20th C Federal Antique Style Mahogany Tambour Ladies Desk - Seymour Reproduction

With our highest compliments and utmost honors, Bay Colony Antiques is proud to offer for sale this exceptional early 20th century mahogany tambour ladies secretary desk. The desk was made by the Bussolini brothers of Quincy MA. The Bussolini brothers did not mass produce their goods; they were custom cabinet makers working in the traditional manner furnishing the homes of Boston’s elite. Tambour desk are the holy grail of Seymour furniture and similar examples can be seen in museums across the country. The Bussolini brothers seem to have always altered their designs ever so slightly, even combining desirable features from different pieces. The Bussolini brothers were likely influenced by the two Seymour desks at the MFA in Boston, item #41.575, & item #45.231. The desk is heavily inlaid and has inlaid tambour doors decorated with festoons of bellflowers. The tambour doors are flanked by inlaid ionic columns with fluted bodies and demure volutes at the base of the capital. The tam