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==Major exhibitions and collections== {{multiple image | align = right | image1 = Barack Obama at the Green Room of the White House.jpg | width1 = 150 | alt1 = | caption1 = | image2 = Federal Settee.jpg | width2 = 200 | alt2 = | caption2 = | footer = Left: [[Barack Obama]] in the [[Green Room (White House)|Green Room]] next to a striped D. Phyfe sofa. Right: Another sofa, ca. 1810β1815. Attributed to the workshop of Duncan Phyfe. Mahogany, cherry, pine, gilt brass, and modern upholstery. On loan to the [[Cincinnati Art Museum]]. }} On 15 October 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.<ref>Peter M. Kenny, ''Changing Perspectives on an Iconic American Craftsman, Duncan Phyfe at the Metropolitan Museum''. Antiques & Fine Art magazine winter 2012 anniversary issue: p. 115.</ref> 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 20 December 2011 β 6 May 2012, under the title "Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York". Another exhibition took place at the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Houston]] from 24 June β 9 September 2012. Duncan Phyfe's furniture can be admired in the [[Green Room (White House)|White House Green Room]], [[Edgewater (Barrytown, New York)|Edgewater]], [[Robert William Roper House|Roper House]] and especially at [[Millford Plantation]], owned by the Classical American Homes Preservation Trust. His furniture appears in many museums and private collections as well.
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