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Easily the most famous American furniture maker, Duncan Phyfe (born Scotland, 1768-1854) gave his name to New York furniture that is similar to English Sheraton pieces of the early 19th century-characterized by simple designs, straight lines, thin legs, and classical ornamentation. Despite the fashionable success enjoyed by his work, Phyfe responded to stylistic changes, and by the 1830s had evolved a more severe mode that has been termed the "Grecian plain style." This sideboard and its cellarette (a cabinet for storing wine or liquor) are superb examples of that taste, relying for their effect on relatively simple structural forms with ornamentation largely limited to the use of boldly patterned rosewood veneers.
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161711
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Cellarette
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161711
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Cellarette
description
Easily the most famous American furniture maker, Duncan Phyfe (born Scotland, 1768-1854) gave his name to New York furniture that is similar to English Sheraton pieces of the early 19th century-characterized by simple designs, straight lines, thin legs, and classical ornamentation. Despite the fashionable success enjoyed by his work, Phyfe responded to stylistic changes, and by the 1830s had evolved a more severe mode that has been termed the "Grecian plain style." This sideboard and its cellarette (a cabinet for storing wine or liquor) are superb examples of that taste, relying for their effect on relatively simple structural forms with ornamentation largely limited to the use of boldly patterned rosewood veneers.
date
c. 1840
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en
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Q60758818
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39089
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Furniture and woodwork
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Overall: 59.4 x 72.4 x 50.2 cm (23 3/8 x 28 1/2 x 19 3/4 in.)
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America, New York
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2000.72.2
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chiefly rosewood veneer with pine and poplar secondary woods
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Cellarette, c. 1840. Firm of Duncan Phyfe and Son (American, 1768–1854). Chiefly rosewood veneer with pine and poplar secondary woods; overall: 59.4 x 72.4 x 50.2 cm (23 3/8 x 28 1/2 x 19 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2000.72.2
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Furniture
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John L. Severance Fund
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Walter and Jean Kalberer Foundation Gallery
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2026-05-29 08:24:21.644000
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161711
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Decorative Art and Design
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Furniture
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chiefly rosewood veneer with pine and poplar secondary woods
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