Lovely Antique Four Drawer "Salesman Sample" Chest sewing kit and includes nine variously sized

and includes nine variously sized round blocks to arrange and re-arrange

and I have done a bit of repair to the top side seams

with a small clean tear along the right edge

it seems pretty stable at this point

Lovely Antique Four Drawer "Salesman Sample" Chest sewing kit and includes nine variously sizedNot my expertise (what is, really?!), but with its clean lines, turned pulls, paneled sides, and gently rounded corners on the top, I think this tabletop chest is really beautiful, and useful for stashing all sorts of little ish things. My guess would be late 19th century, and I assume made as an apprentice piece or salesman sample as chests of this scale usually were. Photos describe it better than I can so I've taken a lot. 11 3 4 t x 12 1 4 w x 7 1