Fine Seymour Attributed Federal Tambour Writing Desk

Boston, circa 1815, attributed to Thomas Seymour, burl wood, mahogany, and curly maple veneer, metal ball feet, brass leopard mask ring handles, and brass lion mask ring drawer pulls, tambour opens with drawer revealing two compartments with bird's eye maple turned handle lids and two small open compartments, writing surface lined with black oil cloth, 7 x 14 x 9-1/4 in.

Provenance: Gary F. Yeaton Antiques, Concord, New Hampshire, 2016; The Delany Collection of American Furniture and Decorative Arts

Note: A similar example is pictured in Robert D. Mussey Jr., The Furniture Masterworks of John & Thomas Seymour (2003), pp. 444-445, no. 155