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
Period: Early 20th Century
Antique Campaign Secretary Chest
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique British Colonial Chinese campaign chest crafted in teak wood in two piece construction with brass hardware, featuring a uniqu...
Category
Early 20th Century Hong Kong Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique Pair of English Campaign Chests
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive pair of English antique five drawer campaign chests crafted in mahogany in a two piece construction with brass hardware and turned feet. Signed Shapland & Petter one of Englands oldest furniture...
Category
Early 20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique Campaign Style Chest
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Intriguing antique campaign style chest crafted in mahogany with well placed dramatic grains, brass inlays and hardware, keys for all drawers and turn...
Category
Early 20th Century American Campaign Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Campaign Folding Oak 4 Seater Bench. English C.1920
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Fabulous folding bench
Original patina. Nice colour of oak
I particularly like the side profile. It reminds me of the Jeanneret Chandigarh chair...
Category
Early 20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Oak
Antique Campaign Secretary Chest
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique British Colonial Chinese campaign chest crafted in teak wood in two piece construction with brass hardware, featuring a uniqu...
Category
Early 20th Century Hong Kong Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Campaign Leather Top Tables or Stands
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive pair of English tables crafted in mahogany with dark green leather tops having oval brass medallions on an octagon case with four drawers having brass campaign hardware...
Category
Early 20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
2nd World War Military Campaign Steamer Trunk Owner Major McGregor Medical Corps
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Well Preserved British 2nd World War Military Campaign Steamer Trunk. Owner Major RM McGregor. Medical Corps
27 Bridge Street Hawick
At No 27 is the long-established Deans Chartere...
Category
Early 20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Hardwood Campaign Brass Bound Chest of Two Short and Two Long Drawers
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Early 20th century hardwood campaign brass bound chest of two short and two long drawers with sunken brass handles, raised upon out swept feet.
Category
Early 20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
British Campaign Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Nantucket, MA
A simple and elegant restored British Campaign chest of drawers. Features brass strap corners and brass recessed drawer pulls typical of the campaign style. Designed to travel as t...
Category
Early 20th Century Campaign Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Lovely Yew Wood Military Campaign Chest Of Drawers
Located in Crawley, GB
We delight to offer for sale this stylish chest of drawers in the antique military campaign style , rectangular top above two short and three long drawers . It comes in two pieces fo...
Category
Early 20th Century British Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Brass Mounted Mahogany Benson & Hedges Campaign Style Humidor
By Benson x Hedges, London
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Early 20th century Benson and Hedges mahogany humidor with brass detail in the style of 19th century English campaign furniture. The large mahogany box...
Category
Early 20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass, Zinc
Wrought Iron Cerule Bench With Bronze Pommels, Circa 1920s
Located in Peabody, MA
Wrought iron campaign style cerule bench with velvet seat, silk fringe accents and large bronze pommels, circa 1920s.
Category
1920s Unknown Vintage Campaign Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
British Military Campaign Brass-Bound Cabinet or Low Table with Leather Top
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome British military officer’s Campaign Ware cabinet or low table from the early 20th century, featuring a rectangular brass-bound patinated teak exterior, with embossed leath...
Category
Early 20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass, Metal
Antique Pair of English Campaign Chests
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive pair of English antique five drawer campaign chests crafted in mahogany in a two piece construction with brass hardware and turned feet. Signed Shapland & Petter one of Englands oldest furniture...
Category
Early 20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique Campaign Chest with Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Transporting antique campaign chest crafted in mahogany with dramatic wood grains, brass inlays and hardware, and featuring a foldout writing desk hav...
Category
Early 20th Century American Campaign Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
2nd World War Military Campaign Steamer Trunk Owner Major McGregor Medical Corps
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Well Preserved British 2nd World War Military Campaign Steamer Trunk. Owner Major RM McGregor. Medical Corps
27 Bridge Street Hawick
At No 27 is the long-established Deans Chartere...
Category
Early 20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique Campaign Chest with Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Transporting antique campaign chest crafted in mahogany with dramatic wood grains, brass inlays and hardware, and featuring a foldout writing desk hav...
Category
Early 20th Century American Campaign Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Antique English Campaign Chest with Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome antique British Colonial campaign chest crafted in mahogany in a two piece construction featuring a pullout desk with drawers and niches over four drawers with brass hardwar...
Category
Early 20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique circa 1920 Light Oak Military Campaign Chest of Drawers with Drop Front
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely circa 1920 Art Deco period English oak and brass Military Campaign chest of drawers with drop front top drawer.
This is a nicely mad...
Category
1920s English Vintage Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique Turkish Sivas Rug
Located in New York, NY
A square shaped finely woven antique Turkish sivas small rug.
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Campaign Furniture
Materials
Wool
Old Painted Wood & Riveted Metal Campaign Style Folding Chair / Stool
Located in Rochester, NY
Wood and metal campaign style folding chair in as found beautifully aged deep green and red paint w/ great old alligatored surface. Metal riveted hinges / metal riveted top rail / ca...
Category
Early 20th Century American Campaign Furniture
Materials
Metal
Antique Campaign Style Chest
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Intriguing antique campaign style chest crafted in mahogany with well placed dramatic grains, brass inlays and hardware, keys for all drawers and turn...
Category
Early 20th Century American Campaign Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Antique English Campaign Chest with Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome antique British Colonial campaign chest crafted in mahogany in a two piece construction featuring a pullout desk with drawers and niches over four drawers with brass hardwar...
Category
Early 20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
British Campaign Rosewood Chest of Drawers, Early 1900s
Located in Nantucket, MA
British campaign chest of drawers in rosewood from the early 1900s. In classic campaign style, the chest is in two parts to allow for easier transportation complete with flush brass ...
Category
Early 20th Century Campaign Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
Indian Bronze Elephant Bell
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Elephant bell and clapper that rings with a deep rich tone and cast in bronze. Having acquired a verdigris patina and presented on a rustic wood and hide...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Campaign Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Folding Clothes Hanging Rack A very unusual piece
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Folding Clothes Hanging Rack
A very unusual piece, this corner standing hanging wardrobe can be folded flat for storage, it has a selection of hooks and a curved curtain rail at th...
Category
1910s Vintage Campaign Furniture
Materials
Pine
English Campaign Yew Wood 1920s Side Table with Brass Accents and Straight Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Campaign yew wood side table from circa 1920 with brass accents and straight legs. This English Campaign yew wood side table, dating back to circa 1920, encapsulates the r...
Category
Early 20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Symbolic Turkish Sivas Carpet
Located in New York, NY
A highly inspiring directional Turkish sivas carpet woven for the Turkish government. Inscribed is the name of the regime at the time, "OSMANI". You also see the same elements seen in the Turkish flag...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Campaign Furniture
Materials
Wool
Antique British Colonial Campaign Chest of Drawers
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome British Colonial chest crafted in mahogany with six drawers in a low profile with brass campaign hardware and bracket feet.
Category
Early 20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique British Colonial Campaign Chest of Drawers
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome British Colonial chest crafted in mahogany with six drawers in a low profile with brass campaign hardware and bracket feet.
Category
Early 20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Symbolic Turkish Sivas Carpet
Located in New York, NY
A highly inspiring directional Turkish sivas carpet woven for the Turkish government. Inscribed is the name of the regime at the time, "OSMANI". You also see the same elements seen in the Turkish flag...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Campaign Furniture
Materials
Wool
Pair of Campaign Leather Top Tables or Stands
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive pair of English tables crafted in mahogany with dark green leather tops having oval brass medallions on an octagon case with four drawers having brass campaign hardware...
Category
Early 20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Original circa 1900 Graves & Sons Naval Military Campaign Parter Desk Map Drawer
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this very rare original Graves & Son’s stamped Naval Military Campaign officers desk
Graves and Sons were listed at Fore Stree...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Pair of Antique English Campaign Stands
Located in Palm Beach, FL
British Colonial pair of campaign stands crafted in mahogany with a brass bound top over a case with three drawers with brass hardware on bracket...
Category
Early 20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
1900 s Italian Campagn Daybed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This type of furniture was typically used by military officers or travelers due to its portability and durability. The use of cowhide upholstery adds a rugged yet luxurious touch, in...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Metal
Antique English Campaign Leather Top Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome antique British colonial desk Crafted in mahogany in a campaign form with the original red leather top, nine drawers in front with a unique kneehole cabinet, brass hardware ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
J. Herbert McNair Colonial Campaign Chairs, Pair
Located in North Miami, FL
We are delighted to offer for sale absolutely stunning early 20th century Anglo Indian Campaign Military folding armchairs in solid wood and brass with the original leatherette seat ...
Category
Early 20th Century Scottish Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
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
Vintage Anglo Indian Hardwood Brass Inlay Military Campaign Chest of Drawers
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Anglo Indian circa 1920's Rosewood with Brass inlay Military Campaign chest of drawers
A very good looking well made and ...
Category
1920s Indian Vintage Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Campaign Chest In Camphor Camphor Wood
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb large navy chest oe campaign chest from the beginning of the 20th century in camphor wood
English navy chest with its typical fittings of this styl...
Category
Early 20th Century British Campaign Furniture
Materials
Fruitwood
Pair Campaign Style Chests, USA c 1920s
Located in Norwalk, CT
Very fine campaign style chests with solid brass hardware. Newly lacquered in BM White Dove, satin finish. These chests also feature quality construction and elegant bun feet. The al...
Category
1920s American Vintage Campaign Furniture
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Armchairs in Walnut with original Yellow Velvet upholstery
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Pair armchairs in massive turned and carved walnut. Yellow velvet capitonnè in good condition still usable. Sanitized and wax polished.
Measures cm: H 85 x W 74 x D 80.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Campaign Furniture
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
English Brass Mounted Mahogany Campaign Bed, circa 1900
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An English brass mounted mahogany campaign bed, circa 1900. One of a pair. Identical bed available as well.
Interior dimensions: 38.75" W x 76" D.
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Mahogany Campaign Secretary / Chest of Drawers
Located in Viterbo, VT
Campaign secretary chest of drawers hand-made in England in the early 1800s using mahogany. This is a beautifully-made chest that serves the...
Category
Early 20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Signed Snaffles WW I Naval Print. Gentlemen Unafraid.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Snaffles WW I Naval print "Gentlemen Unafraid".
A coloured Snaffles lithograph entitled "Gentlemen Unafraid" showing sailors in the bow of a boat "Bedelia...
Category
Early 20th Century British Campaign Furniture
Materials
Paper
Brutalist Spanish Iron and Tile Coffee Table - circa 1920s
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Brutalist Spanish Iron and Tile Coffee Table - circa 1920s
Wear consistent with age and use
Brutalist - Natural decoration - Vintage
Measu...
Category
1920s Spanish Vintage Campaign Furniture
Materials
Metal
Early 20th Century Yew and Brass Bound Campaign Style Bedside Chest of Drawers
Located in Crawley, GB
A early 20th century yew and brass bound Campaign style bedside chest of four drawers . It is of lovely quality, with lovely brass handles and fixtures. This sits on bracket feet, an...
Category
Early 20th Century British Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Bayonet Polished Steel and Copper Candelabra
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of polished steel and copper candelabra made from old bayonets.
Category
Early 20th Century French Campaign Furniture
Beautiful Large Yew Wood Military Campaign Coffee Table
Located in Crawley, GB
Large yew wood coffee table in the antique campaign style dating from around the 1930’period & in good condition. It has brass military inset handles & corner fittings on the back & ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Mahogany Marine / Campaign Chest Of Drawers Of A Cruise Liner
Located in Brussels, Brussels
lovely little mahogany campaign or marine chest of drawers which was at the time in a cabin of a cruise liner
Very beautiful little model with the cabin number written behind the dr...
Category
Early 20th Century British Campaign Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Early 1900 s Working Table from Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
this is Italian Tavolo da lavoro used in the wood working shop .Table is hand made and it was used for many years .Perfect work of the skilled wood working people .One of the side i...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Campaign Furniture
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Campaign Cest of Drawers Officers Chest
Located in BUSSUM, NH
Mahogant & brass campaign chest or officers chest that was used by British officers to store their personal belongings and clothing / uniforms.
Beause ...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Six Novelty 20th Century Silver Plated Campaign Spirit Cups, English Circa 1900
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A most interesting and novel set of spirit cups fashioned to replicate British campaign field service cookware, likely intended for use in toasting ceremonies, their undersides all b...
Category
Early 20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
Italian Antique Rocking Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Metal base and the fruit wood rocking chair early 20th century. Rocking chair is from the Bassano Del Grappa in Veneto region.
we are offering In ho...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Campaign Furniture
Materials
Metal
Beautiful Brass Bound Military Campaign Nesting Tables
Located in Crawley, GB
Beautiful Brass Bound Military Campaign Nesting Tables with glass top and decorative antique world map.
Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
Please have a closer...
Category
Early 20th Century British Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
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
Antique Fratino Italian Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian Fratino wood table .Table is 122 inches for 10-12 people very comfortable .
table can be dismantled and make it easy for shipping or moving around .
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Campaign Furniture
Materials
Wood
Mahogany Campaign Lamp Table
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A very good mahogany two tier campaign lamp table with inset brass plaque and corners, in overall very good condition.
Category
Early 20th Century European Campaign Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
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
Vintage Scandinavian Campaign Table, early 20th Century
Located in Chappaqua, NY
Vintage Scandinavian Campaign Table, early 20th Century. Round, folding table with wood locking mechanism and brass fittings.
Category
Early 20th Century Scandinavian Campaign Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique English Folding Chair Royal Military Interest Smith's Lawn Windsor
Located in Norwich, GB
An interesting antique folding fruitwood and canvas chair with royal and military interest. Used at the Smith's Lawn in Windsor in 1915, Queen Mary's camp. London Silver hallmarked p...
Category
Early 20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Zabihi Collection Turkish Hereke Rug
Located in New York, NY
A one of a kind small finely woven turkish rug. We can also see this piece be used as a wall covering.
4'3" x 5'10"
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Campaign Furniture
Materials
Wool
H.A. Ogden U.S. Military Uniforms - 11 Chromolithographs
By Henry Ogden
Located in Savannah, GA
A set of 11 H.A. Ogden chromolithographs depicting U.S. Military uniforms in period frames, circa 1908.
14 by 17 ½ inches; ¾ inches deep
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Mesa auxiliar de Campaña
Located in VALÈNCIA, ES
Mesa auxiliar de Campaña Circa 1.900, con doble bandeja, victoriana de origen inglés y realizada en madera de roble.
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Wood, Oak
Antique Italian Wall Mirror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique mirror in original condition.
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Wood
VINTAGE MILIARY CAMPAIGN SiDE END LAMP WINE BEDSIDE TABLE CHEST WITH DRAWERS
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely vintage Mahogany, green Leather and Brass Military Campaign style side table with drawers
Pleas...
Category
Early 20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Fine Quality Solid Mahogany Brass Bound Campaign Style Wine Cellarette
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For 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 delive...
Category
Early 1900s 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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