1970s Drexel Heritage Consensus9 Drawsr lowboy dresser sideboard
View Similar Items
1970s Drexel Heritage Consensus9 Drawsr lowboy dresser sideboard
About the Item
- Creator:Drexel (Manufacturer)
- Dimensions:Height: 30.32 in (77 cm)Width: 61.03 in (155 cm)Depth: 18.12 in (46 cm)
- Style:Hollywood Regency (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1970
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU4305236729952
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 range of vintage Drexel furniture for sale on 1stDibs includes end tables designed by Edward Wormley, walnut side tables designed by Kipp Stewart and lots more.
- 1950’s French multi draw cabinetBy RomeoLocated in London, LambethCompact set of 12 storage draws in oak with a Formica top and bottom Strip.Lovely set of 12 steel round handles.Flexible storage cabinet.Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
MaterialsOak
- 1950’s French multi draw cabinetBy RomeoLocated in London, Lambeth12 draw industrial storage cabinet in oak with a red Formica TopCategory
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
MaterialsOak
- Uniflex Q Range Chest of Draws by Gunther Hoffstead/1960’s Chest of DrawsBy Gunther HoffsteadLocated in London, LambethUniflex Q range chest of drawers by Gunther Hoffstead. The Danish designer Gunther Hoffstead designed for the small innovative firm of Uniflex in the early 1960s. He designed some of the most modern looking pieces in the UK at this time. The Q Range is one of the best known of his designs for Uniflex. Gunther Hoffstead appears to have been a Danish born designer , but apart from his work for Uniflex he seems to be unknown . Peter Hayward was amongst others who designed for Uniflex which was the brand name for L Lazurus. The Q Range sometimes is found in teak, but mainly it’s seen in this lighter wood which looks like cherry. Stag also used a similar light wood in the early 1960s. Uniflex pieces are always beautifully made, and are better finished than Stag, so they wouldn’t have been cheap when new. The best test of a good design is whether it still looks modern 50...Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
MaterialsCherry
- 1970s Pieff Chrome ShelvingBy Pieff and Co.Located in London, LambethTinted glass with adjustable supports chrome plated and adjusting feet Large 1970s shelving in a simple clean design. Cc Pieff.Category
Late 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Shelves
MaterialsMetal
- 1950’scbentply sideboardBy Aalto+AaltoLocated in London, LambethCompact bent ply and Formica sideboard two storage draws and two doors with internal shelvesCategory
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
MaterialsPlywood
- 1950s Sideboard by Bowen Brothers, Camden TownBy BowmansLocated in London, Lambeth1950s Credenza designed and Manufactured by Bowman Brothers of Camden Town founded by Thomas Bowman in 1871 Modernists design with pull down door and ...Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
MaterialsTeak
- Drexel Heritage Consensus Mid Century Pecan and Brass 9 Drawer Lowboy DresserBy DrexelLocated in Countryside, ILDrexel heritage consensus mid century pecan and brass 9 drawer lowboy dresser. Dresser measures: 72 wide x 18.75 deep x 30.5 inches high.Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
MaterialsBrass
- 1970s Drexel Heritage Chinoiserie Armoire DresserBy DrexelLocated in Chicago, ILAn exceptional Hollywood Regency Chinoiserie Campaign style armoire dresser from the Dynasty Collection by Drexel Heritage. The dresser features gorge...Category
Vintage 1970s American Chinoiserie Dressers
MaterialsWood
$4,000 Sale Price20% Off - Drexel Heritage Georgian Mahogany Chest on Chest Highboy DresserBy DrexelLocated in South Bend, INA gorgeous Georgian or Chippendale style eight-drawer chest on chest highboy dresser By Drexel Heritage USA, Circa 1980s Mahogany, with...Category
Late 20th Century American Georgian Dressers
MaterialsBrass
- 1970s Drexel Heritage Hollywood Regency Burlwood & Brass 9 Drawer Dresser MirrorBy DrexelLocated in Philadelphia, PAThis beautiful dresser was made in the 1970s by Drexel Heritage for their "Avenues" line of bedroom furniture. It features 9 large drawers and burl-wood construction with a total of 12 antiqued brass door...Category
Vintage 1970s American Hollywood Regency Cabinets
MaterialsBrass
- Drexel Heritage Hollywood Regency Campaign Walnut Sideboard Credenza, 1970sBy DrexelLocated in South Bend, INA gorgeous mid-century modern Hollywood Regency Campaign style sideboard, credenza, or bar cabinet By Drexel Heritage USA, Circa 1970s Beautiful book-matched walnut, with original...Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
MaterialsBrass
- Dresser Chest by DrexelBy DrexelLocated in Philadelphia, PADrexel modernist three drawer dresser chest. Walnut cabinet with pull rings sitting on a brass plates. Fully re-finished. All drawers come with removable lining covered in faux suede.Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
MaterialsWalnut
$2,360 Sale Price20% Off