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Chair (USA)
This is a chair. It was attributed to Duncan Phyfe. It is dated ca. 1840 and we acquired it in 1926. Its medium is turned, carved, and joined mahogany (legs and back), mahogany veneer (frame), oak, maple, ash (secondary wood in frame), brass (casters). It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
Furniture design in the early decades of the 19th century in France retains the classical elegance of the 18th century, but with a greater emphasis placed on simple, massive forms. This chair, by an anonymous craftsman, exemplifies the study on substantiative forms popular during the period. The source of design for various portions of the chair are derived from both classical and more exotic sources.
This object was
bequest of
Mrs. John Innes Kane.
It is credited Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- Model of the Radcliffe Camera Architectural Model
- wood, gesso, paint, glass.
- Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
- 2014-39-1
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 90.1 x 55.7 x 57.1cm (35 1/2 x 21 15/16 x 22 1/2in.)
It has the following markings
Two diagonal cuts on front seat rail
Cite this object as
Chair (USA); Attributed to Duncan Phyfe (American, 1768–1854); turned, carved, and joined mahogany (legs and back), mahogany veneer (frame), oak, maple, ash (secondary wood in frame), brass (casters); H x W x D: 90.1 x 55.7 x 57.1cm (35 1/2 x 21 15/16 x 22 1/2in.); Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane; 1926-22-487
