ATTRIBUTED TO DUNCAN PHYFE (1770-1854), NEW YORK, CIRCA 1840

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A PAIR OF FEDERAL MAHOGANY CANTERBURYS
ATTRIBUTED TO DUNCAN PHYFE (1770-1854), NEW YORK, CIRCA 1840
20½ in. high, 19 1/8 in. wide, 14 in. deep (2)

Provenance

Berry Tracy, New York
Israel Sack Inc., New York
Joseph H. Hirshhorn
Sold, Sotheby's, New York, The Collection of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 30 January 1982, lot 1098
Ronald S. Kane, New York
Sold, Christie's, New York, The Ronald S. Kane Collection, 22 January 1994, lot 416

Literature

Israel Sack, Inc., American Furniture from Israel Sack Collection vol. I (New York, 1969), p. 132, no. 370.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

A rare survival of a pair, these canterburys are identical to the example Duncan Phyfe (1770-1854) made for his daughter Eliza (Phyfe) Vail (1801-1890) and discussed in Peter M. Kenny and Michael K. Brown, Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York (New York, 2011), pp. 101, 103, fig. 128. Designed to hold music books, the form is associated with women and reflects the emphasis on musical accomplishments in female education.

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