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Drexel Heritage Consensus

Pair of Drexel Heritage Consensus Pecan Nightstands
By Drexel
Located in Pasadena, TX
Pair of Drexel Heritage consensus pecan nightstands 1970s Campaign style nightstands made by
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Night Stands

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Wood

Pair of Drexel Heritage Consensus Pecan Nightstands
Pair of Drexel Heritage Consensus Pecan Nightstands
$1,520 Sale Price
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H 24.25 in W 24.25 in D 16 in
Drexel Heritage Consensus Pecan Illuminated Bar Cabinet
Located in Pasadena, TX
Dry bar cabinet by Drexel Heritage Consensus Flaxen pecan with a mirror back. Pull-out hidden
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Vintage 1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Cabinets

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Wood

Drexel Heritage Consensus Pecan Illuminated Bar Cabinet
Drexel Heritage Consensus Pecan Illuminated Bar Cabinet
$1,920 Sale Price
20% Off
H 59.5 in W 30.5 in D 16.25 in
Drexel Heritage Consensus Mid Century Pecan and Brass 9 Drawer Lowboy Dresser
By Drexel
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Drexel heritage consensus mid century pecan and brass 9 drawer lowboy dresser. Dresser measures
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers

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Brass

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Drexel Heritage Consensus Vintage 1970s Flyspeck Pecan Commode Cabinet
By Drexel
Located in Chattanooga, TN
home or office this multifunctional piece is the answer to your needs. These versatile Drexel consensus
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Cabinets

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Fruitwood

1970s Drexel Heritage Consensus9 Drawsr lowboy dresser sideboard
By Drexel
Located in London, Lambeth
Superb storage cabinet Drexel Heritage consensus mid century pecan and brass with 9 draws 3 of
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Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Oak

Drexel Heritage Consensus Pecan Cabinet
By Drexel
Located in Pasadena, TX
1 Drexel Heritage Consensus Pecan cabinet 1970s Campaign style cabinet made by Drexel Heritage
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Night Stands

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Wood

Drexel Heritage Consensus Pecan Cabinet
Drexel Heritage Consensus Pecan Cabinet
H 31 in W 30.25 in D 16 in
Campaign Style Drexel Heritage Consensus Pecan Illuminated Bar Cabinet, 1970s
By Drexel
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Illuminated dry bar cabinet by Drexel Heritage. One of the coolest creations in the "Consensus
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dry Bars

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Brass

Drexel Heritage Consensus Brass Accent Pecan Dresser, 1970s Campaign Style
By Baker Furniture Company, Drexel, Dorothy Draper
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Dorothy Draper style campaign dresser made by esteemed US furniture maker Drexel Heritage, circa
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers

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Brass

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Vico Magistretti 930 "Carimate" Lounge Chair for Cassina, 1960
By Vico Magistretti, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
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Red Steel "Bambù" Double Bed by Giovanni Ausenda for Ny Form, Italy, 1970s
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Danish 1940s Easy Chair with Channeled Backrest and Open Armrests in Beech
By Slagelse Mobelvaerk, Alfred Christensen
Located in Bridgeport, CT
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Vintage 1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

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Expertly Restored United Furniture Walnut Diamond Triple Dresser 9 Drawers 1960s
By United Furniture Corporation
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Cabinets

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Queen Hale Navy Painted Maple Cannonball Four Poster Bed with Flat Headboard
Located in Tiverton, RI
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Art Deco, Sculptural Narrow Oak Cabinet, Made by an Italian Cabinetmaker, 1940s
Located in Odense, DK
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Mario Marenco "Sapporo" Chairs for Mobil Girgi, Reddish Brown, 1970, Set of 4
By Mobil Girgi, Mario Marenco
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
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rare Italian table lamp attributed to Flavio Poli for Seguso Murano glass
By Flavio Poli, Seguso
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Table lamp from the 60s attributed to Italian designer Flavio Poli for Seguso. Faceted pyramid base in thick orange Murano glass, oval white glass shade. Original, highly decorative ...
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Mario Bellini "Pianura" Armchair for Cassina, 1972
By Mario Bellini, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Fabric, Wood

Mario Bellini "Pianura" Armchair for Cassina, 1972
Mario Bellini "Pianura" Armchair for Cassina, 1972
$7,200
H 25.98 in W 40.55 in D 36.22 in
David Cressey Drip Glaze Stoneware Ceramic Table Lamp for Architectural Pottery
By David Cressey, Architectural Pottery
Located in Troy, MI
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By Maison Jansen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
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Maison Jansen Style Swan Chair
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$3,000
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By Milo Baughman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
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Drexel for sale on 1stDibs

While vintage Drexel Furniture dining tables, dressers and other pieces remain highly desirable for enthusiasts of mid-century modern design, the manufacturer's story actually begins decades before its celebrated postwar-era Declaration line took shape.

In 1903, in the small town of Drexel in the foothills of North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, six partners came together to found a company that would become one of the country’s leading furniture producers. The first offerings from Drexel Furniture were simple: a bed, washstand and bureau all crafted from native oak wood, sold as a bedroom suite for $14.50.

One of Drexel’s early innovations was to employ staff designers, something the company initiated in the 1930s. This focus on design, which few other furniture companies were committing to at the time, allowed Drexel to respond to a variety of new and traditional tastes. This included making pieces inspired by historic European furniture, like the popular French Provincial–style Touraine bedroom and dining group that borrowed its curves from Louis XV-era furniture. Others replicated the ornate details of 18th-century chinoiserie or the embellishments of Queen Anne furniture. Always ready to adapt to new customer demands, during World War II, Drexel built a sturdy desk designed especially for General Douglas MacArthur.

In the postwar era, Drexel embraced the clean lines of mid-century modernism with the Declaration collection designed by Stewart MacDougall and Kipp Stewart that featured elegant credenzas and more made in walnut, and the Profile and Projection collections designed with sculptural shapes by John Van Koert. In the 1970s, Drexel introduced high-end furniture in a Mediterranean style.

Drexel changed hands and visions throughout the years. It was managed by one of the original partners — Samuel Huffman — until 1935, at which time his son Robert O. Huffman took over as president. It was then that the company began to expand, with several acquisitions of competitors in the 1950s, including Table Rock Furniture, the Heritage Furniture Co. and more.

With the manufacturer’s success — spurred by its embrace of advertising in home and garden magazines — it opened more factories in both North and South Carolina. By 1957, the company that had started with a factory of 50 workers had 2,300 employees and was selling its furniture nationwide.

Drexel underwent a series of name changes in its long history. Its acquisition of Southern Desk Company in 1960 bolstered its production of institutional furniture for dormitories, classrooms, churches and laboratories.

In the following decades, contracts with government agencies, hotels, schools and hospitals brought its high-quality furniture to a global audience. U.S. Plywood-Champion Papers bought Drexel Enterprises in 1968, and it became Drexel Heritage Furnishings.

In 2014, the last Drexel Heritage plant, in Morganton, North Carolina, closed its doors. The company rebranded as Drexel in 2017.

The vintage Drexel furniture for sale on 1stDibs includes end tables designed by Edward Wormley, walnut side tables designed by Kipp Stewart and lots more.

A Close Look at Mid-century Modern Furniture

Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.

ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.

Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively. 

Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer

Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.

The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.

As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.

Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.

Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.

Finding the Right Case Pieces And Storage Cabinets for You

Of all the vintage storage cabinets and antique case pieces that have become popular in modern interiors over the years, dressers, credenzas and cabinets have long been home staples, perfect for routine storage or protection of personal items. 

In the mid-19th century, cabinetmakers would mimic styles originating in the Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI eras for their dressers, bookshelves and other structures, and, later, simpler, streamlined wood designs allowed these “case pieces” or “case goods” — any furnishing that is unupholstered and has some semblance of a storage component — to blend into the background of any interior. 

Mid-century modern furniture enthusiasts will cite the tall modular wall units crafted in teak and other sought-after woods of the era by the likes of George Nelson, Poul Cadovius and Finn Juhl. For these highly customizable furnishings, designers of the day delivered an alternative to big, heavy bookcases by considering the use of space — and, in particular, walls — in new and innovative ways. Mid-century modern credenzas, which, long and low, evolved from tables that were built as early as the 14th century in Italy, typically have no legs or very short legs and have grown in popularity as an alluring storage option over time. 

Although the name immediately invokes images of clothing, dressers were initially created in Europe for a much different purpose. This furnishing was initially a flat-surfaced, low-profile side table equipped with a few drawers — a common fixture used to dress and prepare meats in English kitchens throughout the Tudor period. The drawers served as perfect utensil storage. It wasn’t until the design made its way to North America that it became enlarged and equipped with enough space to hold clothing and cosmetics. The very history of case pieces is a testament to their versatility and well-earned place in any room. 

In the spirit of positioning your case goods center stage, decluttering can now be design-minded.

A contemporary case piece with open shelving and painted wood details can prove functional as a storage unit as easily as it can a room divider. Alternatively, apothecary cabinets are charming case goods similar in size to early dressers or commodes but with uniquely sized shelving and (often numerous) drawers.

Whether you’re seeking a playful sideboard that features colored glass and metal details, an antique Italian hand-carved storage cabinet or a glass-door vitrine to store and show off your collectibles, there are options for you on 1stDibs.

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