French Bureau and French Bureau with Secretary Drawer

Artist / Maker

Possibly Duncan Phyfe (1770–1854)

City of Manufacture

New York

Date

1816–1820

Dimensions

49 x 51 x 23 in.

Medium

Primary woods: mahogany, mahogany and satinwood veneer

Secondary woods: tulip poplar, white pine

Surface treatments: brass

Provenance

William Christopher Rhinelander (1790–1878), New York; By descent to his daughter, Mary Rhinelander Stewart (1821–1893); By descent to her son, William Rhinelander Stewart (1852–1929); By descent to his son, William Rhinelander Stewart Jr. (1888–1945); By descent to his wife, Janet Newbold Stewart (d. 1986); Donated by Janet Newbold Stewart to the National Museum of Art, Smithsonian Institution, in 1969 and deaccessioned in 1986; With Margaret B. Caldwell, dealer, 1986; Gloria Peltz (b. 1935) and Richard (b. 1937) Manney, New York; Sale, Christie’s, New York, Jan. 21, 2000, lot 195; Purchased by Schrimshers, 2000.