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Classical Marble-Top Center Table

Creator: Duncan Phyfe (Attributed)
Offered by: Carswell Rush Berlin Antiques

Description
CLASSICAL MARBLE-TOP CENTER TABLE
Attributed to Duncan Phyfe (1770-1854)
New York, 1825-1830

The circular Egyptian marble top with reeded edge above a conforming skirt, raised on a tapering pedestal with molded collar on a circular plinth with three hocked, saber legs terminating at cylindrical feet with turned caps, raised on brass casters. Secondary wood: Pine. Construction note: The cross-brace beneath the top is dovetailed into the apron.

H: 30" Diameter: 36"

Condition: Excellent: retaining its original marble top. Slight sun bleaching and de-lamination of shellac on one portion of the apron.

The legs and pedestal of this table relate closely to a tilt-top center table by Duncan Phyfe illustrated in Peter M. Kenny and Michael K. Brown's Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011), 222-223, pl. 41. Its overall quality suggests the hand of a top maker. The dovetail construction and the design of the turned collar at the top of the column beneath the cross brace relate closely to a center table with marble top in the collection at Winterthur, attributed to Phyfe, that descended in the family of Robert Donaldson, Phyfe's most important client of the 1820's.

More Information

Origin:	United States, New York
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	Mahogany
Condition:	Excellent. some bleaching and finish delamination in small section of apron
Creation Date:	1825-1830
Styles / Movements:	Classical, Traditional, Empire
Book References:	Peter M. Kenny and Michael K. Brown's Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011), 222-223, pl. 41
Dealer Reference #:	T-C-GEB-183109
Incollect Reference #:	262310

Dimensions

H.	30 in;	Diam.	36 in;
H.	76.2 cm;	Diam.	91.44 cm;

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