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  • Sep 29, 2018, 09:36 AM
    pastor1189
    Furniture
    What is the name of this piece of furniture??

    https://imgur.com/a/hmC0i9L
  • Sep 29, 2018, 02:46 PM
    tickle
    Duncan Fyfe
  • Sep 29, 2018, 03:23 PM
    Wondergirl
    It's probably a telephone table. We had something similar when I was a kid.
  • Sep 29, 2018, 03:39 PM
    pastor1189
    Thank You
  • Sep 29, 2018, 04:37 PM
    Wondergirl
    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-...an-phyfe-table
  • Sep 29, 2018, 05:11 PM
    ma0641
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    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.u...0&pid=3.1&rm=2



  • Sep 29, 2018, 05:49 PM
    Wondergirl
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by ma0641 View Post
    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.

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