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Duncan Phyfe (1768 – 16 August 1854) [1] was one of nineteenth-century America's leading cabinetmakers.. Rather than create a 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 generation of American cabinetmakers.
The Colonial Germantown Historic District is a designated National Historic Landmark District in the Germantown and Mount Airy neighborhoods of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania along both sides of Germantown Avenue. This road followed a Native American path from the Delaware River just north of Old City Philadelphia, through Germantown, about 6 miles ...
Governor's Council Chamber, Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Four of these Queen Anne chairs are originals and attributed to Savery; four are modern reproductions. William Savery (1721 or 1722 – 1787 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania) was an 18th-century American cabinetmaker noted for his furniture in the Queen Anne and ...
November 26, 1985. The Tulpehocken Station Historic District is a historic area in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Large suburban houses were built in the area from about 1850 to 1900 in a variety of styles including Carpenter Gothic, Italianate, and Bracketed as part of the Picturesque Movement of architecture.
Serpentine chest of drawers (ca. 1781-93), signed by Gostelowe, Cliveden House, Germantown, Philadelphia. Jonathan Gostelowe (1744 or 1745, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 1795, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an 18th-century American cabinetmaker, best remembered for his Philadelphia Chippendale-style furniture. [1]
Queen Anne furniture is "somewhat smaller, lighter, and more comfortable than its predecessors," and examples in common use include "curving shapes, the cabriole leg, cushioned seats, wing-back chairs, and practical secretary desk - bookcase pieces." [2] Other elements characterizing the style include pad feet and "an emphasis on line and form ...
Both the portrait and chair are at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Benjamin Randolph (1721—1791) was an 18th-century American cabinetmaker who made furniture in the Queen Anne and Philadelphia Chippendale styles. [ 1] He made the lap desk on which Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence. [ 2]
Thomas Affleck (cabinetmaker) Portrait of John and Elizabeth Cadwalader and their daughter Anne (1772), by Charles Willson Peale. The child is seated on a hairy-paw-foot card table by Affleck. The portrait and table are both at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Thomas Affleck (1740–1795) was an 18th-century American cabinetmaker, who ...