Stool

Creator:: Phyfe, Duncan, 1768-1854
Published/Created:: New York, United States
ca. 1810–1820
Physical Description:: Height: 30 1/2 in.
Materials:: mahogany
Notes:: Sack catalogue description: Classical mahogany lyre-back piano stool, the acanthus-carved lyre splat is surmounted by a crest panel with oak leaf carving, incurvate-shaped arms ending in scrolled terminals join the circular seat which rotates on a pedestal base with reeded urn; the legs are molded with spiral carved spines and terminate in carved paw feet. Probably the supreme example of the Phyfe school, made by Duncan Phyfe or a contemporary; exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 9, p. 2536, pl. P6207.
Variant Titles:: Classical mahogany lyre-back piano stool
Topics:: Decoration and ornament -- Neoclassical
Furniture -- United States
Period/Style:: Neoclassical
Culture:: American
Accession Number:: 6207
Genre:: music stools (AAT)
Format:: Image
Physical Object
Content Type:: Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Prints & Photographs
Rights:: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement
Access Restrictions:: Public
Source Title:: Israel Sack, Inc., Archive
Source Created:: New York, New York, United States
1957–1990
Source Note:: Sack, September 1989
This information is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarship.
Folder:: Folder 10978 nc cab2dr1 tif_complete
Yale Collection:: Yale University Art Gallery
Digital Collection:: Israel Sack Furniture Archive
oid pointer:: 10994456
OID:: 12029822
PID:: digcoll:1024514