Fine vintage set of 6 D. R. Dimes bow back Windsor dining chairs with carved comb top extensions. Exact copies of their original Pennsylvania counterparts of 1775-1800. Wonderful crackle black over red finish and saddle seats. Each chair measures 43.5 inches high to the back, 18 inches high to the seat, 17 inches deep, and 16.5 inches wide. They are all in pristine condition. Dramatic silhouettes, very strong and comfortable.
Charles Eames for Herman Miller set of five early PSC chairs. Labeled Zeeland, Mich and Gardena Calif, circa 1960. All the chairs swivel easily and are in excellent working order. The leatherette has separated along the lower seam line of each chair, and there is a small hole in the back of one chair (please see photos). As found estate condition from original owner. Each chair measures 31.5 inches high to the back, 18.5 inches high to the seat, 19 inches wide and and 18.5 inches deep.
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 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.