attributed to the shop of John and Thomas Seymour, paint decoration attributed to John Ritto Penniman, Boston, Massachusetts, 1800-1810, gilt embossed red morocco divided lower drawer, painted and stenciled decoration, side-hung silk workbag with birdseye maple frame, fully finished back with painted seashells, maple and mahogany throughout, 29-3/4 x 20 x 15-3/4 in.
Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. Vernon C. Stoneman; Israel Sack Inc., New York, NY; GKS Bush, Washington D.C., 1996; Christie's Important American Furniture, January 21, 2005, for $262,400; Collection of Dr. George and Connie Manger
Literature: Vernon C. Stoneman, Supplement to John and Thomas Seymour (Special Publications, Boston, 1965), cover, frontispiece and pp. 72-73; Dean A. Fales, American Painted Furniture (Penguin, 1979), p. 115, no. 190; Israel Sack, 90th Anniversary Brochure, p. 104-105; Robert Mussey, The Furniture Masterworks of John and Thomas Seymour (Salem, Massachusetts, Peabody Essex Museum, 2002), pp. 316-317, cat. no. 91.
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Mr. and Mrs. Vernon C. Stoneman; Israel Sack Inc., New York, NY; GKS Bush, Washington D.C., 1996; Christie's Important American Furniture, January 21, 2005, for $262,400; Collection of Dr. George and Connie Manger
this table survives in an exceptional state of preservation, few pieces of American Federal furniture survive in this condition, retaining its original paint decoration, brass pulls and red leather compartment covers, one cover and two interior dividers missing, workbag is an old replacement, crazing and distress to original surface with expected scattered bumps and edgewear
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