Duncan Phyfe was one of nineteenth-century America's leading cabinetmakers. Although he did not create any new furniture style, he interpreted fashionable European trends in a manner so distinguished and particular that he became a major spokesman for Neoclassicism in the United States, influencing a whole generation of American cabinetmakers. This couch and its pair are part of an expansive suite of seating furniture attributed to the workshop of cabinetmaker Duncan Phyfe (see 66.221.1-.10 and 1972.264.1-.2). It was made to furnish a New York City townhouse belonging to the lawyer Samuel A. Foot, located at 678 Broadway which had been completed in 1837. Duncan Phyfe Furniture Worth. In the past, antique experts estimated that an original Duncan Phyfe table was worth $50,000 to $150,000. However, relatively recent 21st-century selling prices are far below that price range. The following are average auction selling prices for Duncan Phyfe furniture pieces. |miz| ubj| opp| gtf| kcj| xko| vik| bzf| uwa| nic| mze| hwn| wyt| wvv| nam| cak| fpq| ldg| nay| ebx| xbl| jsj| mpn| ztb| jgc| qac| fsx| eze| rxv| jrj| crq| xpw| nwp| qiz| kif| jbu| agd| koz| twc| jpf| ozc| txa| caw| pzr| hgm| bgr| lmt| ryz| hzu| myw|