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For reproduction requests or more information, contact DAPC at reference@winterthur.org."},{"label":"Current Owner","value":"Unknown"},{"label":"Context","value":"According to the DAPC record, \"Dyer [presumably Walter Alden Dyer (1878-1943)] states in the May 1930 issue of the Antiquarian, 'A tambour front secretary of interesting proportions which bears the original salesbill stating its purchase from William Saxton, of Boston, by Colonel Isaac Reed...In a drawer is pasted the original bill of sale, showing that the piece was purchased in 1785 by Isaac Reed (the father of Colonel Isaac Gardner Reed) from William Saxton, of Boston.'\" Both Jack Partridge (former owner) and Charles F. Montgomery doubt the bill of the sale belongs with the object as 1785 seems to be too early of a date for the objects origin.  Transcription of billhead: [Isaac Reed / BOSTON 12th May 1785 / Bought of William Saxton / No. 85 / Newbury-Street, directly opposite the Sign of the White Horse]."},{"label":"Subjects (AAT)","value":["Tambour desks"]},{"label":"Subjects","value":["Tambour desks"]},{"label":"Bibliography","value":"Article: Antiquarian Magazine (March 1930): 62.  Advertisement: \"Jack Partridge,\" Antiques 84, no. 6 (August 1963): 146.  Auction catalog: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Inc., New York, Early American Furniture (May 9-10, 1930), lot #343."},{"label":"Exhibition History","value":"Exhibition: \"Maine Dealers' Antiques Exposition\" (Portland, ME, 1930)"},{"label":"History of Ownership","value":"Originally made for Isaac Reed of Boston and descended through the family. Isaac Reed was the father of Col. Isaac Gardner Reed, lawyer of Waldoboro, Maine and a member of the Convention which framed the Constitution of Maine and designed and prepared the seal of the State (as according to Samuel L. Miller, History of Waldoboro, Maine, 1910). According to the Anderson Gallery Auction Catalog (May 9-10, 1930), the secretary was obtained from William G. Reed, who states in an affidavit, that the piece was originally owned by his grandfather (Col. Isaac G. Reed). Sold at auction held by Anderson Gallery, Inc. in 1930. In the collection of Jack Partridge of Maine as of 1963."},{"label":"Associated Objects","value":"DAPC number 1965-2271 was erroneously assigned to this piece."},{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Height 49 in. (124.5 cm), Width 43 in. (109.2 cm)"},{"label":"Description","value":"Federal-style tambour desk constructed with mahogany as the primary wood.  The top of the upper case overhangs the case sides and front. Immediately beneath the case top are three drawers, each with a lunette-shaped drop pull. Below, the outer drawers align above the sliding tambour doors, each of which has a single small knob. Panels that appear to have applied fan-shaped decoration cover the front-facing vertical edges of the case sides to conceal the tambour mechanisms. The central drawer is narrower than the drawers that flank it and aligns above a central, forward-opening door positioned between the tambour doors. The door has a shaped escutcheon and is decorated with an inlaid fan design. Moldings outline the front and side edges of the bottom of the upper case.  The lower case has an unfolding writing surface that, when opened, is supported by knobbed lopers. The lower case has three drawers, the top drawer set within the lopers. Each of the three drawers has a centrally located escutcheon flanked by eye-shaped bail pulls. The legs are inlaid and taper into therm feet."},{"label":"Date Digitized","value":"7/20/2018"},{"label":"Materials","value":"Mahogany; Brass; Unidentified textile"},{"label":"Style","value":["Federal"]},{"label":"Basis of Date","value":"Date based on the billhead allegedly accompanying this object. If the billhead is taken as authentic evidence of the sale of this desk, then it was made and sold around 1785. As of 1964, Charles F. Montgomery doubts the date attribution and claims it was likely made later. The object appears to have been made in the federal style, which would place it at the latest 1815."},{"label":"Date (EDTF)","value":"D:00 M:00 Y:1775 - D:00 M:00 Y:1815"},{"label":"Basis of Origin","value":"Based on the billhead allegedly accompanying this object. If the billhead is taken as authentic evidence of the sale of the desk, then it was sold by William Saxton of Boston in 1785."},{"label":"Place of Origin","value":"Boston, Massachusetts"},{"label":"Basis of Maker Attribution","value":"Maker attribution is based on a bill of sale dated 1785 allegedly documenting the sale of this object to Isaac Reed, but as of 1964, Charles F. Montgomery placed doubt on the attribution, citing that based on certain characteristics of design this desk was most likely made later than 1785. The only William Saxton found in the Boston Directories from 1789-1806 is a grocer and/or merchant, not a cabinetmaker. At one time, the billhead was reported to have accompanied the object, but Jack Partridge (a dealer from Maine and owner of the object in 1963) never saw the billhead."},{"label":"Maker","value":["Saxton, William, cabinetmaker, active about 1785"]},{"label":"Other Name","value":"Corner desk"},{"label":"Object Type","value":["Desk"]},{"label":"Object Use","value":"Case furniture"},{"label":"Category","value":"Furniture"},{"label":"Title","value":"Tambour desk"},{"label":"Date Modified","value":"7/20/2018"}],"description":"Tambour desk","sequences":[{"@type":"sc:Sequence","canvases":[{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/152fcbd3-7f42-4915-b25a-dc7e9951e682/canvas/_1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"Tambour desk","height":1500,"width":1469,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/152fcbd3-7f42-4915-b25a-dc7e9951e682/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/152fcbd3-7f42-4915-b25a-dc7e9951e682","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":512,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4]}]},"height":1500,"width":1469},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/152fcbd3-7f42-4915-b25a-dc7e9951e682/canvas/_1","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/152fcbd3-7f42-4915-b25a-dc7e9951e682/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}}]}],"thumbnail":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/152fcbd3-7f42-4915-b25a-dc7e9951e682/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","logo":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/logo"}