A FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY TALL CASE CLOCK

This tall case clock exhibits two sets of faux-reeded pilasters with mock garlands to the upper and lower sections of the case. Several other works attributed to the workshop of John and Thomas Seymour share similar inlay. One example, a lady's desk and bookcase in the collection of Winterthur, exhibits these inlaid pilasters in a more narrow form than the present example (Charles F. Montgomery, American Furniture, The Federal Period (New York, 1966), cat. 186, pp. 230-231). Another example of this inlay appears on a sideboard that is considered to be one of the finest examples of inlay from this workshop (Robert D. Mussey, The Furniture Masterworks of John and Thomas Seymour (Salem, 2003), cat. 36, pp. 206-207). Other related examples of these faux-pilasters are seen in numerous case pieces in private and public collections (Vernon C. Stoneman, John and Thomas Seymour, Cabinetmakers in Boston, 1794-1816 (Boston, 1959), cat. 21, pp. 70-71, cat. 22, pp. 72-73, cat. 23, pp. 74-75).