{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json","@type":"sc:Manifest","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/b8311ecc-d25d-4c98-bcb5-da31a3fb4eca/manifest","label":"dapc_1966-0512-001","metadata":[{"label":"BFA Number","value":"dapc_1966-0512-001"},{"label":"Source","value":"Decorative Arts Photographic Collection, Winterthur Library"},{"label":"Rights","value":"Object owned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, http://www.mfa.org/  Image courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.  Metadata and images digitized from the Decorative Arts Photographic Collection of the Winterthur Library. For reproduction requests or more information, contact DAPC at reference@winterthur.org."},{"label":"Owner's Accession Number","value":"45.231"},{"label":"Credit","value":"Gift of Mrs. David R. McIlwaine in memory of Margaret Lander Pierce"},{"label":"Current Owner","value":"Museum of Fine Arts, Boston"},{"label":"Context","value":"Stoneman attributed this desk to the Seymours in his 1959 book. Randall, in American Furniture (1965), notes that the construction techniques of the desks attributed John Seymour vary fairly widely, even among just those desks held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; his conclusion is that \"[s]uch variance suggests either a maker who liked to vary his techniques in each example or a large shop where a number of apprentices and partners were helping to produce the furniture\" (page 83). At the end of an article discussing a tambour desk labeled by a Salem cabinetmaker, Montgomery notes several desks from Stoneman's book which he, Montgomery, feels would be better attributed to a Salem maker, based on their similarities to the labeled desk; this desk is one of those he lists. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, still tentatively attributes the desk to John and Thomas Seymour."},{"label":"Subjects (AAT)","value":["Tambour desks"]},{"label":"Subjects","value":["Tambour desks"]},{"label":"Bibliography","value":"Article: Charles F. Montgomery, \"Tambour Desks and the Work of William Appleton of Salem,\" in Walpole Society Note Book, 1965 (n.p.: The Walpole Society, 1966), 44-7.  Book: Richard H. Randall, Jr.,?áAmerican Furniture in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1965), 78, 81, 83, no. 60.  Article: Richard H. Randall, Jr., \"Seymour Furniture Problems,\" Bulletin: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston?á57, no. 310 (1959): 102-13.  Book: Vernon C. Stoneman, John and Thomas Seymour, Cabinetmakers in Boston, 1794-1816 (Boston: Special Publications, 1959), 66-7, no. 18.  Online resource: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Collections, http://www.mfa.org/collections (accessed April 6, 2016), 45.231."},{"label":"History of Ownership","value":"Owned by Nathaniel West (1756-1857), a Salem merchant. Inherited by his daughter Eliza (Mrs. Edward Lander), and then her daughter Louisa Lander. It passed from Louisa to her great-grand-niece Margaret Lander Pierce, and then to Margaret's daughter Mrs. David R. McIlwaine, who gave it to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston."},{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Height 41 in. (104.1 cm), Width 39.75 in. (101 cm), Depth 20 in. (50.8 cm)"},{"label":"Description","value":"A Federal-style tambour desk constructed of mahogany with inlay of satinwood and a black dyed wood, possibly American tulip poplar, and pine secondary wood. The flat top overhangs the sides and has inlaid banding around the edges; there are two small modern insets of mahogany on each side of the top, which has several bruises and cracks. The two tambour doors have round metal knobs and narrow reeds inlaid with bellflower swags; three inlaid pilasters of light and dark stringing with molded capitals and bases flank and separate the doors. The pigeonholes are painted blue-green. The upper and lower case are joined by cove molding. The top of the lower case has inlaid banding around the edges, and folds down to create the writing surface. The lid supports have round metal knobs and cock-bead molding comprised of roped inlay around the edges. The front posts have inlaid pilasters of light and dark stringing with cross-shaped ends. The two graduated drawers have cock-bead molding comprised of roped inlay around the edges, a stringing outline, inlaid marquise-shaped bone keyhole surrounds, and English metal rope-twist ring pulls with enameled round escutcheons depicting bucolic young ladies. Inlaid banding runs along the bottom of the case. The therm legs have inlaid roped banding cuffs; the front legs also have bellflower inlay with three flowers, marquise-shaped drops, and a triple-arched top to the stringing outline."},{"label":"Date Digitized","value":"10/17/2017"},{"label":"Materials","value":"Mahogany; Satinwood; Pine; American tulip poplar; Unidentified metal; Enamel; Bone"},{"label":"Style","value":["Federal"]},{"label":"Basis of Date","value":"Date range based on characteristics of design and construction."},{"label":"Date (EDTF)","value":"D:00 M:00 Y:1790 - D:00 M:00 Y:1815"},{"label":"Basis of Origin","value":"Place of origin identified as Boston based on Stoneman's Seymour attribution, 1959.  Place of origin identified as possibly Salem by C. F. Montgomery, 1965.  Place of origin identified as Boston by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1965, 2016.  Pulls identified as English by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1965, 2016.  Place of origin identified as Boston by Brock Jobe, 2015."},{"label":"Place of Origin","value":"Boston, Massachusetts; Salem, Massachusetts; England"},{"label":"Basis of Maker Attribution","value":"Attributed to the Seymours by Stoneman, 1959.  Attributed to John Seymour by Randall in American Furniture, 1965.  Attribution contested by C. F. Montgomery, 1965.  Attributed to probably John and Thomas Seymour by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2016."},{"label":"Maker","value":["Seymour, Thomas, cabinetmaker, 1771-1848","Seymour, John, cabinetmaker, 1738-1818"]},{"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/b8311ecc-d25d-4c98-bcb5-da31a3fb4eca/canvas/_1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"Tambour desk","height":1500,"width":1431,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/b8311ecc-d25d-4c98-bcb5-da31a3fb4eca/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/b8311ecc-d25d-4c98-bcb5-da31a3fb4eca","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":512,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4]}]},"height":1500,"width":1431},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/b8311ecc-d25d-4c98-bcb5-da31a3fb4eca/canvas/_1","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/b8311ecc-d25d-4c98-bcb5-da31a3fb4eca/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}}]}],"thumbnail":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/b8311ecc-d25d-4c98-bcb5-da31a3fb4eca/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","logo":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/logo"}