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Tambour Desk

Reuben Swift

Tambour Desk, Reuben Swift, ca. 1805, Burl walnut, flame-grain birch, tulip, maple, pine

Maker: Reuben Swift
Date: ca. 1805
Medium: Burl walnut, flame-grain birch, tulip, maple, pine
Dimensions: 55 3/8 x 41 1/2 x 21 3/4 in. (140.7 x 105.4 x 55.2 cm)
Form: Desk
Origin: New Bedford
Culture: American
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession: 62.171.6a, b
Credit line: Bequest of Cecile L. Mayer, 1962

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