Tambour Desk and Bookcase

c. 1800

Attributed to the workshop of John and Thomas Seymour (American, active 1793–1804)
Or attributed to the workshop of Thomas Seymour (American, active 1804–1817)
Boston

Status: On View, Gallery 168
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artists: John and Thomas Seymour (Maker) , Thomas Seymour (Maker)
Title: Tambour Desk and Bookcase
Places: Boston (Object made in:), United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date: c. 1800
Medium: Mahogany, satinwood, white pine, cherrywood, chestnut, with brass, ivorine, and leather
Dimensions: Closed: 188 × 95.3 × 49.6 cm (74 × 37 1/2 × 19 1/2 in.); Open: 188 × 95.3 × 73.7 cm (74 × 37 1/2 × 29 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by the Antiquarian Society
Reference Number: 2024.46a-b
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William Richmond, William’s Antique Shop, Old Greenwich, CT [this and the following according to email from Erik Gronning, Sotheby’s, Jan. 10, 2024; copy in curatorial object file]. Col. Edgar William Garbisch (1899–1979) and Bernice Garbisch (born Chrysler, 1906–1979), Pokety Farm, Cambridge, MD, probably c. 1940s–50s [Booth Conroy 1980; Gronning suggested this date range, which aligns with the Garbisches’ collecting practices]; by descent to their estate; sold, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, May 23–25, 1980, lot 1157, to Bernard & S. Dean Levy Antiques, New York; sold to Thomas (died 2001) and Yvette Cole (1926–2023), Harrison, NY, 1980 [this and the following according to email from Erik Gronning, Sotheby’s, Jan. 11, 2024; copy in curatorial object file]; by descent to their child, Westchester County, NY, Jan. 2023; sold, Sotheby’s, New York, Jan. 20, 2024, lot 55, to the Art Institute of Chicago.

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