An early 19th Century Federal period carved mahogany tea table in the manner of Duncan Phyfe
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An early 19th Century Federal period carved mahogany tea table
in the manner of Duncan Phyfe
The rectangular swivel top with canted angles above a plain frieze with central tablet carved with riband tied tasselled drapes above four reeded and leaf carved baluster supports, on quadripartite base reeded and carved with a large stylised sunflowers and flattened turned finials, on cabriole acanthus carved legs and hairy lion paw feet, with castors, 91cm wide, 45cm deep, 76cm high (35.5" wide, 17.5" deep, 29.5" high).
Estimate:
£2,500 - 4,000
€2,900 - 4,700
US$ 3,900 - 6,200

Footnotes

  • Related design elements associated with Charles HonorĂ© Lannuier, such as the use of rectangular tops with canted corners and acanthus carved paw feet are paralleled in Peter M. Kenny, HonorĂ© Lannuier Cabinet-Maker from Paris, 1998, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, pp. 208 and 211, fig. 64 and 80. A comparable pair of card tables associated with the cabinet-maker Duncan Phyfe are illustrated in American Antiques from the Israel Sack Collection, 1957, vol. II, p. 325. Another furniture-maker from the Federal period who produced tables of related configuration is Michael Allison.

Category: Furniture / English Furniture and Works of Art

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