Brass-Mounted Walnut and Ebony Inlaid Parcel-Gilt Mahogany Games Table by Phyfe

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Brass-Mounted Walnut and Ebony Inlaid Parcel-Gilt Mahogany Games Table by Phyfe

About the Item

Attributed to Duncan Phyfe (1770-1854), New York, circa 1820. The hinged D-shaped cross banded swivel top with bookmatched walnut inlay outlined with ebony stringing, opening to a mahogany playing surface, above a knife-edge molding on a conforming case, the well lined with marbleized paper and the frieze with highly figured mahogany with an ebony molding with two brass strings at the bottom edge, above a trestle base with veneered pedestals with gilt bronze capitals and bases on block plinths connected by a cylindrical stretcher with giltwood collars at each end and raised on saber legs inlaid with figured mahogany and ebony stringing, terminating in elaborate brass toe caps and casters. Marked on the underside of the top is VIII. Woods: Mahogany, walnut, ebony, ash and tulip poplar. This card table exhibits all the characteristics that experts have come to associate with the firm of Duncan Phyfe including the form, the construction of the case, the fine selection of woods, the marbleized paper lined well and the baize inlaid top edge of the well. Additionally, it is closely related to two trestle-base card tables that are two of only eight known pieces of furniture to actually bear the label of Duncan Phyfe. One of these, almost identical to the present table except for the feet, sold at Christie’s, October 8, 1997, lot 86. Also closely related to the present table are a pair of documented card tables made by Phyfe for Samuel A. Foot of New York in 1837, now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and a table made for John Jacob Astor, also pictured in Nancy McClelland’s Duncan Phyfe and the English Regency. Duncan Phyfe (1770-1854), America's most famous furniture designer, considered the most important American cabinetmaker of the first half of the nineteenth century, worked at Partition Street (renamed Fulton Street in 1816) in New York City from 1793 through 1847. Famous and highly successful, Phyfe ran a large workshop and produced furniture throughout his long career in all the latest styles. As a fashion leader, Phyfe introduced New York to a succession of styles inspired by the renowned designers Robert Adam (1728-1792), George Hepplewhite (d.1786) and Thomas Sheraton (1751-1806) in England, and the Directoire, Empire and Restauration periods in France. His clients included the great merchant and banking elite of the city, as well as wealthy and discriminating buyers from Boston to New Orleans. An innovative designer, superior craftsman and carver, Phyfe’s name is synonymous with the finest New York furniture of the period.

Attributed to:
Duncan Phyfe (Cabinetmaker)
Dimensions:
Height: 29 in (73.66 cm)Width: 36 in (91.44 cm)Depth: 18 in (45.72 cm)
Style:
American Classical (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Brass,Ebony,Mahogany,Walnut,Inlay
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
1820-1829
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1820
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. Condition: Excellent: The gilt collars on the stretcher are re-gilded. Thin plinths below the blocks holding the stretcher are replaced as is the brass stringing on the frieze.
Seller Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
Seller: T-Cd-09100311stDibs: LU135622386592