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Cylinder Desk and Bookcase, Duncan Phyfe, 1815–20, Mahogany, mahogany veneer, satinwood, gilded gesso with yellow poplar, wh…
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Desk · New York

Cylinder Desk and Bookcase

Duncan Phyfe · New York · 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)
Accession
1985.236a, b
Credit line
Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, in memory of Berry B. Tracy, 1985
Culture
American

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