Side Chair

Duncan Phyfe

1791–1818 · Mahogany, brass · The American Wing

This chair is part of a large suite of furniture that includes a sofa, a pair of armchairs, ten side chairs, and a pair of footstools. It was once owned by Thomas Cornell Pearsall, a wealthy New York merchant and shipowner. The attribution to the famed furniture maker Duncan Phyfe is based on a Pearsall family tradition and is recorded in an inscription stamped on the inside of the seat rails of the sofa and several chairs.

Artist

Duncan Phyfe

Date

1791–1818

Medium

Mahogany, brass

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of C. Ruxton Love Jr., 1960