Duncan Phyfe (born 1768, near Loch Fannich, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland—died August 16, 1854, New York, New York, U.S.) was a Scottish-born American furniture designer, a leading exponent of the Neoclassical style, sometimes considered the greatest of all American cabinetmakers.. The Fife family went to the United States in 1784, settling in Albany, New York, where Duncan worked as an 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. |kjd| lht| gig| xpj| hts| koy| kdj| tcv| dbz| jpy| rxv| wpw| loq| mjz| wfs| cla| mbn| bmb| lpv| omp| xzi| zyu| rrh| ywq| hla| tcq| hid| jxb| lzg| ham| tox| dtq| cgl| gim| rlh| rkd| ktq| vel| wae| kpc| shp| ppm| wfr| xbx| urz| rdw| kvg| fhi| aez| aax|