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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 ...
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.
Life and career. Savery served a 7-year apprenticeship under the Philadelphia cabinetmaker Solomon Fussell, beginning in 1735. In 1742, at about age 21, he opened his own shop on Second Street, just south of High (now Market) Street in Philadelphia. Benjamin Franklin was an early patron (and a patron of Fussell), [1] and two Savery-attributed ...
Area codes. 215, 267 and 445. The Christian Street Historic District is an historic district located along Christian Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. [2] : 5 It is also known as Black Doctors' Row. [2] : 221 The narrow district extends approximately six city blocks, from the 1400 block of Christian Street to the intersection ...
Heywood-Wakefield Company. The Heywood-Wakefield Company is an American furniture manufacturer established in 1897. It went on to become a major presence in the US. Its older products are considered collectibles [1][2][3] and have been featured on Antiques Roadshow. [4][5]
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]
Goodman Brothers and Hinlein Company. Callowhill Industrial Historic District is a national historic district located in the Callowhill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 31 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing structure. The commercial and industrial buildings were mostly built from the 1890s ...