Major Exhibitions and Collections
On October 15, 1922, the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened to the public "Furniture from the Workshop of Duncan Phyfe", the first exhibition ever held in an art museum on the work of a single cabinetmaker. Ninety years later and only for the second time in history, a major retrospective on this iconic American craftsman and his furniture was again on view from December 20, 2011–May 6, 2012, under the title "Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York".
Another exhibition took place at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston from June 24 to September 9, 2012.
Duncan Phyfe's furniture can be admired in the White House Green Room, Edgewater, Roper House and specially Millford Plantation owned by the Classical American Homes Preservation Trust, museums, private collections, etc.
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