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On Display: House - Phyfe Room
Sofa
Duncan Phyfe
1807-1810
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
Duncan Phyfe (Furniture Maker)
Place of Origin
New York; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Mahogany
- Cherry
- Silk
Museum Object Number
1957.0721
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1957.0721
Object Name
Sofa
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
Duncan Phyfe (Furniture Maker)
Place of Origin
New York; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
This chair was made in New York in 1807 and re-upholstered using modern fabric in the mid-20th century. The chair was re-upholstered by Joseph Li Volsi of New York City in 11/1969 (See conservation report).
Secondary Place of Origin
France; Europe
Secondary Origin Notes
The upholstery fabric is a reproduction made in France by Prelle et Cie in 1966. It is a copy of the fabric on the retired window hangings 1957.1353.001-.003, formerly used in the Phyfe room.
Date
1807-1810
Materials
- Mahogany
- Cherry
- Silk
Techniques
- Woven (compound)
Dimensions (inches)
37.75 (H) x 80.125 (W) x 31.5 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
95.885 (H) x 203.518 (W) x 80.01 (D)
Measurement Notes
OW at arms; OD from back of crest to front of seat. W (crest) 76.375 in.; W (seat) 79.75 in.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Catalogue: American Galleries. 1929 Loan Exhibition of eighteenth and early nineteenth-century furniture and glass...for the benefit of the National Council of Girl Scouts, Inc.; September 25th-October 9th, 1929.
• Published: cat. no. 773Book: Montgomery, Charles F., et al. 1966 American Furniture: The Federal Period, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published: p. 312, no. 277Book: Burnham, Dorothy K. 1980 Warp and Weft: a Textile Terminology. 216.
• Discussion of lampas: p. 82-83Book: Cantor, Jay E. 1997 Winterthur. 264.
• Published p. 164