Lot 1019

Duncan Phyfe or Style Federal Games Table

Estimate: $500 - $1,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
probably circa 1810, underside of top with partial label for "Earnest F. Hagen / Furniture and Upholstery / 213 East 26th Street Near 3rd Avenue...", inscribed in pencil underneath "sold to Mr. R.N.H. Halsey?, Huntington, August 1925... E.F. Hagen... Genuine Duncan Phyfe",ÿwith treble elliptical top, figured mahogany veneered skirt, reeded and turned legs with brass ball feet, 31 x 36-1/4 x 18 in. - Provenance: Private Collection - Note: While this bears the label of Earnest Hagen, it appears to be a genuine New York Federal games table. Hagen is thought to have both sold authentic works by Duncan Phyfe and his contemporaries as well as copied their work.

Condition

extensive cracks, repairs, and losses to veneers, especially at skirt, distress and repair at center of stationary legs (possibly once fitted with a shelf?) , shrinkage cracks to top with associated veneer distress, patches at hinges, top of top leaf with two circular veneer patches