Apprentice piece

Name/Title

Apprentice piece

Entry/Object ID

3600

Description

Is a chest of drawers and, an apprenticeship piece. This particular one came from Marlborough. The fellow, when he started his apprenticeship as a furniture maker, the apprenticeship was 7 years in period of time. He finished the apprenticeship in 1901 and this example is absolutely superb. Four different varieties of wood, considered by David senior to be one of the finest examples of an apprentice piece he'd seen.

Collection

Craft