Excerpt from The Private Collection of the Late Louis Guerineau Myers: Duncan Phyfe; Characteristic Examples in His Most Beautiful Designs, of Both Sheration and Empire Styles Including Several Pieces Which Were Believed by Mr. Myers to Be Unique Philadelphia; beautifully festooned and gilded mirrors in the adam-hepple white style, of New York origin; and others in the architectural style reflect ing in their decoration the patriotic sentiment inspired by the naval victories of the War Of 1812. This sentiment is also illustrated elsewhere by the number of pieces that are decorated with the national emblems in marquetry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.