Classical Mahogany and Mahogany-veneered Cherry Sofa Table, attributed to Duncan...
Classical Mahogany and Mahogany-veneered Cherry Sofa Table,
attributed to Duncan Phyfe (1770-1854), New York, New York, c. 1820.
Extraordinary crotch mahogany-veneered top and leaves, each supported by two cut-out ogee brackets box-hinged to outer rail of a straight apron, which contains two frieze drawers on opposing sides, a band of double-string brass inlay on bottom edge continuing over and around four corner blocks, which all retain patera pendants, the frame raised on two plinths above brass-mounted tapered columns on saber legs with acanthus-carved knees joined by a robust cross-stretcher of tapered columns centering complex ring-turned molding, all on original scroll-patterned brass casters, open, 144cm wide, 66cm deep, 71cm high (57in wide, 26in deep, 28 3/4in high).
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The collection of Eric van Rooy.
Bernard & S. Dean Levy, New York, New York, 29 April 2020.
Literature
A sofa table with similar base appears in the Summit, New Jersey, parlor of Isabel Bronson, a descendant of Phyfe's client, Robert Donaldson (1800-72). See Peter M. Kenney, et. al., Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011), fig. 167, p. 132. Also see sofa table illustrated in Plate 51, p. 240-1.
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Classical Mahogany and Mahogany-veneered Cherry Sofa Table,
attributed to Duncan Phyfe (1770-1854), New York, New York, c. 1820.
Extraordinary crotch mahogany-veneered top and leaves, each supported by two cut-out ogee brackets box-hinged to outer rail of a straight apron, which contains two frieze drawers on opposing sides, a band of double-string brass inlay on bottom edge continuing over and around four corner blocks, which all retain patera pendants, the frame raised on two plinths above brass-mounted tapered columns on saber legs with acanthus-carved knees joined by a robust cross-stretcher of tapered columns centering complex ring-turned molding, all on original scroll-patterned brass casters, open, 144cm wide, 66cm deep, 71cm high (57in wide, 26in deep, 28 3/4in high).
Provenance
The collection of Eric van Rooy.
Bernard & S. Dean Levy, New York, New York, 29 April 2020.
Literature
A sofa table with similar base appears in the Summit, New Jersey, parlor of Isabel Bronson, a descendant of Phyfe's client, Robert Donaldson (1800-72). See Peter M. Kenney, et. al., Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011), fig. 167, p. 132. Also see sofa table illustrated in Plate 51, p. 240-1.
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