Loving or Lover, the Beloved), upholstered with contemporary green cut velvet, and accompanied by a square cushion of the same fabric (A). Height whole) 82.6 cm, length (whole) 199.1 cm, depth (whole) 66 cm, circa 1862.

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Accession Number: M/F.1 & A-1918
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 545 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
Filesize: 110.06kB
Exposure time: 8947848/536870912
ISO Speed: 400
Fnumber: 536870912/33554432
Captured: 2010:11:06 00:11:58

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