Davis Cabinet Company Tables

A Traditional style rectangular dining table by Davis Cabinet Company. Mahogany with brass casters, rounded corners to top, ribbed edge, double pedestal base, three curved legs with ...

"Vintage Davis Cabinet Company student desk and chair. Made of teakwood featuring asian styling with rectangular form, four drawers and faux bamboo black vinyl side chair. Circa late 20th century, Nashville Tennessee. These words of our venerable leader introduce this short history of our firm which began in 1929. There are certainly older furniture companies ---- and obviously younger ones, but quite likely, none with a more romantic history or a more Horatio Alger-like history than ours. Davis Cabinet Company began as the dream of one man, Lipscomb ""Lip"" Davis, and as is the case with most dreams, this one ---- the impractical idea of building fine furniture from solid wood ---- was thought to be an impossibility. Wood, like steel and iron and most other substances, expands and contracts with climate changes. Furniture built of solid wood must of necessity rack itself to pieces through the inexorable changes of expansion and contraction. Lipscomb Davis thought otherwise. His personal philosophy might be expressed as ""Anything can be accomplished if it is done correctly"", and to this end he had already conceived and engineered a startling new concept of free floating construction that would allow the solid wood case construction to move at will . . . . naturally . . . and thereby avoid the stresses of climatic change. The opportunity to test the idea came dramatically in 1929 ---- but we're getting a bit ahead of our story. While Davis Cabinet Company was formed in 1929, it really had its beginnings around the turn of the century as a sawmill located near Fifth Street on the banks of the Cumberland River. The mill produced lumber from logs rafted down the river from neighboring forests. A ready market existed for most of the high grade lumber turned out by the mill. But, in order to utilize their entire production, the enterprising mill owners formed a subsidiary business, Standard Furniture Company. Here, they manufactured primarily veneered bedroom suites and sewing machine cabinets...

"Vintage Davis Cabinet Company night table (Bed Side nightstand). Made of teakwood featuring asian styling with square / cube form with two tiers, clover shape cut outs and with one drawer. Circa late 20th century, Nashville Tennessee. #1514 These words of our venerable leader introduce this short history of our firm which began in 1929. There are certainly older furniture companies ---- and obviously younger ones, but quite likely, none with a more romantic history or a more Horatio Alger-like history than ours. Davis Cabinet Company began as the dream of one man, Lipscomb ""Lip"" Davis, and as is the case with most dreams, this one ---- the impractical idea of building fine furniture from solid wood ---- was thought to be an impossibility. Wood, like steel and iron and most other substances, expands and contracts with climate changes. Furniture built of solid wood must of necessity rack itself to pieces through the inexorable changes of expansion and contraction. Lipscomb Davis thought otherwise. His personal philosophy might be expressed as ""Anything can be accomplished if it is done correctly"", and to this end he had already conceived and engineered a startling new concept of free floating construction that would allow the solid wood case construction to move at will . . . . naturally . . . and thereby avoid the stresses of climatic change. The opportunity to test the idea came dramatically in 1929 ---- but we're getting a bit ahead of our story. While Davis Cabinet Company was formed in 1929, it really had its beginnings around the turn of the century as a sawmill located near Fifth Street on the banks of the Cumberland River. The mill produced lumber from logs rafted down the river from neighboring forests. A ready market existed for most of the high grade lumber turned out by the mill. But, in order to utilize their entire production, the enterprising mill owners formed a subsidiary business, Standard Furniture Company. Here, they manufactured primarily veneered bedroom suites and sewing machine cabinets...

Solid wood nightstands or end tables with unfinished backs by Davis Cabinet Company in a original yellow stain finish. These are well made and of...

Mid-Century Modern bar cart or serving cart by Davis Cabinet Company, circa 1960s. Made of solid mahogany wood with a fly speck finish that gives it a somewhat gently rustic look. Fi...

Beautiful vintage French 3 tier side table completely embossed in red leather with a crocodile pattern. The table is very well designed and upholstered from top to bottom which usua...

Pair of Hollywood Regency Asian style night stands by Davis Cabinet Co., ca. 1960s. In the original "accent yellow" finish.

A beautiful pair of low chests in cerused oak, circa 1970's. Great size, may be used as end tables or night stands. Striking solid brass hardware. Retains the Maker label. Excellent ...