1940s End Table, Side Table
By Gilbert Rohde
Located in Miami, FL
1940s End Table, Side Table. Great quality, heavy duty. Original condition.
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Wood
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 oak wood, 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, 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.
1940s End Table, Side Table
By Gilbert Rohde
Located in Miami, FL
1940s End Table, Side Table. Great quality, heavy duty. Original condition.
Wood
Vintage "Sherry" Side Table By Widdcomb
By Widdicomb Furniture Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Crafted by the prestigious Widdicomb Furniture Company for their "Sherry" collection, known for its exceptional woodwork and attention to detail, this side table is a perfect example...
Wood
Swedish Modern Side Table in Teak
Located in Berkeley, CA
Origin: Sweden Designer: Unknown Manufacturer: Unknown Era: 1960s Materials: Teak Measurements: 19.5″ wide x 14″ deep x 14″ tall Condition: In good original condition with typical w...
Teak
Midcentury Side Table in the Style of Clara Porset
By Clara Porset
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this midcentury side table in the style of Clara Porset made in premium mahogany wood and palm cords, circa 1960. Great vintage conditions.
Seagrass
Lane Furniture Side Table
By Lane Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-century modern walnut table by Lane Furniture. Warm grain with bottom shelf. Please confirm location NY or NJ
Walnut
Mid-Century Square End Table by Michael Taylor for Baker Furniture
By Baker Furniture Company, Michael Taylor
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century 'New World' square lamp / end table with a walnut frame, a teak top, and a caned stretcher shelf. (MICHAEL TAYLOR FOR BAKER FURNITURE COMPANY)
Teak
Architectural Mid Century End Table att. to Wormley for Dunbar
By Dunbar Furniture
Located in New York, NY
Architectural Mid Century end, or side table, attributed to Edward Wormley for Dunbar, unsigned. The table is well constructed, and in good condition, showing only minor cosmetic wea...
Wood
Vintage Drexel Mid Century Modern End Table
Located in Seattle, WA
Vintage Drexel Furniture Mid-Century Modern Six Sided Side Table. A hexagon top wood side or end table 'Esperanto' by Drexel with decorative base. The h...
Walnut
1960s Danish Palisander Side Table
Located in Praha, CZ
- Carefully refurbished
Wood, Palisander
Side Table by John Nyquist
By John Nyquist
Located in Denton, TX
Handcrafted side table by California Woodworker John Nyquist.
Walnut