Dining table

Creator:: Phyfe, Duncan, 1768-1854
Published/Created:: New York, United States
ca. 1810–1820
Physical Description:: 29 x 62 x 101 1/2 in.
Materials:: mahogany
Notes:: Sack catalogue description: Classical San Domingan mahogany three-pedestal dining table, each pedestal with four outsplayed castered legs with acanthus carving, cylindrical columns with ring turnings; each top tilts, the end ones with rounded corners, the mottled figured grain is enhanced by a superb mellow brown patina; made by Duncan Phyfe. American apronless pedestal dining tables of this quality are extremely rare and this example ranks as one of the finest.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 6, pp. 1460–1461, pl. 4531.
Variant Titles:: Classical mahogany three-pedestal dining table
Topics:: Decoration and ornament -- Neoclassical style
Furniture -- United States
Period/Style:: Federal
Neoclassical
Culture:: American
Accession Number:: 4531
Genre:: dining tables (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, October 1977
This information is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarship.
Folder:: Folder cab1dr1 tiff_complete
Yale Collection:: Yale University Art Gallery
Digital Collection:: Israel Sack Furniture Archive
oid pointer:: 10970957
OID:: 11872633
PID:: digcoll:847258