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A Classical Mahogany Brass Inlaid Lyre Dressing Table, By Duncan Phyfe or Circle, New York, c. 1810


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Versions of the high-style design for this furniture form are shown in Miller, Edgar G. Jr. American Antique Furniture, Volume Two, page 770. A closely related example is illustrated in Volume V of the Bernard & S. Dean Levy Catalog, p.137. 

Ours is a fine example with the lyres being used structurally for supports of the upper case and the mirror. It is of good scale.

Height: 60 ½ in. Width: 42 in.
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