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Source Description
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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Document identity
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153529
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Tambour Desk
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object
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Source metadata
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153529
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object
title
Tambour Desk
description
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.
date
c. 1800
citation
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CC0
language
en
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Q60755835
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Furniture and woodwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 105.4 x 96 x 49.9 cm (41 1/2 x 37 13/16 x 19 5/8 in.)
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America, Boston, early 19th Century
accession
1987.11
Source extras
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mahogany, brass and enamel pulls
tombstone
Tambour Desk, c. 1800. John Seymour (American, 1738–1818), Thomas Seymour (American, 1771–1848). Mahogany, brass and enamel pulls; overall: 105.4 x 96 x 49.9 cm (41 1/2 x 37 13/16 x 19 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1987.11
collection
Furniture
citations
citation
Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1987.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 75, no. 2 (February 1988): 30–71.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 55; Mentioned: p. 66, no. 26
creditline
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
galleryDonorText
Walter and Jean Kalberer Foundation Gallery
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2026-05-29 07:55:50.122000
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153529
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Decorative Art and Design
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Furniture
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mahogany, brass and enamel pulls
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male
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photo
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