Duncan Phyfe

Deceased Person

1770 – 1854

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Who was Duncan Phyfe?

Duncan Phyfe was one of nineteenth-century America's leading cabinetmakers.

Although he did not create any new furniture style, he interpreted fashionable European trends in a manner so distinguished and particular that he became a major spokesman for Neoclassicism in the United States, influencing a whole generation of American cabinetmakers.

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Born
Apr 27, 1770
Scotland
Died
Aug 16, 1854
New York City

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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