Miniature 3-Drawer Mahogany Bow-Front Chest, Mid-Atlantic, Circa:1795

This handsome etagere was hand made by a skilled craftsman in Italy around 60 years ago. The placement of the drawer at the top is very useful as well as unusual. The turned legs of ...

This handsome unique sewing/work stand is quintessentially the work of a master Philadelphia cabinetmaker. It has 2 drawers with replaced hand-cast solid brass pulls and original bra...

This beautiful giltwood table has a lovely patina. The neo-classic detail was hand carved and gilded by a highly skilled craftsman probably in Florence. The fitted removable marble t...

The Chippendale camelback sofa has been a mainstay of fine home furnishings since the middle of the 1700's and it still is today. This sofa is a handmade custom copy of an 18th Centu...

An early 19th century well-figured and faded mahogany miniature bowfront Chest of 2 short and 3 long graduated drawers. The Chest retaining original brass handles, with crosshatched ...

A beautifully made fully functional miniature chest of drawers. This three-drawer chest of mahogany with inlaid panels of satinwood and pencil inlay. Only 11 inches tall, this chest ...

Miniature four-drawer Swedish chest with original paint and glass knobs.

A Good Quality And Charming Early 19th Century Mahogany Miniature Chest, Having Well Figured Top Over Three Long Drawers With Original Brass Knobs And Boxwood Inlaid Escutcheons, Over Elegant Shaped Apron With Original Splayed Bracket Feet.  There is regular debate over whether miniature furniture was made as an apprentice piece, which is when a craftsmen who was looking for a job at a workshop would create something to showcase their talents. Or whether it was made as a travelling salesmans sample piece, which is when a few items were produced as scale models but a well established workshop as a form of physical catalogue in advance of a travelling salesman’s road trip around the country, for him to use to try and fill his order book with full size counterparts. We believe that this particular little Georgian Miniature Chest was probably made as an apprentice piece, due to the relative simplicity of it, combined with the exceptional execution, which maybe suggests that somebody was very much trying to impress somebody else. It is also slightly unusual in form, which again suggests it was made more as a one off item with a specific purpose, as opposed to a scale model of other items. It is certainly a charming piece of antique miniature furniture...