RARE Sir Ambrose Heal Arts and Crafts oak chest #402. English, early 20th century. Excellent original condition. Some minor lip loss on the top drawer. Hand-hammered drawer pulls and hand-cut dovetails. Four graduated drawers with individual dust covers. Please see: Sir Ambrose Heal by Oliver S. Heal, pages 175 and 278, for reference to this exact chest. Only 50 were produced. They were sold from 1904 to 1927. A quote from his grandson's book: "Inspired by the likes of John Ruskin and William Morris, Ambrose Heal transformed the family furnishing business, Heal's of Tottenham Court Road, London, to provide a broad middle-class public with distinctive, well-designed, well-made furniture and furnishings." Heal was progressive and forward-thinking. He encouraged his staff to become employee shareholders, displayed the works of the most avant-garde artists of the time, and commissioned advertising posters from the best graphic designers of the day. Clearly his philosophies tied into his designs and the overall Arts and Crafts design movement. Measures 30 inches wide, 36 inches high and 18.5 inches deep.
Very fine French Louis XVI style bureau plat, or flat top writing desk. Restrained and elegant design, typical of its period counterparts. Two drawers and two extensions. Kingwood with bronze mountings, hand-tooled black leather writing surface and complicated satinwood inlay. Circa 1900. Beautiful condition. Dimensions: 51.5" long, 25" wide, 31.75" high to surface, 24.75" clearance, 16.5" extension each side.
Vintage Eldred Wheeler tiger maple Connecticut lowboy in the 1760-80 style. Measures 30 inches high, 33 inches wide, and 20 inches deep. Its two-board top is hand dovetailed into the sides; wooden pin construction, hand block planed, fine hand carved shell on lower middle drawer, dovetailed drawers with chamfered bottoms, scalloped hand tooled skirts, and solid brass hardware. Excellent original condition. Eldred Wheeler was established in 1977 and is no longer in business. In its day the company made the finest copies of authentic Early American furniture. Please see "Eldred Wheeler / A Collector's Guide" by Emmett W. Eldred, page 211, for reference to this exact lowboy.
Vintage D. R. Dimes bow back country Windsor chairs in pine and hickory, set of 6 (2 armchairs and 4 side chairs). There are normal traces of wear on the seats and some seats are a little darker than the others. Very strong and comfortable. Armchair dimensions: 42" high to back, 28.25" high to arms, 17.25" high to seats, 25.75" wide at arms, and 16" deep. Side chair dimensions: 38.25" high to back, 17.27" high to seats, 21" wide, and 17.25" deep.
RARE authentic Arts and Crafts period original Limbert oak arm rocker number 866. Morocco leather laced cushion seat and back. Please see page 41 of the original Charles P. Limbert Company Cabinet Makers booklet #112 to see a listing for this exact rocker. Excellent original condition. Heavy, strong and truly comfortable. Measures overall 37" high x 37" deep x 30 " wide.