Attributed To Duncan Phyfe
New York Circa 1825
Primary Woods: Mahogany, Satinwood
Secondary Wood: Tulip Poplar
Height: 78 inches
Width: 39 inches
Depth: 22 inches
References: This same desk was featured in the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition catalogue of 1963, American Art from American Collections: Decorative Arts, Paintings, and Prints of the Colonial and Federal Periods from Private Collections, page 37. See a similar desk and bookcase in 19th Century America: Furniture and other Decorative Arts; An Exhibition in Celebration of the Hundredth Anniversary of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, image 20. Also, please see a similar secretary in John Scherer New York State MuseumÆs New York Furniture The Federal Period 1788 – 1825, page 23. Note the similarities of the treatment of the corner of the cornice with the corners of a signed and dated Phyfe window seat made for Robert Donaldson and now at The Brooklyn Museum, see Plate 34 of Peter Kenny, Michael Brown, et al., Duncan Phyfe, Master Cabinetmaker in New York.
Inventory Number: 922
