Antique Mahogony Three-Drawer Salesman's Sample / Apprentice Chest - Reserved for SS Sales Techniques The visible design remains as

The visible design remains as a window into the vast reticulate intricacy of the universe

with a little bit of loss of the gold around the rim

I have so much to learn about textiles and weaving traditions

Perhaps for holding ink

green and white

Antique Mahogony Three-Drawer Salesman's Sample / Apprentice Chest - Reserved for SS Sales Techniques The visible design remains asThis 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