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.
Vintage Eldred Wheeler tiger maple Connecticut lowboy in the Queen Anne style of 1760-80. 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 Eldred Wheeler tiger maple hunt board or sideboard in the Hepplewhite style of 1790-1799. Strong all over tiger grain. Wonderful condition. Pronounced hand block-planed surface, wood pin joinery. Walnut banding around the three graduated drawers that also have hand-cut dovetails and chamfered bottoms. It measures 63.75" long x 21.5" wide x 39" high. 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 214, for reference to this sideboard.
Rare early New England primitive cradle in original dry mossy green and red paint, circa 1790-1810. This is the best cradle we have come across in our 50 years of selling fine antiques. All original powder dry paint, never waxed. No repairs. Measures 38.5 inches long, 29 inches high to the bonnet, 13.5 inches high to the sides, and 16 inches wide.
Primitive and folky wall rack for kitchen utencils. Crackled milk paint, wheel carving and hand-wrought iron hooks. Twentieth century. Signed on back. This wall rack looks exactly like its early New England counterpart from the 1680-1720 period. Only an expert would know the difference. Measures 29" wide x 11" high.