Armchair

Duncan Phyfe

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This chair has been attributed to Duncan Phyfe on the basis of its workmanship and fine materials. The inverted lotus splat and stay rail are similar to, if more elaborate than, those on chairs Phyfe made in 1825 for his daughter Eliza on the occasion of her marriage.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The American Wing's ever-evolving collection comprises some 20,000 works of art by African American, Euro American, Latin American, and Native American men and women. Ranging from the colonial to early-modern periods, the holdings include painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts—including furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass, silver, metalwork, jewelry, basketry, quill and bead embroidery—as well as historical interiors and architectural fragments.

Metropolitan Museum of Art