Eldred Wheeler tiger maple desk. Chippendale style with raised panels all around. Flat top over two banks of drawers. The lower 2 drawers on both banks are actually single deep file drawers. Excellent condition. Measures 30 inches high, 63 inches wide, and 33 inches deep.
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.
Rare 60-inch arrow weathervane. Gilt molded copper, cast iron arrowhead and cast iron directionals. Original gold leaf on feathers. Note the arrows with feathers on the cast iron North, East, South and West directionals. Possibly made by Fisk. American, late 19th-early 20th century on custom stand. Dimensions: 74.5" high; 31.5" wide at the directionals; 60" wide at the arrow.