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1930s Maple Wood Two Tier Table Duncan Phyfe Accent Barrister - $249 (Irvine)
condition:
excellent
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Circa 1930's.
The table features cabriole legs. This distinctive style is characterized by its elegant, double-curved "S" shape.
The upper curve is convex (bowing outward, resembling a knee), and the lower curve is concave (bowing inward, resembling an ankle).
The cabriole leg design has a timeless charm and originated in ancient China, later becoming popular in European furniture during the early 18th century, particularly associated with Queen Anne and Chippendale styles.
The legs on this table splay outward and narrow as they reach the floor, contributing to an elegant and sophisticated appearance.
Duncan Phyfe (1770-1854) was a Scottish émigré who established one of the most successful furniture-making operations in New York in the early nineteenth century. Phyfe produced furniture in the newest, Neoclassical style which was widely sought after by affluent consumers in New York and beyond in places as far south as the Caribbean. Thomas Cornell Pearsall (1768-1820), a New York merchant, commissioned Duncan Phyfe to make the spectacular swivel-top "pillar-and-claw" card tables for his family home on the East River known as "Belmont." The Pearsalls arranged Belmont with these card tables and another suite of chairs and sofas (1960.4.1-15), donated to the Metropolitan Museum in 1960, with a sella curulis or curule style crossed base designed after ancient Roman folding chairs.
Chippendale. Edwardian. American. Queen Anne
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