New York, circa 1806-11, labeled by Duncan Phyfe (1768-1854), with original ivory pulls, yellow poplar and white pine secondary, brass casters, fitted desk interior, with key, label at rear of cupboard section inscribed "D. Phyfe's Cabinet Warehouse No. 35 Partition street. New-York," 30-1/2 x 23-1/4 x 12-3/4 in.

Provenance: Henry MacFarlan (1772-1830), New York; his son Francis Blanchard MacFarlan; his son Francis MacFarland; his daughter Caroline Nichols MacFarlan Bunker; Christie's, New York, Highly Important American Furniture from the Collection of Mr. C. Ray Franklin, October 13, 1984, sale 5736, lot 457 (accompanied by a copy of receipt for $3,800); Virginia F. White Interiors, Atlanta, Georgia, October 25, 1984; The Furnishings from Historic Iris Court: An Important Edward Vason Jones Interior

Note: This table is illustrated in American Collector, vol. 8, no. 4, May 1939, p. 4, Nancy McClelland, Duncan Phyfe and the English Regency, (New York, 1939), pp. 142-3, 165, plates 121 and 122, and Peter M. Kenny, Michael K. Brown, Frances F. Bretter, and Matthew A. Thurlow, Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York, (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011) pp. 31, 168-9, fig. 23 pl. 7. Exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York, December 2011-May 2012 and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June to September 2012. This lot contains animal or plant material that may be restricted under federal, state and/or local law. Prospective bidders should check all applicable government wildlife restrictions prior to placing a bid. The buyer is solely responsible for obtaining any necessary licenses or permits from federal, state and/or local authorities applicable to their purchase or transport of the object. Please note that bidders in New Jersey may not bid on any lots containing elephant ivory, mammoth ivory, or rhinoceros horn.