New York Mahogany

New York drop Leaf table with Lion Mounts

This piece is the product of the workshops of Phyfe, Allison, and their contemporaries of the time in New York.

Sofas of this form are relatively common compared to the armchair, which is almost never seen. It has its original casters and we have opened one of the panels in the back, evidencin...

This is a fairly large sized sewing table, which is supported on beautifully tapered and slender reeded legs with their original casters. The top is composed of a solid, highly figur...

This table exhibits a dense single board mahogany top and leaves of large size in excellent condition. There are six classically turned Sheraton legs which terminate with brass ball ...

This work table of good size is composed of highly figured mahogany. The top is of the solid (see detail), where most tables of this type are found with veneered tops and is also ree...

Attribution is based on a labelled chair, antiques April, 1961, page 374, George Shipley: His Furniture and His Label. The arched crest in this example centers on a finely carved...

This table has a large one-piece board top of beautifully striped mahogany (see above). The center column is turned in an urn shape with acanthus carving which through a series of sh...

A wonderful mahogany Empire child's chest of drawers, probably New York, circa 1840.

This is a voluptuous well carved classical card table, with a magnificent carved pineapple column. The carving is absolutely of the highest order, with vigorously conceived paw feet ...

These chairs retain an old probably first surface and have large well-developed carved crest panels (see detail). These chairs have beautifully reeded stiles and have a backsplat of ...

It should be mentioned that Hagen made furniture in New York for people that had newly inherited Phyfe furniture from parents, grandparents, etc.

This sofa has it all. It retains the finely carved Phyfe tablets that compose the crest rail, and instead of the usual reeded arm supports, finely carved dolphins are employed. Note ...

This card table is in the French restoration style which was in vogue during the 1820s in New York and found little expression in other urban areas. More than others American cities ...

This is a magnificent fully embellished drop-leaf table, which represents the highest development of the Empire classical form in New York, of the 1820s-1830s. A related table to thi...

This table has drop leaves and a top of the solid with strong, vibrant figure. These New York tables always were made in the Phyfe workshop and/or by other makers in close proximity ...

For the grouping of these drop-leaf tables that were produced in New York, this table is probably at the top of the class.

This is a large-sized gutsy card table of the best carving and wood quality. Note the very deep acanthus carving on the legs, it's the best. If that weren't enough, the brass casters...

According to Robert Bishop in the American chair, (p.387), the Egyptian revival movement received its impetus in America from "Cleopatra's Needle" which was a sculptured obelisk inst...

This work table is a fully developed model with the maximum three-drawer layout. The top drawer has a writing tablet; middle drawer is sectioned, and the bottom drawer has a removabl...

This tall clock is composed of solid, dense ribbon grain mahogany, circa 1780. The panel door and base panel are truly dramatic and bring a vitality to this clock which is supported ...

This sofa has a beautifully carved crest rail with a deep, dry old surface that has been left alone for many years. The carving is quintessential Phyfe, and the shape of the crest ra...

This is the famous model that Phyfe produced in the classical style. A full set is on exhibit in the Metropolitan museum and in a number of other museums showing the quintessential c...

Piano stools took a lot of use and very few have survived intact as this one has. The carving throughout is the best. It’s deep and well-conceived, particularly the main column and a...

Mahogany Inlaid 4 Drawer Chest with Bonnet Top and beautiful mahogany veneered front.

A classical carved mahogany bureau with brass inlay, labeled S. Carter, New York, circa 1830.

This is a very fine corner chair, typical to one exhibited at Winterthur, see below. It’s easy to see why Winterthur would choose a corner chair like this, as it’s a rarity to find t...

Stanley Weiss Providence, RI 02906 I have examined the following and found it to be as described: Sheraton Wing Chair New York, circa 1800 Primary wood: Mahogany Secondary ...

This is the first classical dumbwaiter we have come by, as this form was phased out in the early 19th century. There are none illustrated in the Classical literature. It is exquisite...

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This set of chairs relates to the early New York furniture grouping characterized as classical and which is often characterized by a carved panel depicting a central bow knot upon ei...

This is a fine smaller scale mirror, of a form that’s generally considered a New York form. It is original in all its parts and makes an elegant statement in a home with Federal earl...

We have a number of breakfast tables that tilt up and all retain a similar pull up catch; however, this is the first of a New York Phyfe style we have seen. The urn is beautifully ca...

Fine New York classical secretary in the manner of Duncan Phyfe workshop.

This Hepplewhite drop leaf Pembroke table has 1 drawer and bow front ends. It has a rich beautiful patina and highly-figured mahogany with fine satinwood inlay. The pull is solid han...

This dramatic card table is one of a small grouping of known works that share a singularly characteristic carved eagle head with exaggerated features (i.e. the bulbous eyes and beak)...

This is an exceptional work table of beautiful form. We have never seen the convex corner so well executed, which reduces the mass of the form. With, basically, a lift-top and drawer...

A Fine and Rare Federal Inlaid Mahogany Sofa, New York City, circa 1800-10. This handsome Hepplewhite eight leg sofa has superb proportions and is in amazing original condition.

From the New York City shop of Joseph Meeks in the early second quarter of the 19th century, a rare long ottoman foot stool, made for use in front of a settee facing a fireplace.

A rare and desirable form, with its tray top and the carving finished in order to be seen from all sides, the cabriole legs terminate in very well carved ball and claw feet. The knee...

Aside from being delicate, it is crafted in the finest New York style. Note the drawer sides on the close-ups; generally, these are pine or poplar, and here they are the more costly ...

This is an exceptional dining or center table from New York. In the style of Meeks, it has exquisite mahogany veneer on the top that creates a masterful design.

The server is magnificent and makes a grand presentation. It's the type of server that belongs in a large Southern home, and no doubt, because of its fabulous condition, resided in s...

A Santo Domingo mahogany topped and leafed small dining, breakfast, or library table; with a very finely and profusely hairy- carved pedestal and four legs ending in animal paws on c...

The frame is cross-banded with boxwood string and the mirror retains the original mercury plate and is mounted on a gesso slip with the maker's label on the reverse and states: 'Fr...

American Renaissance Revival cabinet, New York, Herter Brothers.
A fine example of Herter Bros work, featuring stellar, intricately inlaid veneers

New York Classical pier table with marble top, water-gilt stenciled scroll decoration to the mahogany ground, with white pine and poplar secondary woods, the rectangular frame with f...

These chairs are of the type known as "side chairs," which fit nicely for example alongside either a chest or a card table in a hallway. Also, these may be considered "boudoir chairs...

The painted dial has floral spandrels and is signed in blocked letters with the maker and locale "EFFINGHAM EMBREE / NEW YORK". The high style Hepplewhite case has fine geometric and...

Large and important server in mahogany with mahogany veneers; original white marble plateau, pilasters and columns; ornately carved and gilded at the column capitals and bases; gilt ...

A very rare Federal mahogany five leg games table fitted with a writing desk and drawer, New York, circa 1810.

This is a magnificent and stately classical secretary which relates to a small grouping of elite cabinetmakers located in what is now Downtown Manhattan. Here Edward Holmes formed a ...

This is a very rare small tilt-top table with four legs. Usually, these have three and four legs really make a difference in that it feels very solid to the ground. The wood is beaut...