Duncan Phyfe | |
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| Born | Duncan Fife 1768[1] |
| Died | 16 August 1854[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Cabinetmaker, businessman |
| Years active | 1792–1847 (55 years as an independent cabinetmaker)[1] |
| Spouse | Rachel Louzada (ca. 1781–1851) |
| Children | Michael (1794–1836)[1]
Mary (1795–1870) William (1799–ca. 1802) Eliza (1801–1890) William (1803–1875) Edward (1808–1887) James (presumably dead by 1814) Isabella (ca. 1814–1841) James Duncan (1814–1887) |
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.