Vintage D. R. Dimes tiger maple double chest of drawers. Chippendale style with hand-carved shell top center drawer; hand-cut dovetailed top, front drawers and bottom. Strong allover tiger maple grain. Excellent condition. Measures 58 in. wide, 18.5 in. deep, and 35.5 inches high. Burnt-in mark and paper label on back.
Bench made Tiger maple secretary with full interior, tombstone door panels, rossets, flame finials, and secret compartment c1999. This is a masterpiece, hand crafted form strong all over solid tiger maple in the 1760-1780 style. Signed dated 1999. Measures 92 in high, 38 in wide and 21 in deep. Excellent condition with a small chip of the bottom molding.
Vintage strong tiger maple matched pair of 6 drawer chests. Benchmade circa 1980. This is the finest pair of tiger maple chests we will ever have. We have never seen more pronounced all over tiger grain. The drawers are all numbered from one to 12. Each chest measures 29 inches wide, 16 inches deep, and 30 inches high. The clearance from the floor to underside is 16 inches. Wide dovetailed drawers with chamfered drawer bottoms. Excellent condition. Purchased from an Ohio estate. Custom made, perhaps by Treharn.
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.