ELDRED WHEELER QUEEN ANNE-STYLE CHILD’S CHEST-ON-FRAME
Massachusetts, 20th Century
In cherry. Upper case with five graduated full-width drawers, the top drawer simulating three side-by-side drawers with central fan-carving. Frame with scrolled skirt and cabriole legs ending in pad feet. Eldred Wheeler label in upper drawer.
Height 41.5”. Width 22.5”. Depth 14.25”.
Provenance:
Collection of Robin and Laurie Young, sold to benefit the Osterville Village Library. Mr. and Mrs. Young will donate all proceeds from the sale of Lots 2310-2319 to the library and will match the total donation up to an additional $25,000.


The award-winning library, located at 43 Wianno Avenue in Osterville, Massachusetts, is the third oldest library on Cape Cod, established in 1873 in the dining room of its first librarian, Mrs. Thankful Ames. It moved to its own building in 1882 and was incorporated by the state in 1883 as the Osterville Free Library. In 1958 it moved again, to its current location in the heart of Osterville village, and the building underwent an extensive renovation in 2010, reopening in 2012. Its mission is to inspire lifelong learning, advance knowledge and strengthen the community.