A CLASSICAL CARVED MAHOGANY SETTEE

ATTRIBUTED TO DUNCAN PHYFE, 1768-1854, NEW YORK, 1820-1840

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A CLASSICAL CARVED MAHOGANY SETTEE
attributed to duncan phyfe, 1768-1854, new york, 1820-1840
The tablet crestrail centering a foliate-carved panel above an upholstered back flanked by outward scrolled upholstered arms headed by dolphin carved supports with scaled body, carved eyes, mouth, and teeth continuing to a tablet front rail edged with beading centering a foliate-carved panel, on carved hairy paw feet with feathered and foliate-carved and scrolled knee returns
35 in. high, 91½ long, 25¼ in. deep

Lot Essay

This elegant sofa posses the elements associated with the height of the Classical style developed in New York between 1820-1840: the tablet crest and seat rail rail, the scaled dolphin supports, feathered and acanthus carved knees, and hairy paw feet. A related example with scaled supports is located in The Metropolitan Museum of Art and is illustrated in Marilynn Johnson, et al 19th century America: Furniture and other Decorative Arts (New York, 1970) no. 45. A closely related example in the collection of Yale University is illustrated in Patricia Kane's 300 Years of American Seating Furniture: Chairs and Beds from the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University (Boston, 1976) p. 251, fig. 234.

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