Small-scale elegant room January 4, 2010 at 10:50 pm

Small-scale treasuresA little velvet-covered sofa, for instance, or a Georgian mahogany desk you’d like in the study, but for the fact that it’s hardly bigger than your hand. If you’re a collector of these, however, you’ll snap it up immediately and count your blessings. An investment that has paid off: at today’s prices her small but valued in the thousands, though when she though of selling recently before moving to a new “uncluttered” home, the reaction was on a par with getting rid of the family cat because it didn’t go with the color scheme: “That little bed is part of my childhood!” protested her daughter. Another devotee confesses to a mania for this petites amounting to a grand passion “which seems to be in inverse ratio to the size of the things”. He’s inclined to stroke them like a proud parent. “One get so greedy … with these little fellows there’s always room for one more.” Collectors tend to be paranoid about having their names in magazine articles:”they’re worth a fortune now and [groan] so portable. “

Miniatures have had a powerful fascination for people of all ages, powerful enough to become America’s fastest-growing collecting hobby today, third only behind stamps and coins. The Dutch appear to have been the first to make miniature furniture, in the 17th century as trifles for royalty, later as a thriving business. Charles II probably saw these delightful “confections” while in exile in Holland and after the restoration brought the idea to England where it flourished.

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