A Very Fine and Rare Classical Carved and Figured Mahogany Parcel-Gilt Vert-Antique and Ormolu-Mounted Sideboard and Matching Cellaret, Attributed to Duncan Phyfe (1770-1854), New York, New York, Circa 1815-1820

Accompanied by a pair of mahogany serving trays.  The sideboard and cellaret each with a printed paper label with KNITTLE COLLECTION / Auctioned / Nov. 1962. 4 pieces.

Earl and Rhea Mansfield Knittle, Ashland, Ohio

The secondary woods are white pine and poplar. The capitals and bases to the inner pilasters are replaced; proper left back pilaster with replaced wood capital; ormolu capitals slightly loose; proper left and right bottom corners of fold-down central frieze cupboard with losses; accompanying trays with minor cracks and loose; ormolu with some oxidation and minor losses to gilding; minor chips and losses to veneers throughout; front carved feet have been re-vert-antiqued and re-gilded and appearing to retain some original vert-antique decoration underneath; minor finish loss to proper right front edge of top; please note that this sideboard never had a mirrored backplate; proper left upright to backsplash with a replaced collar moldings. The cellaret with loss to one claw of proper left front foot; the bottom edge of the front apron with small losses and a patch to the veneer. One piece with a label with red printed accession number L81.61 a.
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This sidboard is nearly idenitcal to an example in the collection of the Musuem of the City of New York that was made for the Phyfe family.  It is illustrated in Peter Kenny, Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York, (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011), pp. 195-7, pl. 24