American Classical Carved Mahogany Dressing Table, early 19th c., attr. to Duncan Phfye, New York, mirror with baluster turned supports surmounted by acorn finials, beehive spherules, case with three drawers, curule base with incised decoration and spade feet, bulbous baluster-turned stretcher, h. 56 in., w. 37 1/2 in., d. 20 in. Note: The overall form and proportions of the dressing table offered here relate closely to a Duncan Phyfe dressing table that descended in family of Eliza Phyfe Vail and is conserved by the collection of the Boscobel House in New York. The curule base of the present lot and distinctively turned stretcher are related to a well-documented Phyfe chair held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Ref.: Kenny, Peter, et al. Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: New York, 2011, pp. 119, 285.

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