View full screen - View 1 of Lot 63. A Federal Roll-Top Desk-and-Bookcase, Attributed to John Seymour (1738–1818) and/or Thomas Seymour (1771–1848), Boston, Massachusetts, Circa 1800.

Property from the collection of a New York family

A Federal Roll-Top Desk-and-Bookcase, Attributed to John Seymour (1738–1818) and/or Thomas Seymour (1771–1848), Boston, Massachusetts, Circa 1800

Auction Closed

January 20, 04:11 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Inlaid and figured mahogany and birchwood


Inscribed on top of base Dining Room Probated Nov. 5, 1826 Edward S. Whittemore and Edward Spalding May 28th, 1867 Nashua, New Hampshire.


Height 89 in. by Width 39 3/4 in. by Depth 21 1/4 in.

Sotheby's, New York, Americana, January 17-18, 2002, sale 7756, lot 416;

Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc., New York.