Tambour desk

1795–1810

Object PlaceSalem or Springfield, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/TechniqueMahogany, curly maple, pine

DimensionsOverall: 121.6 x 98.7 x 52.1 cm (47 7/8 x 38 7/8 x 20 1/2 in.)

Credit LineGift of Dudley Leavitt Pickman

Accession number29.900

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ClassificationsFurniture

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Americas

InscriptionsPrinted paper label on back: "Mr. M. R. Ballou / Boxford, Mass. / 3 o'clock Train / Newburyport Branch / BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD, / PASSENGER STATION / CARE JA . . . s . . ."

Provenance1929, gift of Dudley Leavitt Pickman (Accession Date April 4, 1929); October 25, 2012, deaccessioned by the MFA for sale through Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.