Baker Mahogany Step-Back Breakfront Cupboard, 20th C
About the Item
- Creator:Baker Furniture Company (Maker)
- Dimensions:Height: 86 in (218.44 cm)Width: 72 in (182.88 cm)Depth: 18 in (45.72 cm)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:20th Century
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Overall very good condition, tight and sturdy with two keys and trim loss as photographed.
- Seller Location:Big Flats, NY
- Reference Number:
Baker Furniture Company
Owing to the company’s collaborations with many leading designers and artists over time, vintage Baker furniture is consistently sought after today. The heritage brand’s chairs, dining tables, desks and other pieces are widely known to collectors and design enthusiasts for their fine craftsmanship and durability.
Within a few decades of its launch, Baker Furniture Company evolved into one of the largest and most important furniture manufacturers in the United States, and became known for its high-quality production standards. Siebe Baker and business partner Henry Cook founded the original iteration of Baker Furniture Company in 1890 in Allegan, Michigan, after immigrating to the United States from the Netherlands. Allegan is a small town west of Grand Rapids, which, at that time was home to Widdicomb Furniture Co. and more and was known as America’s furniture capital. The company manufactured doors and interior moldings, and introduced a combination desk and bookcase in 1893. In the early 1900s, Siebe became sole owner of the business.
Among others, stage designer Joseph Urban and modernist designer Kem Weber contributed designs to Baker in the 1920s. In 1932, under the leadership of Siebe’s son, Hollis, who started at the company as a salesman but took the reins when his father passed in 1925, Baker Furniture introduced bedroom pieces and debuted its Manor House collection, which made reproductions of European furnishings available to the American market. (Hollis was an avid traveler and procured antiques overseas for the company to reproduce in the United States.) Soon, Baker Furniture Company moved to Holland, Michigan, and eventually opened showrooms in Grand Rapids and elsewhere.
Pioneering Scandinavian designer Finn Juhl created a Danish modern line for Baker in 1951, and the company produced his award-winning Chieftain chair for a short time. In the late 1950s, Baker introduced the Milling Road label to reach a younger audience with stylish but less costly furnishings like console tables, walnut dining chairs and more, and in 1961, British furniture designer T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings introduced a modern neoclassical line at Baker.
The 1960s and ’70s saw the introduction of historic reproduction furniture lines such as Woburn Abbey and the Historic Charleston collection, which remain very popular to this day. In 1990, Baker was licensed to produce a furniture line from Colonial Williamsburg. That same year, the Smithsonian Museum introduced Baker’s Chippendale chair into its permanent collection and the Grand Rapids Art Museum dedicated an exhibition to Baker’s 100-year anniversary, a showcase that included 150 pieces of furniture Siebe Baker had collected as part of a larger assortment that had served as inspiration for his designs.
Today, vintage Baker furniture, such as its elegant mahogany nightstands and teak credenzas — particularly those crafted by Finn Juhl — sees high demand online and elsewhere. The company continues to produce contemporary collections with well-known designers such as Bill Sofield, Barbara Barry and Kara Mann and remains on par with some of the highest quality furniture in the industry.
Browse vintage Baker armchairs, sofas, coffee tables and more on 1stDibs.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Big Flats, NY
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 7 days of delivery.
- Antique Two-Piece Austrian Pine Step-Back Hutch, c1890Located in Big Flats, NYAn antique step-back cupboard offers Austrian pine construction with upper hutch having pierced crest over double glass door cabinet surmounting lower cab...Category
Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Cabinets
MaterialsWood, Pine
- Antique French Renaissance Carved Walnut Court Cupboard, 19th CenturyLocated in Big Flats, NYAntique oversized French Renaissance carved walnut cupboard with exaggerated crest having acanthus and shell, surmounting triple door ...Category
Antique 19th Century French Renaissance Cupboards
MaterialsWalnut
- Antique French Renaissance Deeply Carved Walnut Hunt Cupboard, 19th CenturyLocated in Big Flats, NYAntique French Renaissance deeply carved walnut court cupboard with gallery, scroll, gadroon, pyramidal, foliate and nut decoration, 19th century Measures: 87" H x 56.25" W x 22" D....Category
Antique 19th Century French Renaissance Cupboards
MaterialsWalnut
- Federal Style Carved Mahogany Mirrored Display Cabinet by Pulaski, 20th CBy Pulaski Furniture CorporationLocated in Big Flats, NYA Federal style display case by Pulaski offers mahogany construction with broken arch crest having central carved finial over case having double glass doors opening to shelved and mi...Category
20th Century American Federal Cabinets
MaterialsGlass, Mirror, Mahogany
- Antique French Renaissance Carved Walnut Cupboard with Torchieres, 19th CenturyLocated in Big Flats, NYAntique French Renaissance carved walnut cupboard with double door upper having geometric elements with central panier de fleur torchiere reserves, surmounting lower with double draw...Category
Antique 19th Century French Renaissance Cupboards
MaterialsWalnut
- Chinoiserie Decorated Credenza Cabinet 20th CLocated in Big Flats, NYA Chinoiserie decorated credenza offers double door cabinet opening to pull out drawers, decoration includes landscape, figures and structures, 20th century Measures - 34.25"h x 4...Category
20th Century Cabinets
MaterialsWood
- Pine Step Back CupboardLocated in Wilson, NCThis pine step back cupboard is made of heart pine and has traces of the original red paint remaining all-over. There is exposed wooden peg and mort...Category
Antique 1830s Russian Cupboards
MaterialsBrass
- 19th Century English Pine Welsh Step Back Cupboard DresserLocated in Rio Vista, CACharming 19th century country English welsh step back cupboard or dresser with plate rack. Crafted from pine having a beautifully distressed pa...Category
Antique 19th Century English Country Cupboards
MaterialsPine
- 20th Century Black French Art Deco Ebonized Cabinet - Vintage Mahogany CupboardLocated in West Palm Beach, FLA vintage Art Deco French cabinet with a lustrous ebonized black finish, enhanced by detailed brass décor in good condition. The tall polished cupboard is composed with two doors, co...Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Cabinets
MaterialsBrass, Bronze
- Baker Solid Oak Country French Breakfront China Cabinet with Desk LightedBy Baker Furniture CompanyLocated in Swedesboro, NJFor customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delivery needs! They offer a reasonable flat-rate fee for delivery and set up to the ground floor of your home. They deliver to the vast majority of the lower 48 states. They offer a flat rate for most of our items with exclusions for the largest or most complex items such as breakfronts or crystal chandeliers or other items of greater complexity. For those items please ask for a shipping quote prior to purchase as these rates are different from our stated pricing. For those items please ask for a shipping quote prior to purchase. Most deliveries to the East Coast will be 295.00, to the mid-west and Southern mid-west 395.00. To the areas west of Kansas 495.00 and the farthest points to the West coast will be 595.00. Again, some areas we can't cover, however we can deliver to most of the lower 48 states so please inquire to be sure! Delivery times range from as fast as 1-4 weeks for the east coast to 5-9 weeks to the farthest areas of the west coast, sometimes longer and sometimes even shorter. If it is a time sensitive purchase, we may be able to accommodate you for a higher price. It is our goal to please each and every one of our customers with the highest standard of service possible. You must realize and accept that we are shipping antique, vintage and quality used furnishings to your home. We cannot control traffic, weather, and acts of God. There will be times when additional patience will be necessary This is a gorgeous Baker solid oak china...Category
Early 2000s American French Provincial Cabinets
MaterialsOak
- Step back cupboardLocated in Nantucket, MAPainted Pine step back cupboardCategory
Antique 19th Century Canadian Cupboards
MaterialsWood, Paint
- 20th Century Cupboard or Cabinet, Pine, Spain, RestoredLocated in Miami, FLGrand 20th century Spanish cabinet constructed from pine. Features a coffered case fronted by two doors in the high part and four drawers and two doors in the...Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Baroque Cupboards
MaterialsPine