Connecticut High Chest Connecticut High Chest Based on several examples from Wethersfield/Hartford, with deep shell carvings rather than shallow fans. Note the hollow skirt which matches the shell carving in the lower case. Three examples are shown here: two in figured maple and one in flame birch (see "commissions page" also). 71 1/2 inches high. Scroll Down For More Images Click on Any Image For Detailed View A variation of the same chest, done in quarter-sawn maple drawer fronts, with three, long, upper drawers. Quartered maple yields the most striking tiger figure-also known as "fiddle-back" maple. Flame birch example. See Commissions page for full view.