For his own pleasure, during his hours of leisure or after
retirement, a craftsman would often produce a scale model which summed up all
his skill and brought together all the technical difficulties specific to his
speciality.
The cabinet-maker produced a final work, as a tour de force or a challenge,
summing up his knowledge and making one last display of his talent and skill.
Here are some examples of the many items
in the collection produced as pastimes
(for detailed information about an object, click once on the image with the
left-hand button of the mouse)
