tables - apprentice furniture
Apprentice Furniture. Small-scale versions of cabinet furniture, sometimes made by apprentice craftsmen to demonstrate their technical skills. More commonly, such pieces were made by skilled tradesmen and taken around country districts by journeymen or commercial travellers, so customers could order household furniture from these samples. Miniature furniture pieces, often made for children, are frequently described as apprentice pieces. They are now highly sought after, but, buyer beware, the market abounds with many imported and locally produced 'apprentice pieces' of more recent manufacture.
13 item(s) found:
A miniature burr walnut sewing/writing table late 19th century, the scaled version duplicating a ladies sewing table with lift top lid revealing a fitted surface,…
An early Victorian miniature sample table, the mahogany round tilt top table with three scroll feet on a platform base and inlaid star top. Made by John Cole, Bristol. Height 19 cm. Width 22 cm
An Australian cedar table (apprentice piece)
An apprentice piece, inlaid table with drawer, 19th century cedar
An apprentice piece, a parquetry miniature round table on centre column, mid 19th century (16 cm high, 19 cm diameter
A mid 19th century apprentice piece, a table with specimen woods top, turned ebony column and quadruped base. Height 17 cm, the octagonal top 20 cm across
A crib board in the form of a miniature table with inlaid mahogany top and baluster column, mid 19th century 18 cm x. Height 13 cm
Miniature kauri table This delightful table, with its well defined turned legs and simple edge detail, indicate an intent rather than a miniaturisation of an actual table.…
A Victorian miniature walnut Sutherland table, the narrow oblong shaped top with two drop down flaps on ring turned end supports United by stretcher
Victorian mahogany apprentice table with barley twist Legs
Apprentice cedar, blackwood and huon pine octagonal tilt top chess table with a turned column and three splay legs