Pook and Pook Americana & International Auction 2021

189 764 Important Massachusetts Federal mahogany three- part secretary desk, ca. 1805 , attributed to the shop of John and Thomas Seymour, this highly sophisticated desk featuring an array of satinwood panels and inlaid edges, with square tapering legs and bellflower chains, with spade feet, 81” h., 35 3/4” w. Purportedly found in Ireland after having been brought there in the early 19th c. by the Galloway family. Illustrated in Stoneman, A Supplement to John and Thomas Seymour: Cabinetmakers in Boston 1794- 1816 No.15 . Provenance: David Stockwell 1967. 81” x 35 3/4”. $10,000-15,000