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
Place of Origin: European
Antique British Colonial Campaign Chest Secretary
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome 19th century campaign chest secretary handcrafted in mahogany in a two-piece construction featuring a pull-out leather top secretary ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Vintage Italian Campaign Style Chests
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome pair of Italian mid century campaign style chests crafted in dramatic burl walnut with nine drawers each, campaign style brass hardware and classic bracket feet.
Category
20th Century Italian Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
$8,900 / set
Vintage English Bamboo Easel
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Vintage English bamboo easel.
Category
Mid-20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Bamboo
$456 Sale Price
52% Off
Mid 20th Century British Royal Navy Brass Bound Oak Grog Barrel w/Brass Letters
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
British Naval oak grog barrel or tub, used aboard British ships. The tapered barrel of staved oak with three brass bands. The ‘Royal Toast’, in large brass...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Victorian Military Campaign Burr Walnut Brass Bound Writing Slope With Key
Located in Reading, Berkshire
19th Century Victorian Military Campaign Burr Walnut Brass Bound Writing Slope With A Tooled Black Leather Scriver
Slope will include
A Single Glass Inkwell
A vintage pen
S moder...
Category
19th Century British Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
$2,469 Sale Price / set
30% Off
19th Century English Mahogany Campaign Secretary / Chest of Drawers
Located in Viterbo, VT
Campaign secretary chest of drawers hand-made in England in the early 1800s using mahogany. This is a beautifully-made chest that serves the...
Category
Early 20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
British Military Officer
s Campaign Chest Dresser of Brass-Bound Mahogany
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome British military officer’s Campaign Ware chest of drawers or dresser, from the 19th century, featuring a patinated mahogany exterior over five drawers with brass escutcheo...
Category
19th Century English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass, Metal
Large 19th Century Camphor Wood Campaign Trunk
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A large late 19th-century camphor wood brass-bound travelling campaign trunk with brass mounts and brass carrying handles. It features a warm, rich colour and patina, suitable for us...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass, Other
Lovely Military Campaign Style Pedestal Desk
Located in Crawley, GB
We delight to offer for sake this stunning XX Century Mahogany Military Style Pedestal Brass Bound Pedestal Desk, leather top, three top drawers, flanking pedestals, three drawers wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Regency Mahogany and Brass Campaign Double Wine Cooler
Located in Essex, MA
Purchased at Sothebys in New York twenty years ago for 10,000 this unusual piece with two bottle compartments with removable cover. Brass strapped mahogany case with rounded corners....
Category
1810s English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
English Camphor Wood Military Campaign Chest with Fitted Interior Desk, C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
English camphor wood military campaign chest with an upper case fitted drawer hinged fall front secretary desk revealing a leather writing surface, central prospect door with key, fl...
Category
1810s 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
Antique Military Campaign Style Coffee Table
Located in London, GB
A superb antique military campaign style coffee table. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1930’s.
The quality is outstanding, this is very well built and has a very ...
Category
1930s British Vintage Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Circa 1860 English Campaign Chest of Drawers
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1860 campaign chest of drawers, English. Teak. Two-section design with iron side carrying handles for transport. Bun feet. Recessed treen pulls. Brass corner brackets
str...
Category
1860s English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
English Campaign Trunk of Brass-Bound Leather and Camphor Wood, circa 1820
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome medium-sized British officer's military Campaign camphor trunk or chest of brass-bound and studded leather over camphor wood, circa 1820.
Manufactured by the British East India...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass, Metal
19th Century chest of drawers with secretary
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Beautiful antique teak campaign chest of drawers with secretary. The chest of drawers is in original condition and structurally perfect. It has the original appearance with traces of...
Category
1840s British Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Teak
English Mid-19th Century Camphor Wood Trunk, Leather and Brass Bound
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English leather over camphor wood trunk with brass studs from the mid-19th century. This English rectangular brass bound trunk features two latera...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
FINE PAIR OF HARRODS LONDON KENNEDY MILITARY CAMPAIGN SIDE END LAMP WiNE TABLES
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair or English country house solid mahogany with oak lined drawers REH Kennedy single drawer ...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
VINTAGE MILIARY CAMPAIGN SiDE END LAMP WINE BEDSIDE TABLE CHEST WITH DRAWERS
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely vintage Mahogany, green Leather and Brass Military Campaign style side table with drawers
Pleas...
Category
Early 20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th Century Mahogany Coaching or Campaign Table
Located in London, GB
A mid 19th century mahogany coaching table with beautifully figured top, on collapsable x-framed base, with shaped and turned legs.
England, circa 1850.
Lovely dry original conditi...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Superb Original Vintage Chelsea Bordeaux Handmade Brown Leather Armchair
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
A superb, original handmade Chelsea Bordeaux vintage brown leather armchair in excellent condition.
This is a fine example of quality British craftsma...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Campaign Furniture
Materials
Leather
Large Late 19th Century English Blue Willow Deep Platter
By Allertons
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous deep and large blue willow platter from England. Late 19th century in excellent condition with no damage, chips or cracks. Excellent color retention. The best serving platte...
Category
1890s English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Ironstone
Antique British 19th Century Two-Piece Mahogany Campaign Chest
Located in Peabody, MA
A mid Victorian era two piece British campaign chest in solid mahogany with brass flush mount handles and cabinet lifts.
Category
19th Century British Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Folding Wrought Iron Campaign Bed
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rare 19th Century French wrought iron campaign bed has folding sides
and replaced burlap. Terrific vintage piece.
Category
1870s French Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Victorian Mahogany And Brass Campaign Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top with new tooled brown leather. Brass bound edge. The frieze containing a long drawer. All set on two pedestals each with three drawers. Back of the desk is finished w...
Category
1870s English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Soup Tureen Atelier Yvon Roy Mongolfier Durtal Blue Bronze Ceramic Bird, F149
By Yvon Roy
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Ceramic tureen from the Yvon Roy Montgolfier workshop in Durtal. Glazed ceramic in blue, bronze and green colours, decorated with a beautiful bird design and geometrical motifs of tr...
Category
1960s French Vintage Campaign Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
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
Italian Leather and Wood Round Photo Frame
Located in Miami, FL
Offered is a round photo frame made in Italy of fine wood and supple leather.
The frame is 11" in diameter, 0.625" in thickness.
The round center i...
Category
2010s Italian Campaign Furniture
Materials
Leather, Glass, Wood
$210 / item
Campaign Chest Victorian in Oak with Brass Fittings
Located in Kastrup, DK
Elegant and functional campaign chest crafted from solid oak with original recessed brass handles and brass corner mounts.
The chest is made in two separate sections with brass carry...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
PAiR OF MILIARY CAMPAIGN SIDE END LAMP WINE BEDSIDE TABLE CHESTS WITH DRAWERS
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of vintage hardwood & brass Military Campaign style side tables with drawers
Please note t...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Faux Bamboo Leather
Brass Folding Campaign Chair with Sling Arms Maison Jansen
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Maison Jansen Faux Bamboo Folding Campaign Chair Finished With Brass Studs & Red Leather Cushioned Seat And Brass Mounts 1950's
Category
Mid-20th Century British Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique English Leather Top Campaign Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome antique British colonial desk with a tooled ox blood leather top on a banded case with three drawers having brass inlays and brass hardware on a X form base with brass cappe...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Campaign Chest of Drawers
Located in New York, NY
This small, antique campaign chest was handcrafted in the early 20th Century. It is mahogany wood, which has aged well over the decades and has a warm red-brown tone. The two full-le...
Category
Early 20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
English 1840s Mahogany Campaign Chest with Five Drawers and Brass Hardware
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English mahogany campaign chest from the mid 19th century, with five drawers and brass hardware. Created in England during the second quarter of the 19th century, this mahogany ca...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Authentic British Antique Roorkhee “Safari” Campaign Chair
Located in Shippensburg, PA
AUTHENTIC BRITISH ROORKHEE CAMPAIGN CHAIR
Marked "M & S 47", in early canvas covering with leather strap arms and fore-aft belting
England, circa late 19th to early 20th century
35...
Category
20th Century British Campaign Furniture
Materials
Leather, Canvas, Wood
British Military Officer
s Campaign Chest or Dresser of Brass-Bound Teak
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome British military officer’s Campaign Ware chest of drawers or dresser, from the 19th century, featuring a patinated teak exterior with two short drawers over three long dra...
Category
19th Century English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
FINE RESTORED TRADITIONALLY FRENCH POLISHED BURR ELM MILITARY CAMPAIGN SiDEBOARD
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare fully restored and traditionally French polished Burr Elm Military Campaign sideboard bank of drawers
Please note ...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Side Chair with Tubular Brass Frame Metal Mesh Seat and Ball Finials c 1930/40
s
Located in New York, NY
Vintage brass side chair, constructed of tubular brass, squared brass, and metal mesh, executed in the Campaign style, probably made in Italy circa 1920/50's unsigned.
The chair is...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Campaign Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
An English 19th Century Mahogany Campaign Trunk/Chest with Brass Detailing
Located in San Francisco, CA
the rectangular hinged lid fitted with a flush-mounted handle over a conforming body flanked by solid brass bail handles; all resting on a later detached stand; adorned overall with ...
Category
1860s English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Large 19th Century Camphor Wood Campaign Trunk
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
Large 19th Century Camphor Brass Bound Campaign Travelling Trunk with Stunning Rich Patina
A large late 19th-century camphor wood brass-bound travelling campaign trunk with brass mo...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique English Campaign Chest with Cabinets
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and remarkable 19th Century British Colonial campaign chest handcrafted in mahogany and rosewood with six drawers and turned feet on the center chest and two attached side cabin...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Stunning Hardwood
Brass Military Campaign Workstation Desk for Home Computer
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Military Campaign style home office desk / workstation
This piece was specially designed to house a tower PC, you have the space on ...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Fine Vintage Burr Yew Wood Military Campaign Chest of Drawers Lovely Patina
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning, vintage Burr Yew wood Military Campaign chest of drawers
A well made good looking and decorative piece, ...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Campaign Butlers Tray on Stand Coffee Table, Circa 1900
Located in High Point, NC
Period Edwardian campaign style coffee table in Mahogany.
This table is lovely, and is comprised of a butler's tray which retains the original brass hinges to folding sides and has ...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Italian Burl Campaign Style Eight-Drawer Tall Chest with Brass Hardware
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian vintage burl wood Campaign style tall chest from the mid-20th century, with eight drawers and brass hardware. Born in France during the midcentury period, this elegant Cam...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique English Campaign Chest with Pullout Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome 19th Century British Colonial campaign chest handcrafted in mahogany in a two piece construction, bound in brass with brass hardware and turned feet, featuring a pullout des...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique Military Campaign Style Coffee Table
Located in London, GB
A very large and impressive coffee table in the antique military campaign style. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1950’s.
It is o...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Oak Storage Box
Located in Hudson, NY
The antique oak storage box, shown here, is as decorative as it is practical. Made in the 1840s-1850s, the box is solidly crafted of oak and fitted with brass corner braces and corner guards...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Oak
$2,160
British Military Officer
s Campaign Trunk of Brass-Bound Camphor
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome rectangular British military officer's Campaign trunk of camphorwood featuring hand-cut brass binding and hardware, with opposing handles, and wax seals or stamps from por...
Category
19th Century English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
19th century campaign chest of drawers
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Chiffonier - Semainier - Campagne furniture
Measures : 50x45cm H:104cm
Good quality tall chest made in a hardwood like padouk. Bank of 7 equally proportioned drawers each fitted w...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique Folding Campaign Bed and Convertible Side Table in Oak and Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An exceptional Victorian folding campaign bed that cleverly doubles as a compact side table or console when not in use. Dating to the late 19th century, this British military piece f...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Oak
$4,536 Sale Price
39% Off
Antique British Colonial Campaign Chest of Drawers
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome British Colonial chest crafted in mahogany with six drawers in a low profile with brass campaign hardware and bracket feet.
Category
Early 20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
English Leather Top Campaign Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome 19th century English campaign desk featuring the original tooled green leather top, campaign brass hardware, two pedestals and a case with nine paneled drawers and block fee...
Category
19th Century English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th C. English Campaign Style Mahogany Travel Desk by G. Riddle, London
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A finely crafted travel desk by a noted British maker of boxes. The campaign style box has shaped brass corners, tabs, a lid plaque, center front escutcheon, and classic encased side...
Category
19th Century English Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Brass Mounted Mahogany Benson
Hedges Campaign Style Humidor
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Early 20th century Benson and Hedges mahogany humidor with brass detail in the style of 19th century English campaign furniture. The large mahogany box...
Category
Early 20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass, Zinc
Harrods London Lovely Military Campaign Style Chest Of Drawers
Located in Crawley, GB
We delight to offer for sale this lovely small chest of drawers made by R.E.H Kennedy of Ipswich and retailed by Harrods of London , with three drawers , brass corners and brass hand...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
33/200 STEWART LINFORD ADMIRAL NELSON TRAFALGAR BICENTENARY H.M.S ViCTORY STOOL
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this sublime, Limited Edition 33/200 Stewart Linford Admiral Lord Nelson stool made from Oak and Copper from...
Category
20th Century English Campaign Furniture
Materials
Copper
Industrial Campaign-Style Folding Table with Iron Bracing, France, circa 1900s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Industrial Campaign-Style Folding Table with Iron Bracing, France, circa 1900
A remarkable example of early 20th-century French industrial ingenuity, this folding table blends the p...
Category
Early 20th Century French Campaign Furniture
Materials
Iron
Antique Victorian Figured Walnut
Brass Campaign Chest of 5 Drawers
Located in King
s Lynn, GB
Here we have a Victorian (1837-1901) Figured Walnut Campaign Chest of Drawers with 3 long drawers to the bottom and 2 small drawers to the top all the with original brass handles. St...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Antique Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Wide Modern Campaign Style Etagere
Located in Westwood, NJ
A combination of a traditional English campaign style with an updated modern design.
This three-tier etagere is a satisfying combination of wood and brass, it has a sophisticated,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
$3,978 / item
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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