Antique Federal Period Tiger Maple Tall Chest With Secret Locking Drawer Feature

With our absolute highest compliments Bay Colony Antiques takes the utmost pleasure in presenting this exceptional antique chest of drawers. This antique tall chest is constructed entirely with beautiful tiger maple wood along with cherry selected for the top which creates a wonderful contrast. The most impressive feature that this tall chest boasts are two ingenious primitive locking features that make the two upper drawers inaccessible. These wooden spring locks, known as "Dutch locks" by many antique collectors, as they were most commonly associated with furniture made in the Pennsylvania Dutch tradition, still work as well as the day this chest was made. They are both affixed to the center of each drawer underside and work by slamming into the transition above the upper long drawer forcing each drawer to stay within the frame of the chest. To access the upper drawers, first you have to understand where the spring locks are and then open the upper long drawer so that you may reach