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For reproduction requests or more information, contact DAPC at reference@winterthur.org."},{"label":"Owner's Accession Number","value":"1957.453"},{"label":"Credit","value":"Jesse Spalding Landon Fund"},{"label":"Current Owner","value":"Art Institute of Chicago"},{"label":"Subjects (AAT)","value":["Desks and bookcases","Secretary-bookcases","Bookcases","Desks","Cylinder fall desks","Fall-front desks"]},{"label":"Subjects","value":["Desks","Bookcases"]},{"label":"Bibliography","value":"Article: Meyric C. Rogers, \"American Decorative Arts at the Art Institute of Chicago,\" Antiques 74, no. 1 (July 1958): 54.  Book: Vernon C. Stoneman,?áJohn and Thomas Seymour, Cabinetmakers in Boston, 1794-1816 (Boston: Special Publications, 1959), 123, no. 145.  Article: Wriston, \"American Furniture in the Collection,\" The Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly LVII, no. 1 (Spring 1963): 33.  Online resource: The Art Institute of Chicago, Collections, http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/ (Accessed July 14, 2015), 1957.453."},{"label":"Exhibition History","value":"Exhibition: \"The Antiquarian Society of the Art Institute of Chicago, The First One Hundred Years,\" Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL, April 23-June 19, 1977)"},{"label":"History of Ownership","value":"History of prior ownership in the Goodwin and Reed families of Newburyport, MA. Purchased from Ginsburg and Levy, Inc., New York, in 1957 by the Art Institute of Chicago."},{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Height 78.5 in. (196.8 cm), Width 36.375 in. (92.4 cm), Depth 21.8125 in. (55.4 cm)"},{"label":"Description","value":"Federal-style, cylinder desk-and-bookcase made of mahogany primary wood with birch, mahogany, and maple veneers and white pine secondary wood.  Surmounting the upper case is a sloped pediment with ogee ends and a center tablet of veneer with an inlaid fan. The frieze has dentil and other decorative moldings and veneer. Below a strip of applied molding are molded and glazed, gothic-arch doors with veneer and inlay. The doors have diamond-shaped keyhole surrounds. Behind the doors are three shelves. Below the doors are tablets of veneer and banding. The base of the upper case has banding and decorative molding. The cylinder top of the lower caser is veneered, framed in banding and stringing, and fitted with knobs. Below the cylinder top of the case are two small drawers with inlay, veneer and knobs above a matching long drawer. Both layers of drawers are flanked by tablets of inlay and veneer. The four legs are turned and reeded and terminate in tapered cylinder feet."},{"label":"Date Digitized","value":"1/30/2019"},{"label":"Marks, Signatures, and Inscriptions","value":"Script inscription on lower case, underside of proper left short drawer bottom: [R].  Pencil inscription on lower case, underside of the proper right short drawer bottom: [L].  Chalk inscription on interior of drawer bottom on long drawer: [FOR BOOKS]."},{"label":"Materials","value":"Mahogany; Birch; Maple; White pine; Glass; Brass"},{"label":"Style","value":["Federal"]},{"label":"Basis of Date","value":"Date attribution by the Art Institute of Chicago (1984)."},{"label":"Date (EDTF)","value":"D:00 M:00 Y:1800 - D:00 M:00 Y:1810"},{"label":"Basis of Origin","value":"Place of origin determined by Brock Jobe (2015)."},{"label":"Place of Origin","value":"Boston, Massachusetts"},{"label":"Basis of Maker Attribution","value":"Previously attributed to the Seymours because of the desk's sophistication. Later research revealed that there were a number of makers in the Boston area capable of making such a piece, however; the piece is not currently thought to have any relation to the Seymours."},{"label":"Maker","value":["Seymour, Thomas, cabinetmaker, 1771-1848","Seymour, John, cabinetmaker, 1738-1818"]},{"label":"Other Name","value":"Desk-and-bookcase; Secretary-bookcase; Secretary and bookcase; Bookcase and secretary; Cylinder fall desk; Cylinder top desk"},{"label":"Object Type","value":["Bookcase","Desk"]},{"label":"Object Use","value":"Case furniture"},{"label":"Category","value":"Furniture"},{"label":"Title","value":"Desk and bookcase"},{"label":"Date Modified","value":"1/30/2019"}],"description":"Desk and bookcase","sequences":[{"@type":"sc:Sequence","canvases":[{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/e39f2054-3c17-4f67-892c-4be9fa9110f8/canvas/_1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"Desk and bookcase","height":1500,"width":1013,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/e39f2054-3c17-4f67-892c-4be9fa9110f8/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/e39f2054-3c17-4f67-892c-4be9fa9110f8","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":512,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4]}]},"height":1500,"width":1013},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/e39f2054-3c17-4f67-892c-4be9fa9110f8/canvas/_1","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/e39f2054-3c17-4f67-892c-4be9fa9110f8/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}}]}],"thumbnail":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/e39f2054-3c17-4f67-892c-4be9fa9110f8/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","logo":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/logo"}