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Duncan Phyfe (Attributed)

Set of Six Lyre Back Side Chairs attributed to the Workshop of Duncan Phyfe

Origin

United States, New York

Period

19th Century

Dimensions

H.	32.5 in;
H.	82.55 cm;

Creation Date

New York, circa 1805.

Number of Pieces

6-7

Description

Attributed to the Workshop of Duncan Phyfe

Primary Wood: Mahogany
Secondary Wood: Ash, Maple Seat Frames

Reference: William Trusdell Day (1854-1920?), a lawyer in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and cousin of R.T.H. Halsey, curator of the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the 1920's and author of The American Wing, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1926; to his niece Louise Day Putnam Lee (1887-1976); to her son, Putnam Lee (1916-1993); to his daughter.

Reference: For a similar lyre back chair with paw feet and a slightly different leg, please see Peter M. Kenny Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York, pages 184-185, plate 17.

Styles / Movements

Federal

Dealer Reference Number

6966

Incollect Reference Number

227269