Card Table
Duncan Phyfe
ca. 1825 · Rosewood, mahogany, tulip poplar, white pine, brass · The American Wing
With their bold yet simple shape, these pillared card tables (see also 68.94.2) with rounded corners anticipate the simplified Grecian style of the 1830s. Possibly made in Duncan Phyfe's workshop, they are in the French Restoration style, which coincided in the United States with the Greek Revival mode in architecture. Veneered with exotic rosewood and inlaid with brass, the tables are further enriched with gilded brass ornaments centered on the aprons and with bronzed and gilded antique-style feet.
- Artist
- Duncan Phyfe
- Date
- ca. 1825
- Medium
- Rosewood, mahogany, tulip poplar, white pine, brass
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Purchase, The Edgar J. Kaufmann Foundation Gift, 1968
