Dining table

Creator:: Phyfe, Duncan, 1768-1854
Published/Created:: New York, New York state, United States
ca. 1805–1815
Physical Description:: Height: 30 in.; Width, extended: 167 in.; Depth: 60 in.
Materials:: Mahogany; brass
Notes:: Sack catalogue description: Fine Classical mahogany dining table with accordion action to the base, the columns are swirl-turned, supporting the fluted sabre legs which terminate in brass casters; the original dovetailed box for storing the six richly figured mahogany leaves when not in use accompanies this table. Made by Duncan Phyfe or a contemporary of equal rank.
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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. 2443, pl. P6014.
Variant Titles:: Classical mahogany dining table
Topics:: Decoration and ornament -- Neoclassical style
Furniture -- United States
Period/Style:: Federal
Neoclassical
Culture:: American
Accession Number:: 6014
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, July 1988
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:: 10971170
OID:: 11872697
PID:: digcoll:847312