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Baker Historic Charleston

$3,695

Baker Historic Charleston Collection Mahogany Sideboard Console Table

By Baker Furniture Company

Located in Franklin Park, IL

Baker Historic Charleston Collection Mahogany Sideboard Console Table This console table measures: 59 wide x 20 deep x 35.25 inches high We take our photos in a controlled lighting...

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Late 20th Century American Modern Console Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Baker Historic Charleston Regency Style Mahogany Round Dining Center Table 48"

$3,080Sale Price|20% Off

Baker Historic Charleston Regency Style Mahogany Round Dining Center Table 48"

By Baker Furniture Company

Located in Dayton, OH

Late 20th Century Vintage Baker Historic Charleston Collection English Regency Style Dining, Breakfast or Center Table.

Category

Late 20th Century American Regency Dining Room Tables

Materials

Brass

Located in Bradenton, FL

A Georgian style bar cabinet made by Baker Furniture for their Historic Charleston collection.

Category

Late 20th Century American Georgian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Materials

Mahogany

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H 39 in W 24 in D 20 in

Set of 8 Chairs by Baker Historic Charleston Collection

Located in Norwood, NJ

Set of 8 signed by premier maker, "Baker" for their "Historic Charleston" Carved of solid mahogany with traditional Hepplewhite style "shield" backs.

Category

Antique 1790s American Hepplewhite Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

H 30 in Dm 56 in

Custom Regency Style 56" Diameter Mahogany Dining Table

Located in Woodbury, CT

Swathed in the finest figured mahogany, this 56” diameter table features a bold pedestal comprised of a tapered octagonal column having an ebonized collar and terminating on a platfo...

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21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Dining Room Tables

Materials

Mahogany, Satinwood, Ebony

$2,200

H 31.13 in W 32 in D 18.5 in

Baker Furniture French Regency Louis XVI Inlaid Mahogany Two-Tier Buffet Server

By Baker Furniture Company

Located in South Bend, IN

An exceptional French Regency Louis XVI style bow front two-tier buffet server, tea table, or occasional side table By Baker Furniture USA, Circa 1980s Carved mahogany, with satin...

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Vintage 1980s American Regency End Tables

Materials

$9,875 / item

H 15.5 in Dm 43 in

Clara Porset Modernist CP3 Solid Walnut and Glass Coffee Table by Luteca

By Luteca Furniture, Clara Porset

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Cuban-born Clara Porset was a pioneer for modern design in Mexico. Having studied architecture in New York and then Paris, she finally settled in Mexico devoting her life to champion...

Category

2010s Mexican Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Glass, Walnut

Mahogany Hepplewhite Style Sideboard by Leighton Hall

$3,695 / item

$1,235

H 33.25 in W 28.25 in D 19.75 in

Maitland-Smith Lift-Top Corner Cabinet/ Bar

By Maitland Smith

Located in Bridgeport, CT

A handsome Maitland-Smith corner cabinet in richly figured mahogany. With curved top consisting of a double flip-top opening hinged to reveal storage. The exterior of the body showca...

Category

20th Century Georgian Cabinets

Materials

Brass

55 Pc Taitu Palladio Emilio Bergamin Architectural Brick China Dinner Service

$3,080Sale Price|20% Off

H 1 in Dm 12.25 in

55 Pc Taitu Palladio Emilio Bergamin Architectural Brick China Dinner Service

By Taitu

Located in Dayton, OH

#50607 Vintage Taitù Palladio porcelain dinnerware set designed by Italian designer Emilio Bergamin, featuring a distinct red and gray architectural brick and classical scroll motif...

Category

20th Century Italian Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Refined and Chic French Louis XV Carved Walnut Settee Sofa Canape Circa 1920

$3,850

H 41 in W 75 in D 33.5 in

Refined and Chic French Louis XV Carved Walnut Settee Sofa Canape Circa 1920

Located in Swedesboro, NJ

This refined French Louis XV carved walnut settee, circa 1920, embodies the elegance and sophistication of classic French design. With its graceful serpentine back, scrolled arms, an...

Category

Vintage 1920s French Louis XV Settees

Materials

Walnut

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Baker Historic Charleston For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal baker historic charleston for your home. A baker historic charleston — often made from wood, mahogany and brass — can elevate any home. Your living room may not be complete without a baker historic charleston — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A baker historic charleston, designed in the Georgian, Neoclassical or Regency style, is generally a popular piece of furniture.

How Much is a Baker Historic Charleston?

The average selling price for a baker historic charleston at 1stDibs is $2,995, while they’re typically $750 on the low end and $7,500 for the highest priced.

Baker Furniture Company for sale on 1stDibs

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.

Browse vintage Baker armchairs, sofas, coffee tables and other furniture on 1stDibs.

Questions About Baker Historic Charleston

Does Baker Furniture hold its value?
1 Answer
1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023
Whether Baker furniture holds its value will depend on a variety of factors, including how well it’s cared for as well as demand and supply with respect to a given collection or piece. Because it can be difficult to predict how the value of items will change over time, choose furniture that appeals to you. 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. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of vintage Baker furniture from some of the world’s top sellers.