At the Salone del Mobile furniture fair in Milan this week, she introduced 25 candlesticks designed with flakes of castbrass sparingly affixed to sleek, barely tapered cylinders lathe-turned from walnut wood.
Increasing pomp and opulence distinguish Phyfe's work from 1815 to 1825, which features richly figured mahogany, kingwood, rosewood, white and colored marble, brass inlay, lavish gilding and finely cast mounts of ormolu (gilt metal).