Spiegel Thoms & Company Antique Victorian Solid Oak & Burled Elm Chest This Spiegel Thoms & Company Antique Victorian Solid Oak & Burled Elm Chest is quite stunning. Two hand-dovetailed hanky drawers straddle a lovely carved backsplash above three hand-dovetailed drawers. Constructed out of solid oak with gorgeous burled elm drawer fronts, the chest has a paneled back, the original decoratively incised wooden knobs, carved floral key escutcheons, and rest on lovely pierced bracket feet that have the original casters. The Spiegel Thoms & Company Antique Victorian Solid Oak & Burled Elm Chest measures, 45.00 inches H X 42.00 inches W X 19.00 inches D, and has the original Spiegel Thoms & Company stamped label, Makers No 73 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Indiana. This company was organized in 1855 by cabinet-maker, Augustus Spiegel, his brother Christian Spiegel, Henry Frank and Freidrich Thoms. The company did a lot of business during its heyday and was the first to erect a five-story building in Indianapolis. |