Miniature Furniture
by Harry W. Smith
Most of Harry’s miniatures are scaled 1" = 1' - 0" and are made using the same hardwoods and techniques as their full size counterparts. All joints are mortise and tenon or dovetail.
The images near the end of the slide show are scaled 3" = 1' - 0"
Please note, all furniture is custom made. These examples are in collections..
For More information on custom work
Queen Anne Black Lacquered Highboy
scale: 1” = 1’ - 0”
Queen Anne Black Lacquered Highboy and side chairs
scale: 1” = 1’ - 0”
Philadelphia Chippendale Mahogany Highboy
7.75” high overall - scale: 1” = 1’ - 0”
Philadelphia Chippendale Mahogany Highboy
Plan page from “The Art of Making Furniture in Miniature”
Chippendale Chairs
Hand carved mahogany - scale: 1” = 1’ - 0”
Walnut Victorian Bed
8” high overall - scale: 1” = 1’ - 0”
Thomas Seymour Desk
Working tambour, sandalwood inlays and porcelain and brass knobs
Press Cupboard
Made of oak. 6” high overall - scale: 1” = 1’ - 0”
Press Cupboard Showing carving detail
Press Cupboard Plans
Drawing from The Art of Making Furniture in Miniature.
Press Cupboard Plans
Drawing from The Art of Making Furniture in Miniature.
Tilt Top Table
Made of Mahogany. 2.5” high overall - scale: 1” = 1’ - 0”
Mt. Vernon Torchiere
3.5” high overall - Scale: 1” = 1’ - 0”
Mt. Vernon Torchiere - detail
Mt. Vernon Torchiere - detail
Mt. Vernon Torchiere
In the room setting.
Jacobean Spindle Chair
4” high overall - scale: 1” = 1’ - 0”
Queen Anne maple chest & maple corner chair
Scale: 1" = 1' - 0"
Dolphin Table
Mahogany with carved & gilded dolphins - scale: 1” = 1’ - 0”
Gateleg Table
2.5” high overall - scale: 1” = 1’ - 0”
Chippendale Lowboy
Hand carved mahogany - scale: 1” = 1’ - 0”
Jacobean chest Pembroke Table
Made for Neiman Marcus - scale: 1” = 1’ - 0”
Pagoda mirror
Chinoiserie mirror - scale: 1” = 1’ - 0”
Victorian side chair
Carved in walnut. - scale: 1” = 1’ - 0”
Brinkley Dome
Setting with an antique doll holding a tiny porcelain doll I made. 1” = 1’ - 0”
Elephant ladder
Hundreds of pins hold the leather on the rosewood frame. scale: 1”= 1’- 0”
Portrait on easel
with brushes and paint tubes - scale: 1” = 1’ - 0”
Victorian Washstand
Carved in walnut. - scale: 1” = 1’ - 0”
Plume Back Chair
Tiny brass pins are scalloped around the edge - scale: 1” = 1’ - 0"
Spite House Room
scale: 1” = 1’ - 0"
Spite House Parlor
Detail of hand painted garniture and portrait of Captain Mc Cobb
Unicorn Chest
Hand painted - scale: 1” = 1’ - 0"
Unicorn Chest
Detail of paintings
Chinoiserie chest on frame - Scale: 3' = 1' - 0"
Black lacquered maple carcass tortoise shelled in Indian red with paint and raised gesso designs covered in 24kt gold leaf. Top frieze has a hidden drawer.
Additional view of the Chest on frame. Drawers are dovetailed and caucus is mortise & tenon construction. Hand made brass hardware. Scale: 3" = 1'- 0"
Friendship sloop model - Scale: 3" = 1'- 0"
Mahogany Duncan Phyfe, lyre back chair - Scale: 3" = 1'- 0"
Created for Berry Tracy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Duncan Phyfe lyre back chair
side view - Scale: 3" = 1'- 0"
Duncan Phyfe lyre back chair
detail - Scale: 3" = 1'- 0"
Bird of Paradise Ivory carving
Carved from single piece of Ivory - 3"high
"Sahm" A Gibbon Ape. Carved as a memorial to a family pet in Hawaii. The top has four hand carved ivory panels depicting moments in Sahm's life. - 10" high
Two of the four carved ivory panels on the Sahm case.
Miniature violin
made for Neiman Marcus. - Scale: 3" = 1'- 0"
These pages depict pieces made for Tasha Tudor
Tasha Tudor with Melissa and Captain Crane and Harry's spinning wheel
Tiny letters with paintings by Tasha, sent by "Melissa" requesting I make a spinning wheel so she could spin the yarn to make a sweater for Captain Crane. Return address East of the sun west of the moon.
Tasha Tudor spinning on the wheel I was to make in miniature.
Tasha Tudor's sketch for Harry to make Melissa's spinning wheel
Melissa Crane using the finished spinning wheel. - Scale: 3" = 1'- 0"
String musical instruments Harry created to be played by a marionette corgi dog orchestra during "The Rose and the Ring" performance. - Scale: 3" = 1'- 0"
Five additional musical instruments Harry created to be played by Tasha's marionette corgi dog orchestra. - Scale: 3" = 1'- 0"
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