New York, circa 1815, attributed to Duncan Phyfe (1768-1854), poplar, maple, and chestnut secondary, paw form feet on casters, 28-1/2 x 25 x 39-3/4 in., opens to 48-1/2 in.
Provenance: Miss Louisa Throop (daughter of Governor Enos Throop) of New York; Virginia F. White Interiors, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1987 (accompanied by copy of receipt for $78,000); The Furnishings from Historic Iris Court: An Important Edward Vason Jones Interior
Note: This table is illustrated in Nancy McClelland, Duncan Phyfe and The English Regency: 1795-1830, (New York: William R. Scott Inc., 1939), p. 296, pl. 287. Another nearly identical table is illustrated in Peter M. Kenny, Michael K. Brown, Frances F. Bretter and Matthew A. Thurlow, Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York, (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011), pp. 186-7, pl. 19.
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Miss Louisa Throop (daughter of Governor Enos Throop) of New York; Virginia F. White Interiors, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1987 (accompanied by copy of receipt for $78,000); The Furnishings from Historic Iris Court: An Important Edward Vason Jones Interior
fine overall condition, several sections of brass inlay loose and detached from table, base plinth veneer with minor shrinkage cracks, vert antique and gilding possibly refreshed
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