Side chair
Side chair
ArtistAttributed to the
Workshop of Duncan Phyfe
American, 1768-1854
Dateabout 1815
Dimensions39 in. (99.1 cm)
Mediummahogany
ClassificationFurniture
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. George P. MacNichol, Jr.
Object number
1975.49
On View
Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 29
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Label TextA leading cabinetmaker in New York City, Duncan Phyfe was a tastemaker—the English Neoclassical style of his furniture became the height of fashion among New York’s elite. He included details derived from classical antiquity, such as the lyre that forms the splat (the upright panel of the chair back)—a motif that is one of the most recognizable of Phyfe’s style. A low-relief carving of cornucopias and sheaves of wheat decorate the rail of the chair.- Decorative Arts
about 1765-1775
about 1765-1775
about 1760-1780
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