Retro Lane Cedar Chest
1960s Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Wood, Cedar
Mid-20th Century North American Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Rattan, Cedar
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Walnut, Cedar
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Walnut, Wood, Cedar
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Queen Anne Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Wood, Hardwood, Mahogany, Cedar
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Brass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Walnut, Cedar
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Oak, Cedar
1960s Queen Anne Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Cedar
Mid-20th Century American Scandinavian Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Walnut, Oak, Cedar
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Chrome
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Walnut
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Chrome
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Rosewood, Walnut
1980s American Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Wood, Lacquer
Late 20th Century American Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Walnut
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Walnut, Burl
1950s Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Oak
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Textile, Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Rosewood
1970s Italian Post-Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Wood, Elm
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Walnut
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Mahogany, Cedar
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Oak, Paint
1960s Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Walnut
Mid-20th Century European Campaign Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Teak
Late 17th Century English Charles II Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Oak
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Wood
Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Metal, Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Cane, Wood
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Brass, Stainless Steel
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Formica, Wood, Walnut
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Oak, Walnut
1950s American Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Cedar, Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Brass, Other
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Wood, Walnut, Cedar
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Chrome
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Teak, Walnut, Cedar
1960s Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Wood, Cedar
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Cedar
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Cedar
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American American Empire Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Mahogany
1960s Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Cedar
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Walnut, Cedar
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Chippendale Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Naugahyde, Walnut, Cedar
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Walnut, Cedar
1960s Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Faux Leather, Walnut
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Oak, Cedar
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Brass
1950s American Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Wood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Metal
1960s American Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Oak
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Walnut, Fabric
1960s Hollywood Regency Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Giltwood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Gold Leaf
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Burl, Walnut
1970s American Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Walnut
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Cedar, Walnut
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Oak, Walnut
1950s American Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Cedar, Oak, Walnut
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Cedar, Mahogany
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Laminate, Walnut, Cedar
1960s Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Oak, Walnut
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Laminate, Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Wood, Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Walnut, Cedar
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Faux Leather, Walnut, Cedar
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Cedar, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Retro Lane Cedar Chest
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Cedar, Walnut
1960s Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Wood
Late 20th Century Country Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Cedar, Pine
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Oak, Walnut, Cedar
Late 20th Century American Campaign Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Faux Leather, Walnut, Paint
Late 20th Century American Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Composition
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Lane Cedar Chest
Walnut, Faux Leather, Oak
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When the first iteration of the Lane Furniture company began to produce its now-famous Lane cedar chests in the early 20th century, the family behind the brand was unsure of how successful they’d be, so they initially didn’t bother adding their name to the offerings.
The manufacturer was off to a modest start but the family was industrious: The Lanes were made up of farmers and contractors who’d built more than 30 miles of the Virginian railroad. They owned a cotton mill and purchased thousands of acres of land in Campbell County, Virginia, where the Virginian railroad was intended to cross the main line of the Southern Railway.
The Lanes hoped to start a town in this region of the state, and by 1912, streets for the town of Altavista had been laid out and utility lines were installed. In the spring of that year, John Lane purchased a defunct box factory at a bankruptcy auction. His son, Edward Hudson Lane, was tasked with the manufacturing of the cedar “hope” chests for which the Lane family would become known, even though the company was initially incorporated as the Standard Red Cedar Chest Company.
The Standard Red Cedar Chest Company struggled in its early days but introduced an assembly system at its small factory after securing a contract with the federal government to produce ammunition boxes made of pine during World War I. The company prospered and applied mass-production methods to its cedar-chest manufacturing after the war, and, in 1922, rebranding as the Lane Company, it implemented a national advertising campaign to market its products. Ads tied the company’s strong cedar hope chests to romance. Anchored by copy that read “The gift that starts the home,” the campaign rendered a Lane cedar chest a necessary purchase for young women to store linens, clothing and keepsakes as they prepared to marry.
Wartime production during World War II had Lane producing aircraft parts. In the 1950s, the family-owned company began to branch out into manufacturing tables, bedroom pieces and other various furnishings for the entire home. The brand’s vintage mid-century furniture is highly sought after.
Lane’s Acclaim walnut furniture line, which, designed by Andre Bus, has been compared to Drexel’s Declaration series for its blend of modern furniture’s clean contours and traditional craftsmanship. Ads for the Lane series suggested that it included “probably the best-selling table in the world.” (There are end tables, cocktail tables and more in the Acclaim collection, sporting graceful tapered legs and dovetail inlays.) Later, during the 1960s, Lane offered handsome modular wall units designed by the likes of Paul McCobb. The company was acquired by United Furniture Industries in 2017 and became particularly well-known among contemporary consumers for its upholstered furniture. In 2022 United abruptly closed and ceased operations at Lane.
Vintage Lane furniture is generally characterized by relatively neutral styles, which are versatile in different kinds of interiors, as well as good quality woods and careful manufacturing. All of these attributes have made Lane one of the most recognizable names in American furniture.
Browse storage cabinets, side tables and other vintage Lane furniture on 1stDibs.