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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Vintage Campaign Style Chest or Dresser by Baker
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Chic mid century dresser crafted in mahogany with seven drawers uniquely off set, campaign style brass hardware and block feet, designed with a perfect fusion of modern and tradition...
Brass
Mid Century Campaign Chest by Baker
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome vintage British colonial style chest crafted in walnut with seven drawers having brass campaign hardware and classic turned feet. Perfect marriage of traditional and modern....
Walnut
Vintage Campaign Chest of Drawers by Baker
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome mid century campaign style chest crafted in walnut in two pieces with eight drawers, brass hardware and classic turned feet. Perfect combination of traditional and modern, s...
Brass
Vintage Campaign Style Chest From the Beacon Hill Collection
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Handsome British colonial style chest crafted in mahogany in a three piece construction with four drawers over two cabinet doors on a lower section with two drawers, campaign brass h...
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...
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...
Brass
Baker Furniture Campaign-Style Low Chest
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Norwalk, CT
Handsome, smaller size campaign-style chest by Baker Furniture Company. Lovely grain and color. Solid Brass pulls. Characteristic Baker quality. This piece has been fully restored wi...
Wood
Vintage Baker Wood and Metal Campaign Chest
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This vintage campaign chest was crafted by Baker Furniture Company, whose original maker's mark remains visible inside, confirming its authenticity and reflecting the brand's celebrated legacy of quality and design. Built from solid wood with a warm, original finish, the chest showcases a subtly pronounced grain that adds visual texture to its clean, rectilinear silhouette. Metal hardware exhibiting a consistent, age-related patina provides a striking contrast against the lighter wood tone, with recessed handles and reinforced corner brackets that are as functional as they are decorative, true hallmarks of campaign-style furniture originally built for durability during travel. The joinery is precise and every drawer glides smoothly, reflecting the meticulous craftsmanship Baker built its reputation on. Compact yet substantial, this chest blends utilitarian function with elegant detailing, making it equally at home in a bedroom, entryway, or study. Measuring 38 inches in width, 19 inches in depth, and 32 inches in height, this campaign chest offers a versatile scale suited to a range of interiors, from mid-century modern to traditional or Hollywood Regency schemes. The piece presents in very good vintage condition, retaining its original wood finish with a warm, age-appropriate patina. Minor surface scuffs and light wear are visible along the edges and corners, consistent with decades of use, while the metal hardware carries a matching age-consistent patina and remains structurally sound and fully intact. A genuine piece of vintage design history, this Baker campaign chest...
Metal
Baker Furniture Campaign Style Three Drawer Chest
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Baker Furniture campaign style three drawer chest with brass trim around the top and vertically flanking the drawers. The three drawers are framed with reeded wood trim and accentuat...
Brass
20th Century Wood Italian Chest of Drawers, 1950s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Mid-20th-century Italian chest of drawers. Beautifully crafted and In addition to its decorative features, this piece is carved and veneered with walnut, burl, rosewood, mahogany, m...
Wood
Magnificent Michael Taylor Baker Campaign Chest Mid-Century Modern
By Michael Taylor
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Magnificent 9-drawer campaign chest of drawers by Michael Taylor for Baker Furniture Co. This is one of those pieces that the more you look at it the more brilliant it becomes. The stunning walnut grain runs up the drawers and onto the top. All the drawers are finely crafted with dovetail joinery and bevelled top edge. The back is also finished so that this piece could float in a room. We just love the original finish with its intentional distress look giving it an old-world charm. This piece came from a mansion on Long Island Sound which was a celebrated Hollywood hangout during the 50s and 60s. It measures 30"T x 66"Lx 19"D. As seen in the last photo we also have the matching bachelor chest...
Walnut
Exquisite Modern Campaign Chest by Michael Taylor for Baker, circa 1960
By Michael Taylor, Baker Furniture Company
Located in Atlanta, GA
This magnificent chest is shipped as professionally photographed and described in the listing narrative: Meticulously professionally restored and completely installation ready. Mi...
Brass
