
Tambour Desk and Bookcase
Purchased with funds provided by The Antiquarian Society
Catalogue
- Year
- 1800
- 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.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Thomas Seymour
Artist

Attributed to the workshop of Thomas Seymour (active 1794–1843)
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Chest of Drawers with Dressing Glass
1815 · Mahogany with mahogany veneer, maple veneer, white ash, and white pine
Dressing glass
1810 · Mahogany, mahogany and birch veneers, and glass with white pine
Bedstead
1810 · Mahogany, mahogany veneer, mahoganized maple and white pine, painted and gilded wood
Sideboard Table
1805 · Primary: mahogany,mahogany and curly maple veneers, birch, holly (arch inlay) Causurina (she-oak) all light wood veneers and inlay, Sabicu (side veneer): secondary: soft maple (sides and sub-top), white pine (tops to end sections, backboard, drawer bottoms) cherry (drawer sides and back).
Tall Clock
1805 · Mahogany, mahogany veneer, maple with white pine
Side Chair
1805 · Mahogany, birch veneer, birch, tulip poplar
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Thomas Seymour
- Year
- 1800
- 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.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1800-160215
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





