Owing to the company’s collaborations with many leading designers and artists over time, vintage Baker furniture is consistently sought after today. The heritage brand’s chairs, dining tables, desks and other pieces are widely known to collectors and design enthusiasts for their fine craftsmanship and durability.
Within a few decades of its launch, Baker Furniture Company evolved into one of the largest and most important furniture manufacturers in the United States and became known for its high-quality production standards. Siebe Baker and business partner Henry Cook founded the original iteration of Baker Furniture Company in 1890 in Allegan, Michigan, after immigrating to the United States from the Netherlands. Allegan is a small town west of Grand Rapids, which, at that time was home to Widdicomb Furniture Co. and more and was known as America’s furniture capital. The company manufactured doors and interior moldings and introduced a combination desk and bookcase in 1893. In the early 1900s, Siebe became the sole owner of the business.
Among others, stage designer Joseph Urban and modernist designer Kem Weber contributed designs to Baker in the 1920s. In 1932, under the leadership of Siebe’s son, Hollis, who started at the company as a salesman but took the reins when his father passed in 1925, Baker Furniture introduced bedroom pieces and debuted its Manor House collection, which made reproductions of European furnishings available to the American market. (Hollis was an avid traveler and procured antiques overseas for the company to reproduce in the United States.) Soon, Baker Furniture Company moved to Holland, Michigan, and eventually opened showrooms in Grand Rapids and elsewhere.
Pioneering Scandinavian designer Finn Juhl created a Danish modern line for Baker in 1951, and the company produced his award-winning Chieftain chair for a short time. In the late 1950s, Baker introduced the Milling Road label to reach a younger audience with stylish but less costly furnishings like console tables, walnut dining chairs and more, and in 1961, British furniture designer T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings introduced a modern neoclassical line at Baker.
The 1960s and ’70s saw the introduction of historic reproduction furniture lines such as Woburn Abbey and the Historic Charleston collection, which remain very popular to this day. In 1990, Baker was licensed to produce a furniture line from Colonial Williamsburg. That same year, the Smithsonian Museum introduced Baker’s Chippendale chair into its permanent collection and the Grand Rapids Art Museum dedicated an exhibition to Baker’s 100th anniversary, a showcase that included 150 pieces of furniture Siebe Baker had collected as part of a larger assortment that had served as inspiration for his designs.
Today, vintage Baker furniture, such as its elegant mahogany nightstands and teak credenzas — particularly those crafted by Finn Juhl — sees high demand online and elsewhere. The company continues to produce contemporary collections with well-known designers such as Bill Sofield, Barbara Barry and Kara Mann and remains on par with some of the highest quality furniture in the industry.
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H 34.5 in W 37 in D 15.25 in
Stunning Pair Baker Hollywood Regency Demilune Console or Bar Cabinet
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Lovely pair of Baker demilune console tables. They have a uniquely shaped marble top, over 2 cylindrical doors, raised on bracket feet. We love the orig...
Brass
Temple Console Tables by Thomas Pheasant for Baker
By Thomas Pheasant, Baker Furniture Company
Located in Dallas, TX
An exceptional set of temple console tables by the distinguished designer Thomas Pheasant for Baker Furniture. No longer in production. Inspi...
Limestone
Vintage Modern Demilune Console Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stylish vintage table features sturdy construction with wonderful decorative details. Brass finish with unique sculpted points add to the elegance of this Mid-Century demilune t...
Glass
$1,615
H 33.5 in W 44 in D 21.25 in
Baker Furniture Milling Road Italian Provincial Carved Maple Console Table
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful Italian Provincial style console or entry table By Baker Furniture, "Milling Road" Collection Italy, Circa 1980s Carved maple, with original brass hardware. Drawer loc...
Maple
$6,991
H 34.65 in W 35.44 in D 16.54 in
Venetian Demilune Console, Hand Carved Solid Mahogany, Restored
By Eugenio Quarti
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Italian Venetian Liberty console, demilune table, Eugenio Quarti designer attributable in hand carved solid mahogany, restored and wax-polished, circa 1900s. From Hungaria Palace Hotel -Lido di Venezia Measures cm: H 88, W 90, D 42 About Eugenio Quarti Eugenio Quarti, "prince of the cabinetmakers", was born in 1867 in Villa d'Almè, a small village in the province of Bergamo, from a family dedicated to wood crafts. Eugenio QuartiA 14 years old is sent by his father to Paris where he works as an apprentice in a cabinet-making workshop. At the end of the 80's dell'800 comes back to Italy and settles in Milan where he works, for a short period, with Carlo Bugatti. In the same year, he will then open his own workshop in via Donizetti. The first furniture that draws and produces are clearly derived from Bugatti. From 1894, the year in which he took part in the international exhibition in Antwerp and the international workers' exhibition in Milan, in 1898 Eugenio Quarti developed a personal IDEA of ??modernist furniture, thanks also to the spurs of Vittore Grubicy, finally freeing himself from the stylistic heritage bugattiani and finding new forms so as to define a totally personal style. In the same year he took part in the Turin exhibition presenting modernist furniture in predominantly dark wood decorated with "embedding" of metal, ivory, tortoise and mother of pearl...
Mahogany
English Georgian Satinwood Demilune Console Table
By Charles Elliott
Located in Queens, NY
English Georgian satinwood demilune console table with various inlaid flowers and scrolls on apron and top with bronze sabot on feet. (Attri...
Bronze
Pair of Vineyard Demilune Console Tables
Located in Westwood, NJ
The Vineyard demilune console table is a stunning piece that brings a touch of nature into your home. Made from pine, it has a natural and rustic look that will instantly warm up any space. The flaky pine finish gives it a one-of-a-kind texture and depth, while the half-round demilune top...
Wood
$1,987 / item
H 30.32 in W 29.53 in D 14.97 in
French provincial demi-lune console table in solid cherry, Bordeaux lacquered
Located in Landivy, FR
This French demi-lune console table belongs to our TRADITION collection, which takes its design and inspiration from the French countryside "proviincial" style, also called "Campagne chic". The finish of the pieces are made with soft and charming lacquers. This piece is made 100% of solid French cherry wood, All solid woods we use come from French sustainably managed French forests. The finish offers a bordeaux lacquer...
Wood, Cherry, Oak, Lacquer
$1,987 / item
H 30.32 in W 29.53 in D 14.97 in
French provincial demi-lune console table in solid cherry, red lacquered
Located in Landivy, FR
This French demi-lune console table belongs to our TRADITION collection, which takes its design and inspiration from the French countryside "proviincial" style, also called "Campagn...
Wood, Cherry, Oak, Lacquer
Baker Furniture Demilune Console Table With Shell Design
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Baker Furniture demilune with shell design, pie cut figured mahogany with cross banding. The frieze with alternating marquetry inlay and resting on tapering legs with spear feet. Di...
Mahogany
Vintage 1970s Bamboo Rattan Demilune Mid-Century Modern Console Sofa Table Mint
By Ficks Reed, McGuire
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Vintage 1970s bamboo Rattan Demi Lune Mid-Century Modern console sofa table mint.
Bamboo, Rattan
Demilune Elephant Motive Base Console Sofa Table Stand
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Demilune elephant motive base console sofa table stand.
Hardwood
Baker Solid Walnut Pierced Carved Legs Rolled Edge Asian Console Sofa Table MINT
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Baker Solid Walnut Pierced Carved Legs Rolled Edge Asian Console Sofa Table MINT
Walnut, Burl
French Art Deco Rosewood Heavy Solid Brass Supports Demilune Console Hall Table
By Paolo Buffa, Jules Leleu
Located in Rockaway, NJ
French Art Deco Rosewood Heavy Solid Brass Supports Demilune Two Drawers Console Hall Table MINT!
Brass
Pair of Baker Burl Wood Flip Top Convertible Console Table to Game Dining Tables
By Henredon, Baker Furniture Company
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair of Baker burl wood flip top convertible console table to game dining tables. Multifunctional occasional console table.
Walnut, Burl
Baker One Drawer Cabriole Leg Fruitwood Paper Finished Drawer Console Table MINT
By Milling Road, Baker Furniture Company
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Baker One Drawer Cabriole Leg Fruitwood Paper Finished Drawer Console Table MINT
Fruitwood
