Title: Cylinder Desk and Bookcase
Object type: Desk and bookcase
Date: 1815–20
Culture: American
Artist: Attributed to Duncan Phyfe 
Artist bio: American (born Scotland), near Lock Fannich, Ross-Shire, Scotland 1768/1770–1854 New York
Artist nationality: American, born Scotland
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Mahogany, mahogany veneer, satinwood, gilded
gesso with yellow poplar, white pine
Dimensions: 95 3/8 x 48 1/8 x 24 in. (242.3 x 122.2 x 61 cm)
Credit line: Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, in memory of Berry B. Tracy, 1985
Geography: Made in New York New York  United States Mid-Atlantic     
Department: The American Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY