Vintage Eldred Wheeler cherry secretary in the Chippendale style of 1750-80. Made in 2 parts. Perfectly matched cherry boards. This is a museum quality piece of furniture. 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 213, for reference to this secretary.
Eldred Wheeler cherry two-part slant-front desk on frame with scalloped skirt. Queen Anne style. It was made at the shop at 60 Sharp Street, Hingham, MA. It measures 40 inches high x 25 inches wide x 16 inches deep; it is 31 inches high to the writing surface. A beautiful, well-executed piece of reproduction American colonial furniture. Eldred Wheeler, no longer in business, reproduced the finest examples of period American furniture. Please see Eldred Wheeler A Collectors Guide, page 232 for an example of this desk. Excellent condition.
Set of six D.R. Dimes tiger maple dining chairs in the Chippendale style of 1780-1790. Excellent condition. Strong all over tiger maple grain. Two arms and four sides. Each armchair is 39" high x 26" wide x 21" deep; each side chair is 37" high x 20" wide x 20" deep.
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. Benchmark pieces are 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.
Eldred Wheeler tiger maple chest on frame after the Dunlap original of circa 1790. Strong all over tiger grain. Please see Eldred Wheeler A Collectors Guide, pages 72 and 219, for examples of this chest on frame. Made from solid tiger maple boards, all hand block planed. Measures 57 inches high, 40 inches wide, and 19 inches deep. SPNEA reproduction. Truly exceptional.