id:			153529
accession number:	1987.11
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.11
updated:		2023-03-14 12:01:31.908000

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

title:				Tambour Desk
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creation date:			c. 1800
creation date earliest:		1795
creation date latest:		1805
current location:		205 Federal American
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture:	America, Boston, early 19th Century
technique:	mahogany, brass and enamel pulls
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Furniture
type:		Furniture and woodwork
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CREATORS

* John Seymour (American, 1738–1818)  - fabricated by

* Thomas Seymour (American, 1771–1848)  - fabricated by

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measurements: 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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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1987
	opening date:   1988-02-24T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1987</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Winthrop Carter Family, Portsmouth, New Hamsphire; (Israel Sack, New York); Mrs. Louisa Warren, New Canaan, Connecticut; (Israel Sack, New York).
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wall 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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IMAGES

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