Cylinder Desk and Bookcase

Duncan Phyfe

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cylinder desk with bookcase, by Duncan Phyfe. Dark wood furniture, with a tall bookcase on top and a desk with curved front below. The bookcase has two doors with oval lattice designs and yellowish vertical stripes on the doors. The desk has a writing surface on the left that slides out from the side. There are four drawers on the front, with the top two having semicircular cutouts. The desk and bookcase have gold hardware. The desk has four legs with ornate carvings on the bottom. The background is plain gray.