A FEDERAL SATINWOOD AND MAHOGANY VENEERED WRITING TABLE
Lot 1277 PROPERTY FROM THE WESTERVELT COMPANY

A FEDERAL SATINWOOD AND MAHOGANY VENEERED WRITING TABLE

ATTRIBUTED TO DUNCAN PHYFE (1768-1854), NEW YORK, CIRCA 1810

Closed18 January 2019

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USD 10,000

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A FEDERAL SATINWOOD AND MAHOGANY VENEERED WRITING TABLE
ATTRIBUTED TO DUNCAN PHYFE (1768-1854), NEW YORK, CIRCA 1810
29 ½ in. high, 22 ½ in. wide, 18 in. deep

Israel Sack, Inc., New York
Gloria and Richard Manney
Sold, Sotheby's, New York, 23-24 June 1993, lot 455
Israel Sack, Inc., New York

Specialist note

This table is a rare example of Neoclassical American furniture with both front and rear front-facing feet. For a similar example attributed to Phyfe with cabriole legs and paw feet see Sotheby’s, New York, 30 January 1988, lot 1810. Another related example attributed to Phyfe is in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (60.13).