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Secrétaire à abattant, Duncan Phyfe|D. Phyfe & Son|Duncan Phyfe & Sons, 1835–47, Mahogany, mahogany veneer, yellow poplar, w…
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Desk · New York

Secrétaire à abattant

Duncan Phyfe|D. Phyfe & Son|Duncan Phyfe & Sons · New York · 1835–47

Medium
Mahogany, mahogany veneer, yellow poplar, white pine, gilded brass, mirrored plate glass, marble, ivory
Dimensions
62 x 39 1/4 x 18 7/8 in. (157.5 x 99.7 x 47.9 cm)
Accession
1983.225
Credit line
Purchase, The Manney Collection Gift, 1983
Culture
American

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