Duncan Phyfe : master cabinetmaker in New York / Peter M. Kenny, Michael K. Brown ; Frances F. Bretter and Matthew A. Thurlow.
2011
NK2439.P5 K46 2011
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Title
Duncan Phyfe : master cabinetmaker in New York / Peter M. Kenny, Michael K. Brown ; Frances F. Bretter and Matthew A. Thurlow.
Author
Kenny, Peter M.
ISBN
9780300155112 (Yale University Press)
0300155115 (Yale University Press)
9781588394422 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
1588394425 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
0300155115 (Yale University Press)
9781588394422 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
1588394425 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Publication Details
New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven [Conn.] : Distributed by Yale University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
x, 302 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.
Call Number
NK2439.P5 K46 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
749.092
Summary
"Duncan Phyfe (1770-1854), known during his lifetime as the "United States Rage," to this day remains America's best-known cabinetmaker. Establishing his reputation as a purveyor of luxury by designing high-quality furniture for New York's moneyed elite, Phyfe would come to count among his clients some of the nation's wealthiest and most storied families. This richly illustrated volume covers the full chronological sweep of the craftsman's distinguished career, from his earliest furniture-- which bears the influence of his 18th-century British predecessors Thomas Sheraton and Thomas Hope--to his late simplified designs in the Grecian Plain. More than sixty works by Phyfe and his workshop are highlighted, including rarely seen pieces from private collections and several newly discovered documented works. Additionally, essays by leading scholars bring to light new information on Phyfe's life, his workshop production, and his roster of illustrious patrons. What unfolds is the story of Phyfe's remarkable transformation from a young immigrant craftsman to an accomplished master cabinetmaker and an American icon."--Publisher's website.
Note
Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York N.Y., Dec. 20, 2011-May 6, 2012 and at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Tex., June 20- Sept. 11, 2012.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Phyfe, Duncan, 1768-1854.
Brown, Michael K. (Michael Kevin), 1953-2013.
Bretter, Frances F.
Thurlow, Matthew A.
Brown, Michael K. (Michael Kevin), 1953-2013.
Bretter, Frances F.
Thurlow, Matthew A.
Added Corporate Author
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: American icon / Michael K Brown and Peter M Kenny
Life of a master cabinetmaker / Michael K Brown and Matthew A Thurlow
Furniture from the workshop of Duncan Phyfe / Peter M Kenny and Michael K Brown
Patrons of the cabinet warehouse / Frances F Bretter
Plates.
Life of a master cabinetmaker / Michael K Brown and Matthew A Thurlow
Furniture from the workshop of Duncan Phyfe / Peter M Kenny and Michael K Brown
Patrons of the cabinet warehouse / Frances F Bretter
Plates.