Miniature French Walnut Empire Chest of Three Drawers with Secret Compartments

A good quality American Hepplewhite style inlaid mahogany chest of drawers of serpentine form, the well-figured top with a boxwood inlaid edge above 4 graduated drawers each with lin...

A substantial American Empire Revival period mahogany dressing chest the top with a molded edge and an attached adjustable mirror supported by well-carved standards. The lower case i...

An outstanding Meiji period Japanese keyaki wood (elm) tansu of large size with 8 drawers, 3 large 2 medium and 3 small, and 2 cabinets with small interior drawers. The piece has iro...

A very well-detailed figured walnut table cabinet in the neoclassical taste with an elaborate metal filigree door opening to reveal a beveled mirror above 2 small drawers, surmounted...

An extensive biography of the life of Louis XIII king of France who ruled from 1610-1643. This volume is the first edition of Howell's work and retains its original full calf...

The works of Victorian period American author F. Marion Crawford (1854-1909) an erudite novelist born in Italy, the son of a sculptor. The set includes some of his better known works...

Handcrafted masterpiece from the mid-1800s. This unique, top quality and great condition miniature is an absolute joy to own and look at. Top quality miniatures are hard to find and...

exquisite exemple of a miniature sample of an empire chest made by a "Compagnon" most likely this was for the mentor to judge the ability of his pupi...

A charming and rare 18th century Georgian yew wood miniature chest having four long drawers with original brass knobs raised on original shaped bracket feet. (There is often debate as to whether miniature furniture was made as an apprentice piece, which is when a craftsmen who is looking for a job at a workshop would create something to showcase their talents, or whether it was made as a travelling salesman's sample piece, which is when a few articles were made as scale models in advance of a road trip during which a salesman would travel the country showing prospective clients the kind of items they could produce back at the workshop and take orders from. This particular example doesn't really appear to quite fit either of those briefs however and may well have just been made as an individual, one off piece in a provincial workshop. One of the reasons for this is the construction from solid yewwood which is a rarely used material in items any larger than this as the trunks generally don't grow large enough. The overall quality is  excellent and clearly somebody has spent many, many hours  producing this wonderful piece. A really quite charming piece of antique miniature furniture...

The miniature or model chest of drawers dates back to the Biedermeier period and was made with walnut veneer on a softwood body. The chest of drawers is in very good restored conditi...

A painted English miniature nest of drawers from the late 19th-early 20th century. This exquisite English miniature brown colored nest of drawers features five drawers with two cubby...

A wonderful antique miniature Victorian Wellington chest of drawers in burr walnut. This dates from around the 1860-1880 period & is quite a rare item. It is a charming little item,...