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Titre(s) : Duncan Phyfe [Texte imprimé] : master cabinetmaker in New York / Peter M. Kenny, ... [et al.]
Publication : New York : Metropolitan museum of art ; New Haven [Conn.] : Distributed by Yale university
press, 2011
Description matérielle : x, 302 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm
Comprend : Introduction: American icon /Michael K Brown and Peter M Kenny -- ; Life of a master
cabinetmaker /Michael K Brown and Matthew A Thurlow -- ; Furniture from the workshop
of Duncan Phyfe /Peter M Kenny and Michael K Brown -- ; Patrons of the cabinet warehouse
/Frances F Bretter -- ; Plates.
Note(s) : Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York N.Y., Dec. 20, 2011-May 6, 2012 and at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,
Houston, Tex., June 20- Sept. 11, 2012. - Bibliogr. p. 288-295
"Duncan PhyfeC (1770-1854), known during his lifetime as the "United States Rage,"
to this day remains America's best-known cabinetmaker. Establishing his reputation
as a purveyor of luxury by designing high-quality furniture for New York's moneyed
elite, Phyfe would come to count among his clients some of the nation's wealthiest
and most storied families. This richly illustrated volume covers the full chronological
sweep of the craftsman's distinguished career, from his earliest furniture-- which
bears the influence of his 18th-century British predecessors Thomas Sheraton and Thomas
Hope--to his late simplified designs in the Grecian Plain. More than sixty works by
Phyfe and his workshop are highlighted, including rarely seen pieces from private
collections and several newly discovered documented works. Additionally, essays by
leading scholars bring to light new information on Phyfe's life, his workshop production,
and his roster of illustrious patrons. What unfolds is the story of Phyfe's remarkable
transformation from a young immigrant craftsman to an accomplished master cabinetmaker
and an American icon."--Publisher's website
Autre(s) titre(s) conventionnel(s) : [Exposition. New York, Metropolitan museum of art. 2011
/2012
]
[Exposition. Houston, Museum of fine arts. 2012
]
Sujet(s) : Phyfe, Duncan (1770-1854)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780300155112 (hardcover) (Yale University Press). - ISBN 0300155115 (hardcover)
(Yale university press). - ISBN 9781588394422 (hardcover) (Metropolitan Museum of
Art). - ISBN 1588394425 (hardcover) (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42716358r
Notice n° :
FRBNF42716358
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