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pastor1189
Sep 29, 2018, 09:36 AM
What is the name of this piece of furniture??
https://imgur.com/a/hmC0i9L
tickle
Sep 29, 2018, 02:46 PM
Duncan Fyfe
Wondergirl
Sep 29, 2018, 03:23 PM
It's probably a telephone table. We had something similar when I was a kid.
pastor1189
Sep 29, 2018, 03:39 PM
Thank You
Wondergirl
Sep 29, 2018, 04:37 PM
The shelves were to hold phone books, the drawer for paper and pens/pencils, and the top, of course, for the rotary telephone. The table has a decorative wooden barrier to keep the phone from falling off the tabletop. The wood is probably mahogany.
Btw, his last name was Phyfe.
https://www.hunker.com/13404088/how-to-identify-a-duncan-phyfe-table
ma0641
Sep 29, 2018, 05:11 PM
Don't think that's a Phyfe. He typically had curved, splayed legs with brass caps on the legs. Yes, it is a telephone table. Search his name for samples. I have a double dropleaf table in the DP style.
https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.uS9ZtRC_LRmZdrHZ2JDaWwHaFj&w=143&h=105&c=8&rs=1&qlt=90&pid=3.1&rm=2
(https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=duncan+phyfe+furniture+from+1940s&id=A5D51FDBB7E1ECA7C18926B17955800F0AFE563F&FORM=IQFRBA)
(https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=duncan+phyfe+furniture+from+1940s&id=A5D51FDBB7E1ECA7C18926B17955800F0AFE563F&FORM=IQFRBA)
Wondergirl
Sep 29, 2018, 05:49 PM
Don't think that's a Phyfe. He typically had curved, splayed legs with brass caps on the legs. Yes, it is a telephone table. Search his name for samples. I have a double dropleaf table in the DP style.
Here's a description of DP legs:
Hand-Carved Legs
Phyfe mostly designed tables that stood on single or double pedestals of three to four carved legs ending in animal-type feet with three to four toes. Table legs might be lightly curved out or splayed, with reed carvings that run up the leg, acanthus leaves or other carved elements.