Campaign Furniture
CAMPAIGN STYLE
Sometimes called “knock-down” furniture, campaign furniture was designed to be folded, collapsed, taken apart and packed flat to load onto a ship or a camel’s back. Although mobile furniture for military campaigns dates back to the Romans, the British Army in its global conquests in the 18th and 19th centuries defined the style with sturdy and elegant pieces. Even in a tent thousands of miles from London, a four-poster bed, dining table and seating could simulate the comforts of home.
Antique and vintage campaign-style furniture was also initially designed as propaganda. The mahogany and teak structures were part of a purposeful demonstration of power in these campaigns, with the colonizing military officers imposing their culture and view of what they considered “civilized” on a given land and its peoples. Designers and manufacturers including Thomas Butler, Ross & Co. of Dublin, and Morgan & Sanders contributed to the rapid production of this furniture as the British Empire expanded through Africa, Asia and Australia.
Campaign furniture was utilitarian as well as refined, fitted with recessed brass handles and brass angles on stackable chests and other case pieces to protect vulnerable corners. The Wellington chest was one of the most famous pieces to come out of this style, named for the Duke of Wellington, who slept in his campaign bed long after his battles were over.
The flexibility of campaign-style furniture would influence 20th-century Scandinavian modernists such as Kaare Klint, Mogens Koch and Arne Norell. For his 1930s Safari chair, Klint drew on the simple Roorkhee chair, named for a town in northern India. The lightweight and adaptable campaign-style seat was created in the late 19th century and had no fixed joinery. The Roorkhee’s influence can also be seen in the Wassily chair, a pared-down work of tubular metal and durable canvas conceived by legendary Bauhaus instructor Marcel Breuer.
Now, 21st-century designers like Jomo Tariku and Dokter and Misses are creating pieces that recognize the contributions of African artisans to campaign furniture in order to reframe this style without overlooking its difficult past.
Find a collection of authentic antique and vintage campaign bedroom furniture, chairs, decorative objects and other pieces on 1stDibs.
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Style: Campaign
Atelier Luer Campaign Style Tray/Side Table with X-Frame Base and Leather Straps
Located in Miami, FL
Atelier Luer Campaign Style Tray/Side Table with X-Frame Base and Leather Straps
Offered for sale is an Atelier Luer campaign style low tray/side table with and x-frame base secured...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Rare Very Collectable Army & Navy C.S.L Makers Copper Military Campaign Cooker
Located in GB
Wimbledon-Furniture
Wimbledon-Furniture is delighted to offer for sale this lovely fully stamped Army & Navy C.S.L makers Military Campaign copper cooker
A good looking well ma...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Copper
English 19th Century Teak Campaign Chest with Five Drawers and Brass Hardware
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Campaign teak wood chest from the 19th century, with brass hardware and bracket feet. Created in England during the 19th century, this teak wo...
Category
19th Century English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Burr Yew Wood Military Campaign Side End Table Drawers with Butlers Serving Tray
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this sublime vintage Burr Yew wood Bachelors chest with butlers serving tray and Military Campaign drawers
A truly stunning and well made piece, t...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Yew
Vintage Coffee & Side Table Nest of Tables Military Campaign with World Maps
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely nest of three side tables with world maps detailing.
A nice decorative set, each one has a good quality print of a world map. They a...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vintage Burr Yew Wood Bedside / Side End Table Drawers with Butlers Serving Tray
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this sublime vintage Burr Yew wood Bachelors chest with butlers serving tray.
A truly stunning and well made piece, this is a bachelor chest whi...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Yew
Vintage Campaign Style Writing Table/Desk Lacquered in Red
Located in Dallas, TX
Classic Campaign style desk manufactured by Sligh of Holland/Grand Rapids, Michigan. Restored, consist of five drawers with recessed brass pulls. Inlaid leather top with elegant embossed gold design and brass legs. Brass bound corners and Campaign pulls...
Category
1950s American Vintage Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Three-Drawer Cherry and Brass Asian Style Chest by Baker Furniture Company
Located in Toledo, OH
Three drawer Asian style cherry chest by Baker Furniture Company. T-drawers have dovetail construction with brass hardware. Minor wear to the top. 38" wide x 31" tall x 18" deep.
Category
20th Century North American Campaign Furniture
Materials
Cherry
Military Campaign Style Brown Hardwood Chest / TV Stand
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this charming Military campaign brown Mahogany chest/tv stand.
This good looking, well made, and decorative piece is proudly presented with four...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Danish Modern Rosewood Foldout Bar Cabinet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Well grained rosewood bar cabinet that opens to reveal a campaign style interior with plenty of storage and a fold out top service area. Designed by Reno Wall Iverson for Dyrlund, De...
Category
20th Century Danish Campaign Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
Marching Military Soldiers Mechanical Toy
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Antique mechanical toy ambitiously crafted with a metal mechanism moved by a crank in the back, sending civil war union soldiers, carved in pine...
Category
Early 20th Century American Campaign Furniture
Materials
Metal
Rattan Campaign Ficks Reed Far Horizons End Table W/Tile Top by John Wisner
Located in Topeka, KS
Awesome vintage rattan Campaign Style Ficks Reed Far Horizons Collection end table with tile top designed by John Wisner. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that these are vintage and not new so will have signs of use and wear. The tile has been caulked and it has a fresh coat of Danish oil. Please see photos and zoom in for details. We attempt to portray any imperfections. Circa, Mid-20th Century.
NOTE: If you love this rattan Ficks Reed Far Horizons Collection by John Wisner end table.
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Exotic, Incredible, and Ficks Reed!!! This is a fabulous rectangular end table by John Wisner for Ficks Reed. It is comprised of a stout rattan base, and it features a wonderful white tile top including three tiles with black painted Asian designs of fans and symbols… it’s absolutely BEAUTIFUL!! This end table is from Ficks Reed’s Far Horizons collection by John Wisner which was introduced in 1954. It is designed with sturdy and stylish crossbars with rattan ties on the corners on all four sides of the coffee table. And the design of this awesome Campaign style end table is classic allowing it to work with many decor aesthetics and styles from traditional to mid-century modern. It will be wonderful in your living room next to a lounge chair or in the family room aside a comfortable chaise or loveseat. Or, maybe on its own in an entry or hallway adorned with foliage.
The Ficks Reed Furniture Company was originally established by Louis Ficks as the National Carriage and Reed Company in 1885. For over 125 years they built their reputation manufacturing high quality furniture using wicker...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Campaign Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Rattan
Burr Yew Wood Military Campaign Drinks Cabinet Hidden Inside a Chest Trunk
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning Burr yew wood military campaign chest of drawers which houses a drinks cabinet
A very good looking well made and decorative piece,...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vintage Solid Pine Antiqued Whitewash Bedside Campaign Chest of Drawers
Located in Germantown, MD
Vintage solid pine antiqued whitewash bedside campaign chest of drawers with two all pine dovetailed drawers. Very good Vintage condition. Measures 2...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Copper Umbrella Stand, Hammered and With Embossed Bunch of Grapes From Spain
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Beautiful solid copper umbrella stand. It is made with thick hammered copper and with a central bunch of grapes design embossed in the copper.
Beautiful umbrella...
Category
Early 20th Century French Campaign Furniture
Materials
Copper
Bradley Furniture Burr Yew Wood Brass Military Campaign 3 Drawer Coffee Table
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this vintage collectable Burr Yew wood and Brass Bradley Furniture Military Campaign three drawer coffee table
This piece was made by Bradley fu...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Hardwood & Brass Military Campaign Workstation Desk for Home Computer Part Suite
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Military Campaign style home office desk / workstation which is part of a suite
This piece is part of an office suite, I have in tot...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Bevan Funnell Burr Yew Wood Extending Oval Campaign Coffee Table
Located in GB
We are is delighted to offer for sale this brand new Hand made in England by Bevan Funnell, Burr Yew wood extending Military Campaign oval coffee table
I have many variations and...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Mid-Century Peruvian Painted Wrought Iron and Leather Campaign Chairs
By Ilana Goor
Located in Dallas, TX
These elegant vintage campaign armchairs were created in Peru, circa 1970. This striking set of two brutalist dining chairs, made in the manner of Israeli artist Ilana Goor, is built...
Category
Mid-20th Century Peruvian Campaign Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Japanese Camphor Wood Campaign Chest
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early 20th century Japanese Camphor Wood Campaign chest, WW I or WW II vintage, a sailor's camphor wood chest with brass binding and clasps, with original key and period decals. It i...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Campaign Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Antique Shirvan Caucasian Pictorial Rug
Located in New York, NY
AN intermediate square size antique Caucasian shirvan pictorial rug
circa 1875. Measures: 4'1" x 4'9''.
Category
19th Century Russian Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Wool
Campaign Style Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A 19th-century style Campaign desk, the flip-top revealing a fitted interior, slide-out tooled leather writing surface, raised on splayed legs with a stretcher.
Dimensions: 29.25"...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Campaign Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
Costa Rican Rocking Chair
Located in Pasadena, TX
Costa Rican Rocking Chair
Mid-Century Modern campaign rocking chair from the 1970s.
Teak cylindrical frame with unique spindle sides and double wide armrests.
Leather is embossed ...
Category
Late 20th Century Campaign Furniture
Materials
Leather
Antique English Victorian Mahogany Folding Military Campaign Writing Desks
Located in Dayton, OH
2 Civil War era British campaign writing desks. Made of mahogany featuring a folding form that opens to a writing surface complete with ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Brass Bound Campaign Style Chest or Coffee Table With Napoleonic Bee Parchment
Located in Peabody, MA
Campaign style brass bound chest on stand, clad in “Napoleonic Bee” parchment, with single drawer and leather handles, circa 1970s. Functions as a coffee or occasional table as well.
Category
1970s American Vintage Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th Century Original English Mahogany Campaign Folding Table with Brass Work
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Circa 1850's
Rare, original folding Campaign table from England. Authentic patina in sturdy but time honoured condition. Original brass hardware. Exuding charm and character and y...
Category
1860s English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Campaign Form Coffee Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Campaign form leather wrapped coffee table with an antiqued brown leather, brass-bound corners, and nailhead trim details, raised on a George III style H form stretcher base.
Di...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Campaign Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
Leather Box on Stand
Located in Westwood, NJ
A leather box on stand. The box is wrapped in elegant antiqued leather with a brass drop handle, when opened the box is lined with decorative paper. It si...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Campaign Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
Vintage Harrods London Kennedy Military Campaign Style Coffee Table Hardwood
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning Military campaign style coffee or cocktail table made by Kennedy and retailed through Harrods London
A good looking well made and...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
English Mahogany Folding Campaign Table, Early to Mid 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Solid mahogany Campaign style folding table.
England, early to mid 19th century.
Very good original antique condition, having a slight w...
Category
19th Century English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage-Style Pearl Leather Trunk Bench
Located in Westwood, NJ
Vintage-style pearl leather trunk bench. A fully functional trunk that hinges open to reveal storage. The padded leather exterior makes it a great bench ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Campaign Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
Safari chair in canvas by Kaare Klint for Rud Rasmussen, Denmark, model KK47000
By Kaare Klint
Located in Amstelveen, NL
The KK47000 Safari Chair is an iconic example of Kaare Klint’s design ideology. Klint effortlessly transformed an historical archetype into a modern, collapsible chair...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Campaign Furniture
Materials
Leather, Canvas, Softwood
19th Century English Walnut Whimsical Side Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
An unusual whimsical mid to late 19th century walnut side table.
High figural walnut grain with an interesting exaggerated apron on a campaign style oak x stretcher base.
This ta...
Category
19th Century English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Small Campaign Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Campaign style mahogany campaign desk, the circular crossbanded molded edge top hinged and folding open to reveal an interior with pigeon holes and a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Campaign Furniture
Materials
Wood
Walnut Campaign Chest of Drawers, Colonial Commode
Located in Potters Bar, GB
- Cracking campaign chest of drawers in walnut.
- Classic campaign look with the brass handles and corner protectors.
- Campaign furniture was designed to be moved around easily.
- Five drawers so ample storage on this gorgeous chest...
Category
1990s Campaign Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Campaign Form Dresser
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Campaign style dresser with antique brown leather-wrapped sides. With four drawers and a slide, brass handles, and nailhead details all around the frame.
Dimensions
40" W x 20...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Campaign Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
Traditional Vintage Pine Folding Butlers Tray Side Accent Campaign Table
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage pine tray table. Features a folding base connected by X stretcher and rectangular octogon shaped top with brass handles.
Category
Mid-20th Century Campaign Furniture
Materials
Pine
19th Century Mahogany Campaign Chest
Located in Montreal, QC
English solid mahogany campaign chest, in two parts, all fitted with brass hardware, the top drawer fitted with a secretaire featuring a multitude of compartments.
Category
1860s English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Wicker & Brass Cube Tables, circa 1960
Located in Rochester, NY
Pair of fiber rush wrapped cube form side tables / end tables with decorative brass fittings at top / bottom corners and recessed smoked glass tops. All original nicely aged vintage ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Campaign Style Pedestal with Marble Top
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish piece takes its form and use of materials from pieces created in the France for campaign furniture.
The piece is fabricated in steel, brass and marble.
Note: The stee...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Campaign Furniture
Materials
Marble, Steel, Brass
Circa 1880 Solid Oak & Brass Military Campaign Chest of Drawers Secrataire Desk
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very fine, highly collectable solid oak with over sized brass fittings Military Campaign chest of drawers with mahogany lined & brown leather ...
Category
1880s English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Campaign Style Pedestal with Marble Top
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish piece takes its form and use of materials from pieces created in the France for campaign furniture.
The piece is fabricated in steel, brass and marble.
Note: The stee...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Campaign Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass, Steel
Cherry and Elm Farm Table
Located in NAVILLY, FR
Beautiful 19th century farmhouse table with intersection in elm and cherry tree partly restored by cabinet maker. The tray was elongated t...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Brass Bound Campaign Chest, Secret Interior
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A 19th century brass bound campaign chest, secret interior
This is a beautiful looking and fine quality Campaign chest, the interior is unusually fitted with a large compartment.
...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Wood
Vintage Drexel Weatherwood Collection Campaign Style End Table Cabinet or Chest
By Drexel
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful vintage Drexel weatherwood Collection Campaign style end table, cabinet, or chest with one drawer, 2 doors with brass plated hardware, and...
Category
Late 20th Century American Campaign Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Campaign Style Filing Cabinet
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Campaign style verdigris brass bound filing pedestal chest of drawers, with three drawers, on bun feet.
Suitable for A4, Legal and Letter Hanging Fold...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Campaign Furniture
Materials
Wood
Rare Burr Yew Wood Military Campaign Gentleman's Dressing Table Chest of Drawers
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this rare vintage burr yew wood military campaign gentleman’s compendium
This piece is based on a Victorian Military Campaign Gentleman’s dressing table...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
DREXEL HERITAGE Accolade Campaign Style Beveled Wall Mirror
By Drexel
Located in Charlotte, NC
A Campaign style wall mirror by Drexel Heritage, from their Accolade collection. Beveled mirror glass and rectangular banded pecan frame. Made in North Carolina, USA, circa 1985.
S...
Category
Late 20th Century American Campaign Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Nutwood
Sublime Vintage Military Campaign Burr Yew Wood Coffee Table with Book Shelf
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this lovely condition, Burr Yew Wood, Military Campaign style coffee table side side bookcase shelves
This is a very well made and versatile piece with ...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Yew
Campaign Desk In Mahogany-19 ° Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Elegant mahogany campaign desk or marine desk from the 19th century from England
Indeed this furniture called "campaign furniture" or navy furniture was...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Campaign Roll Top Desk on Stand
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A 19th century diminutive, antique, mahogany campaign roll top desk on stand with brass plaque, brass lined case, string inlay, intriguing pop up hidden compartments, brass recessed ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Anglo Indian Military Campaign Camphor Wood & Brass Bureau Desk Drawers
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely late Victorian Anglo Indian campaign Camphor wood with brass inlay Military bureau desk
This piece really is exquisite. It’s a genui...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Rare Burr Yew Wood Military Campaign Gun Case Coffee Side Table on Original Base
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this very rare highly collectable Burr Yew Wood Military Campaign gun case with original stand formed as a coffee table
...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Yew
Antique Tall Hardwood Military Campaign Chest of Drawers, circa 1860
Located in GB
Wimbledon-Furniture
Wimbledon-Furniture is delighted to offer for sale this lovely original circa 1860 solid mahogany Military Campaign chest of drawers
Please note the deliver...
Category
1860s English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Korean Campaign Style Secrétaire Cabinet Chest with Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive Asian campaign style cabinet featuring two large front doors that open to reveal a drop down writing desk and fitted with numerous storage drawers. Adorned with opulent brass hardware, hinges, and pulls. Rare Tansu...
Category
20th Century Korean Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Newcraft Ltd English Wooten Style Home Office Foldaway Modern Desk Work Station
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Newcraft Ltd English Wooten style home office foldaway modern desk work station cabinet. Item features wooden case, ornate brass corner accents, fully fitted interior with pu...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Wood
Saddle Leather Campaign Side Chair
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Campaign side chair, the padded rectangular back with a pierced carrying handle above an upholstered seat on square tapering legs joined by stretchers. Inspired by a 19th century E...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Campaign Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
19th Century Walnut and Brass Campaign Table Top Chest
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A diminutive table top campaign chest, cigar box. The walnut box with brass trim and handles with two doors that open to reveal two drawers with compartments. Working lock with key, ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Campaign furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Campaign furniture for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include case pieces and storage cabinets, tables, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Campaign furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, United Kingdom, and England pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Kennedy Furniture For Harrods London, Harrods, Henredon, and Drexel. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $50 and tops out at $95,000 while the average work can sell for $2,458.
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