French provincial cupboard in fruitwood. Loire valley, circa 1800. Rarely found narrow size. Mellow patina. Measures 69 inches high, 30 inches wide and 19 inches deep. Moderate wear commensurate with age. Two doors and a single drawer. Note the perfectly book matched lower door panel, original hinges and wooden pin construction.
Bench made tiger maple secretary with pediment top, arch-top door panels, rosettes, flame finials, and full interior with secret compartment. Solid tiger maple with very pronounced grain all over. This is a masterpiece of cabinetry in the 1760-1780 style. Dated 1999. Measures 92 in high, 38 in wide and 21 in deep. Excellent condition with a small chip of the bottom molding.
Vintage Eldred Wheeler two part tiger maple secretary in the Chippendale style. This is a museum quality piece of furniture. Hand crafted by a master craftsman working for Eldred Wheeler. Full step-back interior, compartmented top with sliding shelves over four graduated drawers ending in ogee bracket feet. This desk also a has a secret compartment. Eldred Wheeler is no longer in business. In its day, the shop made the finest reproductions of period American furniture, but precious few secretaries of this quality. Measures 78.5 inches high, 20 inches deep at the base, 10 inches deep at the top, 35 inches wide, and 31 inches high to the writing surface. Please see "Eldred Wheeler / A Collector's Guide" by Emmett W. Eldred, page 262, for reference to this secretary. NOTE: the key is not the original one, but it can be used to open the lid and doors; also, the two bottom right side boards have shrunken a bit which is not uncommon.
Vintage wall sconces by Bradley and Hubbard circa 1920. Silvered cast bronze. Set of four. Excellent condition, newly rewired; original pull chains, porcelain candles and enameled portrait medallions. Stamped B & H on reverse. Each measures 13 inches high by 9 inches wide and 4 inches deep.
Vintage D. R. Dimes tiger maple oval dining table with two leaves. Queen Anne style. Excellent condition. The four graceful legs without cross stretchers allows for easy seating of 8. This table is one of the most expensive designs Dimes ever built. Stamped D.R. Dimes Benchmark underneath the top and also hand signed D. R. Dimes 1995. Doug Dimes senior signed fewer than 10% of what he made, and only what he considered his very best work. Measures 72" long by 44" wide by 29.5" high. The 2 leaves are each 14" wide; full extension of the table is 99.5". The Dimes Benchmark line was their most expensive line, the best of the best, copied from the finest examples of early period American Furniture.