Cylinder Desk and Bookcase

Duncan Phyfe

Maker

Duncan Phyfe

Date

1815–20

Medium

Mahogany, mahogany veneer, satinwood, gilded gesso with yellow poplar, white pine

Dimensions

95 3/8 x 48 1/8 x 24 in. (242.3 x 122.2 x 61 cm)

Form

Desk

Origin

New York

Culture

American

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

1985.236a, b

Credit line

Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, in memory of Berry B. Tracy, 1985