Duncan Phyfe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Duncan Phyfe

Scottish-American cabinetmaker

Date of Birth: 27-Apr-1768

Place of Birth: Loch Fannich, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 16-Aug-1854

Profession: businessperson, artist, cabinetmaker, designer

Nationality: United States, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Duncan Phyfe (1768 – 16 August 1854) was one of nineteenth-century America's leading cabinetmakers. Although he did not create any new furniture style, he interpreted fashionable European trends in a manner so distinguished and particular that he became a major spokesman for Neoclassicism in the United States, influencing a whole generation of American cabinetmakers.