attributed to John and Thomas Seymour, ca. 1810, highly figured banded and inlaid top with biscuit corners centering a birdseye maple veneered panel, the upper drawer fitted with a ratcheted writing board with early green baize lining above an additional drawer, both with lion mask brass pulls, the drawers finely dovetailed with mahogany secondary, the case sides and back with double panel inlays, one side fitted with a pull out work bag, finely turned and reeded legs on brass casters, 29-1/2 x 21-3/4 x 17-1/2 in.
 

Note: A handful of other highly inlaid Boston work tables from the Seymour School are known. See, for example, The Furniture Masterworks of John and Thomas Seymour by Robert D. Mussey, Jr., catalog numbers 82 and 84, the latter now in the collections of the White House Historical Association.

Another closely related Seymour work table is illustrated in Sack, The New Fine Points of American Furniture, p. 308, where it is listed as a "Masterpiece."

accompanied by detailed treatment report and extensive photographic documentation from Robert Mussey Associates recording scattered minor repairs; some minor stains and warping to top (later brace at underside) with scattered cracks and veneer repairs, slight warp to writing board, shrinkage cracks at drawer bottoms, brasses replaced, some sun fading, other typical bumps, surface flaws and minor repairs