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.
Vintage D. R. Dimes Benchmark tiger maple table with 2 board porringer corner top. The D. R. Dimes Benchmark series were top of the line - the very finest craftsmanship. The tiger grain is so pronounced the table legs look like zebra legs. This is one of the finest pieces Dimes ever made. Graceful Queen Anne style legs, scalloped aprons with back blocks, chamfered top, wood pin joinery and hand-cut dovetailed drawer. It measures 21 inches square and 27 inches high.
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.