Antique Mahogony Three-Drawer Salesman's Sample / Apprentice Chest - Reserved for SS five holes I think the purple

I think the purple

there are hooks on both ends of it

The box measures 6" long x 3 1/4" wide and each walnut measures 1 5/8"long x 1 3/8" wide x 5/8" tall

which are amplifying my desire for a wonderful old wooden desk across the surface of which I'd spread out all manner of vintage desk accessories

The ground is sort of a taupe—a mottled purple-gray

Antique Mahogony Three-Drawer Salesman's Sample / Apprentice Chest - Reserved for SS five holes I think the purpleThis 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