Drexel mid century dining room chairs - today’s ebay pick
50sPam on May 13 2008 at 8:00 am | Filed under: ebay
I’m in love with vintage 50s Drexel furniture. I’ll feature Ohio Catherine’s home soon - and you should see the matching set she has in a bedroom and dining room — gorgeous! Does anyone know the name of this design? To me, it has a Shaker feel. The set is in Houston, the upholstery looks new/great, and there is a matching table.
Afternoon update:
Thanks, Troy, for identifying this as Drexel Declaration. Here’s what’s posted on the site that Troy links to, in his comment. There are no photos of the dining room chairs on the link, but see the “step table” in the photo, on the right? It clearly shows detail linking the design to the chairs above. Cool!
Drexel
Drexel Declaration was designed by Kip Stewart. His idea was to link the American craftsmanship of the Shakers with the modernism of the late fifties and early sixties. The original knobs are white porcelain…
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These chairs are from the Drexel Declaration series.
Check this out:
http://www.designaddict.com/design_addict/forums/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread_show_one/thread_id/5415/
And I just purchased a table and six chairs on ebay. Love the stuff.
Enjoy your blog! -T
Hey SanFran Troy, thanks!!!! Hey I looked at your website. Are all those vintage airline travel bags truly yours?
Hey 50sPam, truly!!!! I’ve been collecting vintage airline bags for a number of years. Have kinda kicked the habit lately - it’s getting increasingly difficult to find bags I want that I don’t already have
and my storage space is packed to the gills.
Hey SF Troy, doing this blog makes me so damn perky I can’t stand myself sometimes!!!! If you don’t mind, can I do a post on your collection some time soon - using one of your images?
Hey 50sPam, of course! Your readers may enjoy the vintage styles and graphics of these airline bags. In the house of my dreams I’d have a long wall displaying my choice bags on glass shelving. But imagine the constant pesky dusting!
I check your blog on a daily basis - your perkyness is contagious!
TroySF, I assure you that in real life, I balance perky with cranky and difficult to live with, especially without my coffee. Watch for the post - many thanks!
After reading Pam’s post on Drexel furniture, I started doing some searching around and am now bidding on a lovely dining table and chairs on eBay. The seller is listing it as part of the Drexel Profile series, but it doesn’t look like any of the other Profile furniture I’ve seen. I originally had my heart set on a Heywood-Wakefield whalebone table, but after seeing the simplicity and beauty of the Drexel designs, I was won over. Thanks, Pam!
Please please, I appeal to all my retro ren friends not to bid against me!! I’ll post pics (if I win), and when my dining room is finished with new floor, new table and chairs, and new hanging “satellite” retractable lamp (which I also recently got from eBay).
Has anyone seen the drexel signature that reads/looks; a circle around the words by Drexel? It is a black ink stamp on the bottom of the fabric covered wood seats.
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