Live Auction 1964Christie's Interiors
AN AMERICAN CLASSICAL MAHOGANY SOFA,
Lot 680PROPERTY FROM THE ROYAL AND SUNALLIANCE COLLECTION

AN AMERICAN CLASSICAL MAHOGANY SOFA,

ATTRIBUTED TO DUNCAN PHYFE (1769-1854), NEW YORK, CIRCA 1815

Closed6 February 2008

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USD 2,500

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AN AMERICAN CLASSICAL MAHOGANY SOFA,
Attributed to Duncan Phyfe (1769-1854), New York, Circa 1815
34in. (86.5cm.) high, 94in. (239cm.) wide, 25in. (64cm.) deep

Mr. Berry B. Tracy, Goshen, New York.
Mr. Ronald S. Kane, New York.
Anonymous Sale, Christie's, New York, October 10, 1987, lot 219.

Specialist note

The feet and knee brackets on this sofa are virtually identical to those on a sofa made by Duncan Phyfe for James Brinckerhoff in 1816. See Jeanne Sloane, 'A Duncan Phyfe Bill and the Furniture it Documents', The Magazine Antiques (May, 1987), plates I and II, pp. 1106-1107.