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

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    Sep 29, 2018, 02:46 PM
    Duncan Fyfe
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    Sep 29, 2018, 03:23 PM
    It's probably a telephone table. We had something similar when I was a kid.
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    Sep 29, 2018, 03:39 PM
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    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-...an-phyfe-table
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    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.





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    Sep 29, 2018, 05:49 PM
    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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