Library table
- Creator:
- Phyfe, Duncan, 1768-1854
- Published/Created:
- New York, New York state, United States
ca. 1800–1815 - Physical Description:
- Height: 28 1/2 in.; Width, closed: 25 1/4 in.; Width, open: 50 in.; Depth: 37 3/4 in.
- Materials:
- mahogany
- Notes:
- Sack catalogue description: Sheraton mahogany dropleaf library table, cloverleaf-shaped top, one drawer; slender finely turned urn pedestal with acanthus leaf carving, outsplayed legs with acanthus leaf carving and reeding, beautiful original patina. Made by Duncan Phyfe.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 1, p. 152, pl. 416. Book: Albert Sack, Fine Points of Furniture: Early American (New York: Crown Publishers, 1955), p. 254. - Variant Titles:
- Sheraton mahogany dropleaf library table
- Topics:
- Decoration and ornament--Neoclassical style
Furniture--United States - Period/Style:
- Federal
Neoclassical - Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 0704
- Genre:
- library tables (writing tables) (AAT)
- Format:
- 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, February 1961
This information is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarship. - Folder:
- Folder 10667 cab3dr4 tiff
- Yale Collection:
- Yale University Art Gallery
- Digital Collection:
- Israel Sack Furniture Archive
- OID:
- 10965371
- PID:
- digcoll:844688
