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Stoneman attributed this desk to the Seymours, but DAPC staff noted both desks' similarities to two labeled desks by Thaxter & Rouse of Boston and were of the opinion that this desk would be better attributed to them."},{"label":"Subjects (AAT)","value":["Tambour desks"]},{"label":"Subjects","value":["Tambour desks"]},{"label":"Bibliography","value":"Advertisement: \"Ginsberg & Levy,\" Antiques 72, no. 3 (September 1957): 199.  Book: Vernon C. Stoneman, John and Thomas Seymour, Cabinetmakers in Boston, 1794-1816 (Boston: Special Publications, 1959), 93-4, no. 42."},{"label":"History of Ownership","value":"Owned by Joseph Grinnell, a New York City merchant who was originally from New Bedford, Massachusetts.  Offered for sale by Ginsburg & Levy, Inc., 1957."},{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Height 48.5 in. (123.2 cm), Width 39.5 in. (100.3 cm), Depth 18.5 in. (47 cm)"},{"label":"Description","value":"A Federal-style tambour desk constructed of mahogany with curly maple veneer, satinwood, and pine secondary wood. The upper case has a flat top with striped stringing along the front edge. Two drawers bordered with herringbone banding and with inlaid kite-shaped ivory keyhole surrounds and round metal knobs are located above the tambour doors. The two tambour doors have narrow reeds and round metal knobs; they are separated by a cabinet door and flanked by veneered pilasters with herringbone banding borders. The cabinet door has a patterned banding border, an inlaid kite-shaped ivory keyhole surround, a curly maple veneered rectangular panel bordered by herringbone banding, and a marquise-shaped central panel inlaid with eighteen stars above a union eagle. Behind each tambour door is two drawers with ring pulls over three pigeonholes with arched valances. The top of the lower case folds out to form the writing surface; the lid supports have round metal knobs and the ends are curly maple veneered and bordered by striped stringing. The four graduated drawers have cock-bead molding around the edges, curly maple veneered rectangular panels bordered by striped stringing, inlaid kite-shaped ivory keyhole surrounds, and bail pulls on oval escutcheons. The bottom front edge of the lower case is bordered with patterned banding that matches that on the cabinet door. The double-arched serpentine skirt leads to French feet."},{"label":"Date Digitized","value":"10/17/2017"},{"label":"Materials","value":"Mahogany; Maple; Satinwood; Pine; Ivory; Unidentified metal"},{"label":"Style","value":["Federal"]},{"label":"Basis of Date","value":"Date range based on characteristics of design and construction.  The presence of 18 stars in the eagle inlay suggests that the desk may have been constructed 1812-1816, when there were 18 states in the US."},{"label":"Date (EDTF)","value":"D:00 M:00 Y:1790 - D:00 M:00 Y:1816"},{"label":"Basis of Origin","value":"Place of origin identified as New York or Boston by Ginsberg & Levy, Inc., 1957.  Stoneman attributed the desk to the Seymours, indicating a Boston origin.  Place of origin identified as Massachusetts by DAPC staff, 1964.  Place of origin identified as possibly Boston by Brock Jobe, based on characteristics of style and construction, 2015."},{"label":"Place of Origin","value":"Boston, Massachusetts; New York City, New York"},{"label":"Basis of Maker Attribution","value":"According to Stoneman, Ginsburg & Levy, Inc. attributed the desk to Mills & Deming based on similarity to a labeled piece by those makers, about 1957.  Stoneman attributed the piece to John or Thomas Seymour, 1959.  DAPC staff tentatively attributed the piece to Thaxter & Rouse: \"It is very similar in concept and overall feeling though finer in certain details than two labeled by Thaxter & Rouse,\" 1964."},{"label":"Maker","value":["Rouse, James, cabinetmaker, active in Boston 1800-1817","Thaxter & Rouse, cabinetmaker, 1806-1807","Seymour, Thomas, cabinetmaker, 1771-1848","Seymour, John, cabinetmaker, 1738-1818","Deming, Simeon, cabinetmaker","Mills, William, cabinetmaker","Mills & Deming, cabinetmaker, active in New York City 1793-1798","Thaxter, Warren, cabinetmaker, active 1805-1850"]},{"label":"Object Type","value":["Desk"]},{"label":"Object Use","value":"Case furniture"},{"label":"Category","value":"Furniture"},{"label":"Title","value":"Tambour desk"},{"label":"Date Modified","value":"10/17/2017"}],"description":"Tambour desk","sequences":[{"@type":"sc:Sequence","canvases":[{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/6fec4851-74d3-44e8-bdee-028e5f4813b4/canvas/_1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"dapc_1963-0888-001","height":1500,"width":1231,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/97ade3ac-cc69-439e-a90b-9db8d77e2960/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/97ade3ac-cc69-439e-a90b-9db8d77e2960","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":512,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4]}]},"height":1500,"width":1231},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/6fec4851-74d3-44e8-bdee-028e5f4813b4/canvas/_1","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/97ade3ac-cc69-439e-a90b-9db8d77e2960/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}},{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/6fec4851-74d3-44e8-bdee-028e5f4813b4/canvas/_2","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"dapc_1963-0888-002","height":1500,"width":1142,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/6af25704-6fc0-49e9-a303-8680550ca3e4/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/6af25704-6fc0-49e9-a303-8680550ca3e4","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":512,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4]}]},"height":1500,"width":1142},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/6fec4851-74d3-44e8-bdee-028e5f4813b4/canvas/_2","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/6af25704-6fc0-49e9-a303-8680550ca3e4/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}}]}],"thumbnail":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/97ade3ac-cc69-439e-a90b-9db8d77e2960/full/300,300/0/default.jpg","logo":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/logo"}