1980s Dixie "Campaigner" Campaign Desk in Sherwin Williams' Naval

Description

Classic campaign desk by Dixie Furniture Company, maunfactured in 1984. Professionally sprayed in Sherwin Williams semi-gloss enamel in Naval. Four … more Classic campaign desk by Dixie Furniture Company, maunfactured in 1984. Professionally sprayed in Sherwin Williams semi-gloss enamel in Naval. Four dovetailed drawers and faux bamboo legs. The original brass hardware has been cleaned, polished and sealed.

Please see condition notes and photos for a detailed look at this item.

About the history of campaign furniture:
"As armies migrated across barren battlefields, they needed transportable furniture that could be used to outfit their camps with the pleasures of home. In the absence of modern day synthetics like nylon and fiberglass, craftsmen relied on wood.

Because campaign furniture needed to be carriageable (or in most cases, slung over a mule’s back), crushable cabriole legs and bombe-like curves wouldn’t fly. Campaign furniture needed to be the equivalent of luggage, possessing a traveling-circus-like ability to be popped up and broken down in a moment’s notice. What resulted were case pieces that mimicked boxes, chairs that could be folded up into a silhouette no larger than a rifle, and tables that were cunningly hinged to fold down into a box the size of a briefcase." less