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Ladies Writing Desk by Thomas Seymour

Creator: Thomas Seymour -John & Thomas Seymour
Offered by: Kelly Kinzle Antiques

Description
A lovely little lady’s desk with all the refinement, skill and quality of the Seymour shop. This desk, a labeled example at Winterthur and a tambour secretary at Bayou Bend share many design and decorative details and appear to date soon after the Seymour’s arrival in Boston in 1793.

Mahogany and mahogany veneer

H: 41”; W: 34”; D: 20”.

Provenance

Israel Sack, Inc., New York;

Private collection;

Israel Sack, Inc.;

Collection of Ted and Barbara Alfond, Weston, MA;
Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, New Hampshire Auction, November 3, 1997, lot 567
Collection of Erving and Joyce Wolf

Literature

American Antiques from the Israel Sack Collection, vol. III p. 684.

American Antiques from the Israel Sack Collection, vol. V, pp. 1372-1373, as “A JOHN SEYMOUR MASTERPIECE”

More Information

Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (similar item)
Period:	18th Century
Materials:	Mahogany and mahogany veneer
Condition:	Good.
Styles / Movements:	Traditional
Incollect Reference #:	704756

Dimensions

W.	34 in;	H.	41 in;	D.	20 in;
W.	86.36 cm;	H.	104.14 cm;	D.	50.8 cm;

Message from Seller:

Kelly Kinzle grew up helping his parents Dorothy and Donn in their antique and auction business in Duncansville, Pennsylvania. As a young man, he founded his own business and moved to New Oxford, Pennsylvania with his partner Paralee Winstel in 1990. Their business is located in the old bank building on the historic town square. P: 717.495.3395