id: 153529 accession number: 1987.11 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.11 updated: 2025-06-10 11:10:06.798000 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1800 creation date earliest: 1795 creation date latest: 1805 current location: 205 Federal American creditline: Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund copyright: --- culture: America, Boston, early 19th Century technique: mahogany, brass and enamel pulls department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Furniture type: Furniture and woodwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * John Seymour (American, 1738–1818) - fabricated by * Thomas Seymour (American, 1771–1848) - fabricated by --- measurements: Overall: 105.4 x 96 x 49.9 cm (41 1/2 x 37 13/16 x 19 5/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Year in Review for 1987 opening date: 1988-02-24T05:00:00 The Year in Review for 1987. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Winthrop Carter Family, Portsmouth, New Hamsphire; (Israel Sack, New York); Mrs. Louisa Warren, New Canaan, Connecticut; (Israel Sack, New York). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1987.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 75, no. 2 (February 1988): 30–71. page number: Reproduced: p. 55; Mentioned: p. 66, no. 26 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25160017 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1987.11/1987.11_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1987.11/1987.11_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1987.11/1987.11_full.tif