Settee

A two person settee with carved wooden arms and back and turned wooden feet, upholstered in brown, uncut moquette. it formed part of the furniture of the manager's villa at the Stromness Whaling Station on South Georgia and was traditionally regarded as the suite sat on by Shackleton, Worsley and Crean after crossing the Island on 19 May 1916. It originally comprised seven items - a settee, two carvers and four dining chairs. See AAA3415 - AAA3420.

Object Details

ID: AAA3415
Type: Settee
Display location: Not on display
Events: Antarctic Exploration: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1916
Date made: circa 1912
People: Shackleton, Ernest Henry; Worsley, Frank Arthur Crean, Tom British Antarctic Survey
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 1346 mm x 1422 mm x 686 mm