Maker
Duncan Phyfe(American, born Scotland, 1770–1854)American, born Scotland, 1770–1854
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Worktable
Date1813
Made inNew York , New York, United States
MediumMahogany; mahogany veneer, ebony, brass, and felt
Dimensions30 3/4 × 23 3/4 × 15 1/2 in. (78.1 × 60.3 × 39.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the W. H. Keenan Family Endowment Fund
Object numberB.2015.12
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Music Room
On view
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
ProvenanceMade for New York merchant James Kelso (1781–1842) and his wife, Leah Helen Henry Kelso (b. 1756); [...]; [unknown antiques dealer]; purchased by Edith (1907–1949) and Jerome W. Blum (1904–1998), c. 1942; inherited by his third wife, Selma Blum (1924–2017); consigned to [Northeast Auctions, August 15, 2015, lot 690]; purchased by MFAH, 2015.
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c. 1810–1825
Mahogany, ebony, and rosewood; ash, eastern white pine, and brass
B.69.72.2
c. 1810–1825
Mahogany, ebony, and rosewood; ash, eastern white pine, and brass
B.69.72.1
Thomas Spencer
c. 1780–1785
Mahogany; mahogany, eastern white pine, chestnut, soft maple, and yellow poplar
B.92.6
c. 1820–1825
Mahogany, mahogany veneer, rosewood, and ebony; yellow-poplar, cherry, eastern white pine, and brass
B.68.32
c. 1800–1820
Mahogany and mahogany veneer; eastern white pine, mahogany, and hard maple
B.69.383
Alexander Roux
c. 1867–1877
Cherry, boxwood, hairwood, amboyna, ebony, purpleheart, satinwood, mahogany, gilt brass, felt not original
88.17