Tambour Desk

The collection record classifies this work as furniture and woodwork. It is dated c. 1800. Recorded culture or place: America, Boston, early 19th Century.

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Museum title: Tambour Desk
Date: c. 1800
Culture / origin: America, Boston, early 19th Century
Materials and technique: mahogany, brass and enamel pulls
Dimensions: Overall: 105.4 x 96 x 49.9 cm (41 1/2 x 37 13/16 x 19 5/8 in.)
Artist / maker: John Seymour (American, 1738–1818); Thomas Seymour (American, 1771–1848)
Museum: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession number: 1987.11

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The severely rectilinear form, delicate inlay, sliding tambour doors, and blue-painted interior of this small desk relate it to the work of the English-born cabinetmaker John Seymour and his son, Thomas, who were in partnership in Boston during the years around 1800. The Seymours made some of the most sophisticated American furniture in the Hepplewhite style, so-called from the Englishman whose publication of furniture designs was widely influential on both sides of the Atlantic.

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