A VERY RARE PAIR OF EAGLE BASED CARD TABLES New York Circa 1815 Attributed to Duncan Phyfe (1770-1854) Primary Wood: Mahogany, Secondary Woods: White Pine, Tulip Poplar Height: 29 1 / 2 inches, Width: 36 inches, Depth: 19 inches Provenance: The tables descended in the Conger family of New York; Berry Tracy, Goshen New York; Gloria and Richard Manney, New York; Private Collection, Virginia Reference: These tables appear in Hidden Treasures, Searching for Masterpieces of American Furniture , pages 215, 225-7. A similar pair that descended in the Demarest Family of New York and New Jersey are split between Yale University and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. See also, Nancy A. McClelland, Duncan Phyfe and the English Regency, 1795–1830 , page 148, plate 12.
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