Library table

Creator:: Phyfe, Duncan, 1768-1854 (attributed)
Published/Created:: New York, United States
ca. 1810–1820
Physical Description:: Height: 28 1/2 in.; Width, closed: 25 in.; Width, open: 47 in.; Depth: 38 in.
Materials:: mahogany
Notes:: Sack catalogue description: Classical mahogany library table, clover leaf shaped drop leaves with reeded edge, one drawer and one false drawer flanked by carved medallions; slender reeded urn-shaped column, supported by four outsplayed acanthus-carved and reeded legs ending in castered carved paw feet; attributed to 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. 7, p. 1811, pl. P5038.
Variant Titles:: Classical mahogany library table
Topics:: Decoration and ornament--Neoclassical
Furniture--United States
Period/Style:: Federal
Neoclassical
Culture:: American
Accession Number:: 5038
Genre:: library tables (writing 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, November 1980
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 pointer:: 10965665
OID:: 11863486
PID:: digcoll:847655