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Specialist antique dealers in British campaign furniture, military chests, related art & items for ease of travel. Researchers & writers on the subject.
British officers of high social position in the Georgian and Victorian periods (1714–1901) often carried high-quality portable furniture. The most common item of campaign furniture is the chest of drawers, often referred to as a military chest or campaign chest.
We manufacture and market a broad range of high end safari luggage, campaign furniture, and handmade canvas & leather safari accessories.
Campaign furniture, in Europe, variety of portable furniture made for travel. Most of the surviving examples date from the 19th century and were made for Napoleon’s campaigns; they include such items as small chests, folding seats, and washstands in three tiers resting on metal supports that could.
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.
British officers purchased their own furniture, and so an entire industry developed to supply them with beds, fold-up tables, collapsible chairs, campaign chests, writing slopes and commodes.
British officers often sought the comforts of home while fighting in distant lands such as India and Africa. Each piece of furniture was designed to assemble easily and to be taken apart at a moments notice. The result was lightweight furniture that was very durable, comfortable, lovely to look at and easy to pack.
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For Great Britain s gentlemen soldiers stationed in India, Africa, the South Seas, and North America, campaign furniture brought the comfort and civility of home to life under canvas.
It includes a history of British campaign furniture and of the social conditions that gave rise to a distinctive vision of gentlemanly life abroad, as well as discussions of pieces by type, with photographs showing them broken down for travel and fully assembled for use.