The Livingstons' best New York City Federal furniture.

The Magazine Antiques | May 1, 1997| | Copyright

Except for an occasional sideboard, secretary, chair, or Chippendale-style card table, early New York City furniture is seldom listed among the celebrated achievements of American furniture makers - at least not until the arrivals of Duncan Phyfe (1768-1854) by 1792 and Charles Honore Lannuier (1779-1819) in 1803. Although it is possible that the growing metropolis of New York City lacked talented furniture makers and a demand for fine furniture until the 1790s and early 1800s, it is also possible that furniture historians have overlooked or misidentified at least a few ...

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