In Popular Culture
Karl Shapiro refers to the fly's leg as "the fine leg of a Duncan-Phyfe," in his poem "The Fly."
Likewise, in one of the passages of the novel "Tender is the Night" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, he wrote: "She wept all over a set that cost a fortune, in a Duncan Phyfe dining-room...".
One of the world's largest roadside attraction is a giant chair located in Thomasville, North Carolina. The monument was erected in 1950 and the plaque located in its pedestal reads as follows: "This chair is an exemplar and inspiration for future generations to emulate and perpetuate the achievements of our time-honored furniture designers and craftsmen... The original chair was the creation of the famous American designer Duncan Phyfe".
Some years later another replica of a Phyfe model chair was built in 1959 in Washington, DC.
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