Sofa
Duncan Phyfe
1810–20
Medium
Maple
Dimensions
30 x 82 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (76.2 x 209.6 x 62.2 cm)
Classification
Sofa
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplanck, in memory of Dr. James Sykes Rumsey, 1940
Accession Number
40.159.1a, b
About the Artist
Duncan Phyfe · 1770–1854
Duncan Phyfe (1770–1854) was a Scottish-born American cabinetmaker who became the most celebrated furniture maker in the history of American decorative arts. Born Duncan Fife near Loch Fannich in the Scottish Highlands, he emigrated with his family to Albany, New York, around 1783–84, where he apprenticed to a cabinetmaker. By 1792 he had established his own workshop on Partition Street (later Ful...