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  • Meridienne (Couch), 1837
    Attributed to Duncan Phyfe (Scottish, 1770–1854)
    New York City
    Mahogany, pine, ash

    38 1/2 x 74 x 24 1/2 in. (97.8 x 188 x 62.2 cm)
    Purchase, L. E. Katzenbach Fund Gift, 1966 (66.221.1)

    Bold, robust forms and a heavy reliance on highly figured mahogany and rosewood veneers characterize Grecian Plain Style furniture such as this couch. This style would have been found in fashionable New York townhouses of the 1830s in the most up-to-date Greek Revival taste. In 1837, Phyfe's manufactory is believed to have produced a pair of these couches as well as stools, benches, and side chairs for prominent New York attorney Samuel Foote's elegant home at 678 Broadway.

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  • Meridienne (Couch), 1837
    Attributed to Duncan Phyfe (Scottish, 1770–1854)
    New York City
    Mahogany, pine, ash

    38 1/2 x 74 x 24 1/2 in. (97.8 x 188 x 62.2 cm)
    Purchase, L. E. Katzenbach Fund Gift, 1966 (66.221.1)


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