S and S Timms Antiques Ltd has dated this Georgian Mahogany Miniature Chest to the 18th Century.
Mahogany Miniature Chest Having well Figured Top Over
Two Short And Three Long Drawers With Later Brass
Lions Mask Knobs Raised On Elegant Original
Splayed Bracket Feet
(It’s often debated whether miniature furniture was
made by workshop apprentices looking
for a job by showcasing their talents, or in fact
made as travelling salesman’s scale models in advance
of a road trip around the country showing prospective clients
the kind of items they could produce back at the workshop and
take orders. This particular miniature chest would almost certainly
have been made as a salesman’s sample piece, due to its overall
quality and design and the fact it has been constructed from
highly figured mahogany, The brass knobs are later replacements
but sit well on the piece and the unusually bold splay feet are
very much original. There is also working locks and keys.)
Circa 1800
Height - 20.5in
Width - 18in
Depth - 8.5in
S and S Timms Antiques Ltd has dated this Georgian Mahogany Miniature Chest to the 18th Century.
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Georgian Mahogany Miniature Chest
