1792–1847 (55 years as an independent cabinetmaker)[1]
Spouse
Rachel Louzada (ca. 1781–1851)
Children
Michael (1794–1836)[1]
Mary (1795–1870)
William (1799–ca. 1802)
Eliza (1801–1890)
William (1803–1875)
Edward (1808–1887)
James (presumably dead by 1814)
Isabella (ca. 1814–1841)
James Duncan (1814–1887)
Duncan Phyfe (1768 – 16 August 1854)[1] was one of nineteenth-century America's leading cabinetmakers.
Rather than create a new furniture style, he interpreted fashionable European trends in a manner so distinguished and particular that he became a major spokesman for Neoclassicism in the United States, influencing a generation of American cabinetmakers.
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DuncanPhyfe (1768 – 16 August 1854) was one of nineteenth-century America's leading cabinetmakers. Rather than create a new furniture style, he interpreted...
house has been restored and preserved along with many of its original DuncanPhyfe furnishings. Millford Plantation's monumental two-story Greek Revival...
Phyfe is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: DuncanPhyfe (1768–1854), American cabinetmaker Owain Phyfe (1949–2012), American vocalist...
style was most notably exemplified by the work of New York cabinetmakers DuncanPhyfe and Paris-trained Charles-Honoré Lannuier. Other major furniture centers...
name stamped in it. The famous Big Chair, an 18-foot reproduction of a DuncanPhyfe design (first erected in 1922 and rebuilt in 1951) still stands in the...
makers who worked in the federal style included John and Thomas Seymour, DuncanPhyfe and Charles-Honoré Lannuier. It was influenced by the Georgian and Adam...
located in Thomasville, North Carolina. It is a large-scale replica of a DuncanPhyfe armchair built in 1950 by Thomasville Furniture Industries. Before the...
league". Hal Phyfe was born into an American family based in Nice, France. He is a descendant of the American furniture designer DuncanPhyfe. He opened...
periods are often large and quite ornate. Well-known designers such as DuncanPhyfe, Robert Adam, George Hepplewhite, and Thomas Sheraton all designed and...
world-renowned cabinet and furniture makers such as Thomas Chippendale and DuncanPhyfe began to use adhesives to hold their products together. In 1690, the...
bar tending a speakeasy. Nitti took a liking to Francis and gave him DuncanPhyfe furniture along with other gifts. Johnny Jack had the money coming in...
Georgia O'Keeffe, Charles Willson Peale, Rembrandt Peale, Tom Phardel, DuncanPhyfe, Hiram Powers, Sharon Que, Frederic Remington, Paul Revere, Augustus...
built, likely due to a lack of funding. John DuncanPhyfe and James Campbell acquired the site in 1883. Phyfe and Campbell announced plans for a nine-story...
loaned, donated, or purchased for the Wagner wing, including an 1820s DuncanPhyfe table built for Joseph Bonaparte. Although the annex was finished in...
She was an expert on wallpaper and the Scottish furniture designer DuncanPhyfe of New York. She received several rewards for her work. Being multilingual...
white silk damask, the c. 1815 sofa on the south wall is attributed to DuncanPhyfe and upholstered in pink silk lampas. On each side of the sofa stand Boston...
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