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A Federal mahogany and inlaid Tambour writing desk, Boston circa 1810.

Category:	Furniture - American
SubType:	Desk
Origin:	MA
Era:	19th Century
Height:	Height 43.125 inches
Width:	Width 36.625 inches
Depth:	Depth 19.5 inches



This fine example of a tambour front writing desk features delicate proportions and detailed inlay. The tambour doors conceal two banks of cubbies and short drawers flanking a locking center door with a finely inlaid conch shell. The fold down writing surface has a band inlaid border above two long drawers with crossbanded dividers. The square tapered legs have inlaid pilasters with beehive terminals above a graduated husk and seed motif with banded cuffs. A nearly identical example is illustrated in "John & Thomas Seymour", V. Stoneman, Plate 41.

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