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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 2531078, member: 5066&quot;]The Met has a set of these chairs made by Phyfe and a drawing in his hand with the price, chair below was more expensive than the usual sabre legs because of the carving.</p><p>Phyfe, a notorious hard head about not signing his furniture, apparently had no problems with signing his drawings. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;This scroll-back chair and its mates were part of a set of 24 made by Duncan Phyfe for the family of William Livingston, governor of New Jersey (1776–1790). A sketch of about 1816 in Phyfe&#039;s hand shows this type of chair and gives its price. These chairs were somewhat higher in price than for other contemporary scroll-back chairs due to the extra cost charged to carve the front paw feet. (See 65.188.2–.14 for set.)&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/1904" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/1904" rel="nofollow">https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/1904</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Click to enlarge</p><p>[ATTACH=full]268924[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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