S and S Timms Antiques Ltd has dated this Victorian Miniature Mahogany Table to the 19th Century.
This was when an aspiring craftsmen who was seeking work at an established cabinet making workshop would create something to showcase his talents.
Many others believe that they were made as “salesman’s sample pieces” which was when scale models of a workshop’s output were made in advance of a road trip, during which the salesman used these models to present to prospective clients and take orders based on their designs.
These miniature centre tables come in many different shapes, sizes, qualities and designs and were nearly always created as salesman’s sample pieces, i.e. scale models of bigger versions.
Circa 1870.
Height – 7.5in.
Diameter – 10in.
S and S Timms Antiques Ltd has dated this Victorian Miniature Mahogany Table to the 19th Century.
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Victorian Miniature Mahogany Centre Table
