A FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY AND FLAME-BIRCH CARD TABLE

BOSTON, POSSIBLY THE SHOP OF JOHN AND THOMAS SEYMOUR, 1800-1810

Details

A FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY AND FLAME-BIRCH CARD TABLE
Boston, Possibly the shop of John and Thomas Seymour, 1800-1810
The hinged top with concave front above a conforming frame inlaid with an oval flame-birch panel flanked by similar rectangular panels over an inlaid lower edge, on turned and reeded legs with tapering feet
30in. high, 36in. wide, 17in. deep

Literature

Vernon C. Stoneman, John and Thomas Seymour, Cabinetmakers in Boston 1794-1816 (Boston, 1959) p. 219

Exhibited

Harrison Gray Otis House, Boston

Lot Essay

Among the numerous Massachusetts made Boston tables with flame birch panels, this example stands out as unusual for its intricately turned legs with reeding that ends higher above the turned cuff that is usual.

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