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In this essay, he states that the desk could possibly be attributable to John or Thomas Seymour (most likely Thomas) based on some similarities to known Seymour pieces, but declines to actually attribute it to them because \"too many Seymour attributions have been made already."},{"label":"Subjects (AAT)","value":["Tambour desks"]},{"label":"Subjects","value":["Tambour desks"]},{"label":"History of Ownership","value":"Formerly in the collection of Grace Spillane, possibly about 1950.  Sold by the dealer Earl Osborn of Easthampton, Massachusetts.  In the collection of C. E. and E. L. Garvin, 1975."},{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Height 52 in. (132.1 cm), Width 40.5 in. (102.9 cm), Depth 21.5 in. (54.6 cm)"},{"label":"Description","value":"A Federal-style tambour desk constructed of honey-colored and dark mahogany, satinwood, and rosewood, with pine secondary wood. The upper case has cove molding around the top. Two drawers with stringing outlines and round metal knobs are over the tambour doors. The two tambour doors have round metal knobs and alternating dark mahogany and light satinwood slats; they are separated by a cabinet door and flanked by pilasters. The cabinet door has rosewood banding around the outside, light and dark stringing, and a mahogany veneered panel; the curly satinwood veneered pilasters are bordered by inlaid stringing and rosewood banding and have a notch cut out on the interior edge for the tambour door knobs to slide into. Behind the tambour doors are two drawers with round metal pulls over six pigeonholes with arched valances; an additional drawer and two pigeonholes are behind the cabinet door. Ogee molding joins the upper and lower cases. The top of the lower case folds out to create a baize-covered writing surface; the top front edge when the lid is closed has inlaid rosewood banding. The lid supports have cock-bead molding around the edges and round metal knobs. The three graduated drawers have inlaid rosewood banding around rectangular mahogany veneered panels bordered by stringing, oval stamped metal keyhole surrounds, and bail pulls on oval escutcheons. The case posts are outlined by stringing, and a line of satinwood banding runs along the bottom of the case. The therm legs also have a stringing outline; an inlaid satinwood banding cuff leads to therm feet.  The pulls and escutcheons are not original. The desk was entirely refinished prior to 1975. The drawer runners of all the external drawers have been replaced.  The back of the upper case is constructed of two pieces of wood, horizontally grained, rabbeted into the sides and nailed. The top of the upper case is mahogany veneer on pine; the sides are solid mahogany with vertical grain. The external drawers of the upper case have solid mahogany fronts and pine sides, backs, and bottoms; the bottoms are chamfered at sides and back, dovetailed into the sides, and nailed to the backs; the sides are dovetailed to the fronts and backs. The interior drawers have mahogany fronts and pine sides, backs, and bottoms; the sides are dovetailed to the fronts and backs. The cabinet door is veneered on pine. The edge pieces for the tambours are satinwood. The linen backing of the tambours is visible when the doors are open; there is some evidence that there may have originally been a board behind the pigeonholes to hide this.  The back of the lower case is a single piece of pine mortised into the back posts. The lid is framed in mahogany with mahogany veneer; the baize is applied over pine. The front portion of the lid supports are mahogany and the remaining portions are pine. The lower case drawers have pine backings to the veneered fronts; the sides are dovetailed to the fronts and backs. There are added runners of varying short lengths attached to the sides at the bottom; these appear to be original and are in addition to the replacement runners. The drawer separators are mahogany facing on pine. The lower case posts are mahogany. A dust board on the bottom is affixed by what appear to be hand-wrought but not rose-headed nails."},{"label":"Date Digitized","value":"10/17/2017"},{"label":"Marks, Signatures, and Inscriptions","value":"Affixed inside the door is a Boston tax assessment for Eleazer Pratt, dated October 30, 1810, for $1.50 Commonwealth tax, $8.76 Town & County tax, which purportedly descended with the piece.  On the bottom board is an envelope-sticker label bearing the name and address of Grace Spillane; two of the same labels have been removed from the backs of the upper and lower cases."},{"label":"Materials","value":"Mahogany; Satinwood; Figured satinwood; Rosewood; Pine; Unidentified wood; Unidentified metal; Unidentified textile"},{"label":"Style","value":["Federal"]},{"label":"Basis of Date","value":"Date range provided by C. E. Garvin, 1975, based on characteristics of design and construction."},{"label":"Date (EDTF)","value":"D:00 M:00 Y:1805 - D:00 M:00 Y:1815"},{"label":"Basis of Origin","value":"Place of origin identified as Boston by C. E. Garvin, 1975.  Place of origin identified as possibly Boston by Brock Jobe, 2015."},{"label":"Place of Origin","value":"Boston, Massachusetts"},{"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/70e9198e-dff9-41e3-8abd-62898e61ec87/canvas/_1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"dapc_1975-1202-001","height":1500,"width":1174,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/68189829-e92f-4a99-8e64-266b7b891cd7/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/68189829-e92f-4a99-8e64-266b7b891cd7","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":512,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4]}]},"height":1500,"width":1174},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/70e9198e-dff9-41e3-8abd-62898e61ec87/canvas/_1","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/68189829-e92f-4a99-8e64-266b7b891cd7/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}},{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/70e9198e-dff9-41e3-8abd-62898e61ec87/canvas/_2","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"dapc_1975-1202-002","height":1500,"width":1208,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/47255e48-c2b4-405a-80ce-303bc161a85b/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/47255e48-c2b4-405a-80ce-303bc161a85b","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"},"height":1500,"width":1208},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/70e9198e-dff9-41e3-8abd-62898e61ec87/canvas/_2","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/47255e48-c2b4-405a-80ce-303bc161a85b/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}},{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/70e9198e-dff9-41e3-8abd-62898e61ec87/canvas/_3","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"dapc_1975-1202-003","height":1500,"width":1205,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/a622c742-496f-4233-8d99-319c23441ab2/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/a622c742-496f-4233-8d99-319c23441ab2","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"},"height":1500,"width":1205},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/70e9198e-dff9-41e3-8abd-62898e61ec87/canvas/_3","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/a622c742-496f-4233-8d99-319c23441ab2/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}}]}],"thumbnail":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/68189829-e92f-4a99-8e64-266b7b891cd7/full/300,300/0/default.jpg","logo":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/logo"}