March Interiors
Timed Online Auction, 20 March - 2 April 2025
Furniture
Lot Estimate
ZAR 1 500 - 2 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 4 456
Location
Cape Town
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About this Item
A walnut apprentice chest of drawers, 19th century
the rectangular moulded top above two short and three long drawers fitted with brass drop handles above a shaped apron, on splayed bracket feet; and another, the rectangular top above four graduated drawers fitted with turned ivory knobs, on bracket feet, the larger 30cm high, 28,5cm wide, 14cm deep
*This lot is not suitable for export.
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Notes
Apprentice pieces were used by travelling salesmen as prototypes for the full-size version. Workshops would send out salesmen on lengthy country-wide tours with a miniature of each piece on his sales cart. This meant the cabinet maker could use the smaller form to show off his skills, without the salesman having to transport a full-size piece of furniture wherever he went. Using exactly the same skills and techniques as used on the full-sized pieces, the miniatures offered a fantastic way of potential buyers being able to get a feel of the quality of goods the workshop produced, before committing to a purchase… much like a real life catalogue.
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