Card Table
Collection Item
Artist/Maker
Duncan Phyfe (1770–1854)
Dimensions
29.5 x 36 x 18 in.
City of Manufacture
New York
Date(s)
1820
More Details
Artist / Maker
Duncan Phyfe (1770–1854)
City of Manufacture
New York
Date
1820
Dimensions
29.5 x 36 x 18 in.
Medium
Primary woods: Rosewood and amboyna veneers, rosewood-grained maple, ebony
Secondary woods: white pine, tulip poplar, maple
Surface treatments: gilded brass, gilded gesso
Labels / Inscriptions
Paper label: “D. PHYFE’S / CABINET WAREHOUSE / No. 170 Fulton-Street, / NEW-YORK. / N.B. Curled Hair Matrasses, Chair, AND / Sofa Cushions / AUGUST, 1820.”
Provenance
Private Collection; Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, January 28-30, 1988, lot 1820; With Israel Sack Inc., New York; Purchased by Schrimshers, 1988; Sale, Christie’s, New York, January 20-21, 2006, lot 867 (bought in).
Publications / Exhibition History
American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, Vol. IX, p. 2442, P6037.
Kenney, Peter M., Michael K. Brown, Frances F. Bretter, and Matthew A. Thurlow. Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011. P. 200, plate 26.
