Title: Tambour Desk
Object type: Tambour desk
Date: ca. 1805
Culture: American
Artist:  Reuben Swift 
Artist bio: 1780–1843
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Maker
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)
Credit line: Bequest of Cecile L. Mayer, 1962
Geography: Made in New Bedford Massachusetts  United States New England     
Department: The American Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY