About the Artwork
Secretary Bookcase
ca. 1820
Duncan Phyfe
1768 - 1854
American
Unknown
Mahogany, pine, and poplar
Overall: 79 3/4 × 42 7/8 × 22 inches (202.6 × 108.9 × 55.9 cm)
Furniture
American Art before 1950
Museum Purchase, Beatrice W. Rogers Fund
2015.30
This work is in the public domain.
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2015-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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attributed to Duncan Phyfe, Secretary Bookcase, ca. 1820, mahogany, pine, and poplar. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Beatrice W. Rogers Fund, 2015.30.
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