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
FiNE ANTIQUE VICTORIAN HARDWOOD MILITARY CAMPAIGN DRINKS CABINET HIDDEN INSIDE
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning Antique Victorian Circa 1880-1900 Mahogany, Military Campaign side table sides drawers unit wh...
Category
1880s English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
FINE ANTIQUE CIRCA 1880 ENGLISH SATINWOOD MILITARY CAMPAIGN CHEST OF DRAWERs
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite original circa 1880-1900 Military Campaign Satinwood & Oak chest of drawers with l...
Category
1880s English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vintage 1980s Faux Bamboo Cane Basket-weave Dresser, 4-Drawers Campaign Style
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage 1980s Faux Bamboo Cane Basket-weave Dresser, 4-Drawers Campaign Style
Offered for sale is a vintage 1980s Faux bamboo four-drawer dresser clad i...
Category
Late 20th Century Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique Pair of English Campaign Stands
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome pair of 19th Century British Colonial stands handcrafted in mahogany in classic form with three drawers, campaign brass hardware and bracket feet. French polishes in the tra...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vintage Charlotte Horstmann Campaign Style Sawhorse Leather Top Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Dashing mid century campaign style desk crafted in teak with a black leather top banded in brass having a case with a fold down center ...
Category
20th Century Hong Kong Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Antique Military Campaign Style Bedside Chests
Located in London, GB
A very smart pair of antique military campaign style bedside chests. They were made in England, they date from around the 1930’s.
They are of great quality and are a very useful siz...
Category
1930s British Vintage Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique Military Campaign Style Chest of Drawers in Yew Wood
Located in London, GB
A lovely antique military campaign style chest of drawers in yew wood. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1930’s.
It is of superb quality and is a very useful size. ...
Category
1930s British Vintage Campaign Furniture
Materials
Leather, Yew
19th Century campaign chest of drawers
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Beautiful campaign 2-piece chest of drawers in perfect and original condition. Beautiful light color.
Origin ca. 1840
Size. 99cm x 48cm x h.101cm
The campaign cabinets went with the...
Category
1840s British Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Baker Vintage Campaign Chest
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Chic mid century campaign chest crafted in mahogany with four drawers, brass hardware and block feet, perfect combination of traditional and...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Campaign Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Mid Century Cross Country Highboy Armoire by Drexel
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elevate your space with the Mid-Century Drexel Highboy Armoire. Crafted by Drexel, this timeless piece offers ample storage with a blend of drawers and ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Campaign Furniture
Materials
Wood
Vintage British Colonial Campaign Style Gentleman's Wardrobe or Chest
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Mid Century interpretation of a British colonial campaign gentleman's wardrobe crafted in mahogany having a lush dark finish, brass hardware, plenty of storage and classic bracket fe...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Campaign Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
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
Baker Vintage Campaign Style Leather Top Partners Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome Mid Century partners desk crafted in mahogany with ebony trim and brass hardware featuring three tooled leather panels on the top ov...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Campaign Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Chest of Drawers Campaign Military Mahogany Brass 19th Century
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Unusual small size
Striking with the combination of richly coloured mahogany and brass
The veneers on this chest are exceptional, creating the effect of pools of ripples moving down ...
Category
1840s English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Trunk Mobile Office Bureau Leather Black Restoration Hardware Timothy Oulton
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Travel and take your work anywhere, anytime
Funky, fun, ergonomic, mobile office, compact bureau or bookcase for the home or travel to exhibitions or sites
Vintage trunk stylish and ...
Category
2010s Central American Campaign Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Antique Military Campaign Style Desk
Located in London, GB
A top quality antique military campaign style desk. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1930’s.
It is very well ma...
Category
1930s British Vintage 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
Pair of Mid-Century Savonarola Campaign Chairs with Leather Seats & Backs
Located in Buffalo, NY
Pair of 20th century Italian iron ,bronze and leather Savonarola chairs,, Retain original tooled leather seats and backs,, minor tear to one chair (see photo). also a few missing gro...
Category
1950s European Vintage Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Antique Leather Bound Military Campaign Chest of Drawers
Located in London, GB
A fantastic antique leather bound military campaign chest of drawers. This was made in England, the chest of drawers itself is Victorian and dates from around the 1890-1900 period.
...
Category
1890s British Antique 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
1970s National Mt. Airy Military Campaign Style Executive Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Another good looking campaign style piece for your collection! We are delighted to offer for sale this vintage executive desk hand crafted in the Military Campaign style by Mt. Airy, which is one of the higher quality campaign manufacturers. This well-made desk executed out of oakwood which has a lovely warm patina to it, the cuts of timber are lovely with great proportions from any angle. Supporting a rectangular top with a central drawer flanked on either side by a column cabinet with four drawers each having a top and bottom drawer, two of which are double as a filing drawer in the middle offering plenty of storage space. Solid finished back all standing on a plinth base to make it more stable. The brass inset military handles & brass corner brackets are all original and in brass. Signed "National Mt...
Category
Late 20th Century American Campaign Furniture
Materials
Oak
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
19th C. English Brass Bound Camphor Wood Campaign Trunk
Located in Nantucket, MA
Lovely 19th century Campaign Trunk, camphor wood construction with nice, mellow patina, bound in brass, with brass lock escutcheon embossed...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
English Leather Top Campaign Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome 19th century British colonial campaign desk with a brown tooled leather top, brass hardware, keys to the top and side drawers, and sits on porcelain casters.
Category
19th Century English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
10 Blown Glass Bottles Grape Chamber Thomery Moissac France
Located in Lège Cap Ferret, FR
Lot of 10 blown glass bottles from a 19th century grape chamber Thomery Moissac
Lot of 10 blown glass bottles from the 19th century from Moissac Tarn et Garonne.
Height 5.11 ...
Category
1860s French Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
English Grand Library Cabinet Bookcase
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Large and luxurious 19th century English cabinet, wall unit crafted in mahogany with an architecturally significant design, featuring cornices, paneled doors, campaign brass hardware...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Burr Yew Wood Military Campaign Drinks Cabinet Hidden Inside a Chest Trunk
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning Burr yew wood military campaign chest of drawers which houses a drinks cabinet
A very good looking well made and decorative piece,...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vintage-Style Pearl Leather Trunk Bench
Located in Westwood, NJ
Vintage-style pearl leather trunk bench. A fully functional trunk that hinges open to reveal storage. The padded leather exterior makes it a great bench ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Campaign Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
Small Campaign Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Campaign style mahogany campaign desk, the circular crossbanded molded edge top hinged and folding open to reveal an interior with pigeon holes and a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Campaign Furniture
Materials
Wood
Vintage Campaign Style Writing Table/Desk Lacquered in Red
Located in Dallas, TX
Classic Campaign style desk manufactured by Sligh of Holland/Grand Rapids, Michigan. Restored, consist of five drawers with recessed brass pulls. Inlaid leather top with elegant embossed gold design and brass legs. Brass bound corners and Campaign pulls...
Category
1950s American Vintage Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th Century Mahogany Campaign Chest
Located in Montreal, QC
English solid mahogany campaign chest, in two parts, all fitted with brass hardware, the top drawer fitted with a secretaire featuring a multitude of compartments.
Category
1860s English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Campaign Form Coffee Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Campaign form leather wrapped coffee table with an antiqued brown leather, brass-bound corners, and nailhead trim details, raised on a George III style H form stretcher base.
Di...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Campaign Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
Campaign Style Lacquered Tall Fitted Cabinets by Henredon, Pair
By Henredon
Located in Dallas, TX
Vintage Campaign style chifforobes or cabinets, made by esteemed American manufacturer, Henredon. Part of Henredon’s early Scene One collection. Each cabinet professionally lacquered...
Category
1970s American Vintage Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Campaign Style Desk
Located in Westwood, NJ
A 19th-century style Campaign desk, the flip-top revealing a fitted interior, slide-out tooled leather writing surface, raised on splayed legs with a stretcher.
Dimensions: 29.25"...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Campaign Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
Charming Antique English Carved Oak End Table with Crown and Black Glass Top
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A masculine wonderfully weathered carved oak end table having single drawer with crown decoration and two animal motife heads that look like chess...
Category
19th Century English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Glass, Oak
French country style oval extendable dining Table in solid Oak
Located in Landivy, FR
This oval dining table is in a French Countryside style also called "Campagne chic" in French.
2 integrated extensions of 40 cm / 15.7" each are folded under the tray
The tabl...
Category
2010s French Campaign Furniture
Materials
Oak
Traditional Vintage Pine Folding Butlers Tray Side Accent Campaign Table
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage pine tray table. Features a folding base connected by X stretcher and rectangular octogon shaped top with brass handles.
Category
Mid-20th Century Campaign Furniture
Materials
Pine
Antique English Campaign Green Distressed Painted Treasure Chest Trunk, Locked
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique English Campaign green distressed painted treasure chest trunk - Locked. Locked, no key. We have not opened. Item features inset campaign style ...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Metal
Bevan Funnell Burr Yew Wood Extending Oval Campaign Coffee Table
Located in GB
We are is delighted to offer for sale this brand new Hand made in England by Bevan Funnell, Burr Yew wood extending Military Campaign oval coffee table
I have many variations and...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Danish Modern Rosewood Foldout Bar Cabinet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Well grained rosewood bar cabinet that opens to reveal a campaign style interior with plenty of storage and a fold out top service area. Designed by Reno Wall Iverson for Dyrlund, De...
Category
20th Century Danish Campaign Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
Pair of Campaign Style Tall Fitted Cabinets by Henredon
By Henredon
Located in Dallas, TX
Vintage Campaign style chifforobes or cabinets, made by esteemed American manufacturer, Henredon. Part of Henredon’s early Scene One collection. Each dark-stained, hardwood case fron...
Category
1970s American Vintage Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Dixie Cane Rattan Campaign Style White Hollywood Regency Nightstands - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Dixie Cane Rattan Campaign Style White Hollywood Regency Nightstands - a Pair. Item features laminate top, chrome Campaign style handles, rattan and cane front, white/cream l...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Campaign Furniture
Materials
Cane, Rattan, Wood
Military Campaign Style Console Coffee Table Hidden Radio Tape Record Player
Located in GB
We are delighted to this lovely vintage circa 1970s impulse ST 210 Radiogram Military Campaign brown leather topped console table
What a cool thing, on the outside you have the never out of style military Campaign style console table, it’s the size of a modern day coffee table, the top is brown cattle leather with gold leaf embossing
Inside you have a full entertainment system, there’s a radio, tape...
Category
1970s English Vintage Campaign Furniture
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Three-Drawer Cherry and Brass Asian Style Chest by Baker Furniture Company
Located in Toledo, OH
Three drawer Asian style cherry chest by Baker Furniture Company. T-drawers have dovetail construction with brass hardware. Minor wear to the top. 38" wide x 31" tall x 18" deep.
Category
20th Century North American Campaign Furniture
Materials
Cherry
Rare Lovely Coffee & Side Table Nest of Tables Military Campaign with World Maps
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely nest of three side tables with world maps detailing
A nice decorative set, each one has a good quality print of a world map. They ar...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vintage Harrods London Kennedy Military Campaign Style Coffee Table Hardwood
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning Military campaign style coffee or cocktail table made by Kennedy and retailed through Harrods London
A good looking well made and...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Zebra Hide Rug, South Africa, Wool Felt Backed with Leather Trim, New Zebra Hide
Located in New York, NY
Decorative new zebra hide rug from South Africa. The hide is backed with wool felt fabric and trimmed with leather all around.
This zebra hide in the pictures is sold but we will ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary South African Campaign Furniture
Materials
Zebra Hide
British Campaign Mahogany “Knock-Down" Antique Armchair Johnstone & Jeanes
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A RARE VICTORIAN CAMPAIGN MAHOGANY AND LEATHER METAMORPHIC ARMCHAIR
England, circa 1840-60; seat stamped "JOHNSTONE & JEANES / 67 NEW BOND ST / LONDON / 6572"
Item # C103901
An extraordinary metamorphic armchair by the firm of Johnstone & Jeanes of London, this quality Campaign seating piece would almost certainly have been accompanied by a carrying case to ensure its safe transit, as most of these break-down chairs were designed to be brought out when needed and safely stored thereafter. By depressing small tabs...
Category
19th Century English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Rare circa 1890 Solid Fruitwood Brass Fitting Military Campaign Folding Chair
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare circa 1890 antique Military Campaign fold chair in fruitwood with brass fittings
A genuine Campaign used piece, very strong and l...
Category
1890s English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Bevan Funnell Military Campaign Chest of Drawers Leather Top TV Stand
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely RRP £4500 Bevan Funnell Military Campaign desk of drawers with brass fittings and leather top designed to seat a TV
A very good look...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Zebra Ottoman / Coffee Table, Large Square, Two Zebra hides, Custom Made In USA
By Area ID
Located in New York, NY
Large zebra ottoman, measures: 42 inches by 42 inches and 14 inches high. Great as a coffee table or ottoman. Built in our NJ factory.
Made of beautiful zebra hides from South Africa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary South African Campaign Furniture
Materials
Zebra Hide
Campaign Style Six Drawer Chest
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Campaign style six drawer chest or filing cabinet. Fits A4 and letter hanging folders. With brass hardware, drawers on runners and raised on bun fee...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Campaign Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Campaign Vanity Dressing or Jewelry Box with Boule Inlay
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Campaign vanity dressing box with boule inlay.
Lia.
Category
1890s Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Lacquered in Royal Blue Campaign Style Seven-Drawer Dresser
Located in Dallas, TX
This attractive piece is crafted from solid walnut. Dresser is professionally lacquered in blue and has decorative recessed hardware to the corners and recessed brass bail pulls. The...
Category
1970s American Vintage Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Campaign Style Square Side Table White Laminate Top by Hickory Furniture Mfg
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome and useful small square campaign style side, end, or occasional table with a white laminate top made by Hickory Furniture Manufacturing. It is in wonderful vintage condition...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Rare Pair of Solid and Large Oak French Church Bench from the 1960s Pews
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Very long benches (340 cm) from the 1950s in solid oak. French handcrafted work.
Category
1960s French Vintage Campaign Furniture
Materials
Oak
Chinese Export Campaign Secretary
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine Chinese export Campaign or travel secretary the top with foliate carved backsplash over lifting lid, the fall front with molded raised panel door...
Category
1790s Chinese Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Vintage Harrods London Hardwood and Brass Military Campaign Coffee Table
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning RRP £2250 Harrods London medium sized mahogany military campaign coffee table brass fittings
This table is in vintage condition, t...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
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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