Tambour desk

Creator:: Seymour, John, 1738-1818, and Seymour, Thomas, 1771-1848 (attributed)
Published/Created:: Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, United States
ca. 1790–1800
Physical Description:: 44 x 38 x 19 in.
Materials:: Mahogany; maple; ivory; brass
Notes:: Sack catalogue description: Hepplewhite mahogany tambour desk, one drawer in base section with ivory urn escutcheon, original oval brasses; bandings of curly maple, tapered legs with bellflower inlay, tambour shutters of interrupted reeds flanked by inlaid pilasters; the original blue-green interior and the ivory escutcheon behind the flap lid which locks the tambour slides are additional Seymour features.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 2, p. 420, pl. 1058. Book: Vernon C. Stoneman, John and Thomas Seymour: Cabinet Makers in Boston, 1794–1816 (Boston, Mass.: Special Publications, 1959), pl. 29.
Variant Titles:: Hepplewhite mahogany tambour desk
Topics:: Decoration and ornament--Hepplewhite style
Furniture--United States
Period/Style:: Federal
Hepplewhite
Culture:: American
Accession Number:: 2509
Genre:: tambour desks (AAT)
Format:: Image
Physical Object
Content Type:: Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Prints & Photographs
Rights:: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement
Access Restrictions:: Public
Source Title:: Israel Sack, Inc., Archive
Source Created:: New York, New York, United States
1957–1990
Source Note:: Sack, February 1967
This information is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarship.
Folder:: Kane 10976nc, ClearBin1 tiff_complete
Yale Collection:: Yale University Art Gallery
Digital Collection:: Israel Sack Furniture Archive
oid pointer:: 10993558
OID:: 12152668
PID:: digcoll:1024652