1960s Stylish Drexel Nightstands Two-Tone Travertine & Wood Cabinet End Tables
View Similar Items
1960s Stylish Drexel Nightstands Two-Tone Travertine & Wood Cabinet End Tables
About the Item
- Creator:Drexel (Manufacturer)
- Dimensions:Height: 23 in (58.42 cm)Width: 25.75 in (65.41 cm)Depth: 16.75 in (42.55 cm)
- Sold As:Set of 2
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1960s
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Minor fading. Original vintage condition preowned. See images provided.
- Seller Location:Chula Vista, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: STRG12272221stDibs: LU971533012282
Drexel
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 oakwood, 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, reportedly 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.
- 1960s Sensational Nightstands Side Tables by KENT COFFEY The ContinentalBy Kent-CoffeyLocated in Chula Vista, CA1960s Kent Coffey The Continental Fabulous Nightstands Sculptural Side Tables in Mahogany Wood with Espresso Finish Golden Brass Tipped Leg...Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
MaterialsBrass
- 1960s Vintage Kent Coffey Arcadia Nightstands Mahogany & WalnutBy Kent-CoffeyLocated in Chula Vista, CA1960s Kent Coffey design Arcadia, nightstands drawer and cubby space curvaceous design mahogany wood and walnut finish. maker stamp present. Tons of midcentury appeal. Strong and stu...Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
MaterialsMahogany, Walnut
$1,080 Sale Price / set20% Off - 1960s Scandia Queen Teak Bed With Nightstands Vintage Modern NorwayBy Scandia DesignLocated in Chula Vista, CA1960s Scandia Queen Teak Bed with Nightstands Vintage Modern Norway Teak Bed Stamped Scandia Norway Nightstands stamped from Canada Bed 82.5 d x 63.5 w...Category
Vintage 1960s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Bedroom Sets
MaterialsTeak
- 1950s Italian Queen Bed Two-Tone Exotic Wood Style Osvaldo Borsani ItalyBy Osvaldo BorsaniLocated in Chula Vista, CA1950s Art Deco Italian Queen Bedframe Two Tone Exotic Wood Italy No maker label. In style of Osvaldo Borsani. 68.25 w x 85 long Headboard 44.25 h Footb...Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames
MaterialsMacassar, Maple, Rosewood, Burl
- 1960s Wedge Side Table by Barney Flagg Parallel for DrexelBy Drexel, Barney FlaggLocated in Chula Vista, CA1960s Mid-Century Modern walnut wedge table with a tripod base designed by Barney Flagg Parallel line for Drexel USA Beautiful sculptural design....Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
MaterialsWalnut
- 1960s Two-tone Huon Pine Wood Box Rodeo CreationsLocated in Chula Vista, CAWood Vintage Box by RODEO CREATIONS Rich 2 Tone Huon Pine Wood 1.75 H x 3.5 in diameter. Signed Rodeo Creations, Myrtle Box. Original Vintage Unrestored Condition. Please review all...Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
MaterialsWood, Pine
- Pair of Plaudit by Drexel Two-Toned Wood Nightstands Side TablesBy DrexelLocated in Pasadena, TXDrexel Pair of two-tone Plaudit by Drexel walnut nightstands with plinth base and panelled doors. Brass pulls. Measures: 27".Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
MaterialsCane
- Drexel Heritage Campaign Style Pecan Wood Nightstand or End Table, a PairBy DrexelLocated in Plainview, NYA high quality pair of nightstands by Dexel Heritage in campaign style. The Mid-Century pair of nightstands or end -tables are finely crafted of Pecan wood showing very nice wood grain. The nightstands feature a two door cabinet and one drawer for plenty of room to store items. The hardware pulls are original and made of brass. Each nightstand or table is signed inside the drawer and read "By Drexel". The back is also marked by Drexel and dated 10/29 by the manufacturer. The Drexel pair...Category
Mid-20th Century American Campaign Night Stands
MaterialsWood
- Edward Wormley Pair of Nightstands Precedent Line Drexel, 1950s / 1960sBy Drexel, Edward WormleyLocated in Camden, MEEdward Wormley pair of nightstands for the Precedent collection by Drexel, circa 1947 The pair of silver elm nightstands have been refinished in a blac...Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
MaterialsBrass
- Pair Light American Walnut Two Drawers End Tables Nightstands Cabinets Dowel LegBy Hooker Furniture, DrexelLocated in Rockaway, NJPair light American walnut two drawers end tables nightstands cabinets dowel leg. Beautiful light amber shade walnut finish. Stunning super clean origina...Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
MaterialsWalnut
- 1960s Black Stained Walnut Four-Drawers Nightstand by Edward Wormley for DrexelBy DrexelLocated in Pasadena, CAThis mid-century nightstand of black stained walnut features steel drawer pulls and drawers in graduating sizes. The largest drawer, at the bottom, measures 7.50 inches high and the ...Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
MaterialsSteel
$950 Sale Price20% Off - Mid Century Curved Front Two Drawer Nightstand by DrexelBy DrexelLocated in Freehold, NJThis mid century nightstand by Drexel features hardwood construction, original bleached walnut veneer, two dovetailed drawers with cur...Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
MaterialsWalnut