The entire upper assembly had been lost. I researched it through the Gordon Russell school/museum with help from their staff, and working from original drawings, recreated the ratcheted looking glass and support assembly. (Restored much of the ebonized stringing that had been lost as well.) English walnut.
6’x8′ decorative panel from western hotel lobby. Major conservation of losses to abalone veneer and impact damage to gilded passages. Frame made with silver and aluminum leaf details. 
For those who are interested, many “split” turnings in the 17th and 18th centuries are not complete halves. This is why. They were turned whole, then sawn in half, and the sawn surfaces flattened. They were then inserted as chair back spindles, or glued onto furniture as ornaments. If it looks right…it is right.
Ornamental walnut slab with gold leaf detailing.
Straightforward appropriation of someone else’s design. I left off the lower drawers to create little book cubbies instead. Butternut.
Copy of the one acknowledged original Elephalet Chapin high chest finial. 
Mike Podmaniczky 