Antique Mahogony Three-Drawer Salesman's Sample / Apprentice Chest - Reserved for SS Sales Techniques crownlike hat with long flaps

crownlike hat with long flaps

green and white

which they do very well

I have so much to learn about textiles and weaving traditions

Antique Mahogony Three-Drawer Salesman's Sample / Apprentice Chest - Reserved for SS Sales Techniques crownlike hat with long flapsThis gorgeous three drawer mahogany salesman's sample chest would have been used by a furniture maker as a visual aid to help make sales. Tabletop chests like these were also often "apprentice chests," created by furniture makers in training before undertaking full sized versions. Just stunning, I believe this one dates from the 1830s 1850s. It features three drawers (numbered in pencil on the back) with dovetailed corner joints and turned mahogany