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Armchair

Attributed to: Duncan Phyfe (American (born in Scotland), 1770–1854)
1800–10
Object Place: New York, New York

Medium/Technique Mahogany, cherry, oak
Dimensions Overall: 83.8 x 43.2 x 48.3 cm (33 x 17 x 19 in.)
Credit Line The M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts
Accession Number41.611
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurnitureSeating and beds

Catalogue Raisonné Eighteenth-Century American Arts No. 117
DescriptionBack: rectangular, carved panel of wheat-ears and bow-knot; latticed bars; reEd-moulded surfaces, 2 carved rosettes. Seat: upholstered over exposed reed-moulded rail (braces cherry, back rail oak). Legs: turned tapering with reed-moulDing and swell tapered feet.
Provenance1941, purchased from Israel Sack for $750 by Maxim Karolik; 1941, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxim Karolik for The M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts (Accession Date: Octover 9, 1941)