D. R. Dimes Benchmark tiger maple bed in king size. Turned and fluted tall posts. Wonderfully pronounced tiger grain. Excellent condition. This bed in tiger maple is from their Benchmark series. Excellent condition. Dimes Bench mark series was their top of the line. Offering the finest craftmanship and strong tiger maple boards.
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.
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 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.