1stDibs ExpertJanuary 3, 2025
Yes,
Drexel Furniture and Drexel Heritage are the same company. While vintage Drexel Furniture
dining tables,
dressers and other pieces remain highly desirable for enthusiasts of
mid-century modern design, the manufacturer was actually established in the early 1900s in the foothills of North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains.
Drexel changed hands and visions throughout the years. It was managed by one of the original partners — Samuel Huffman — until 1935, at which time his son Robert O. Huffman took over as president. It was then that the company began to expand, with several acquisitions of competitors in the 1950s, including
Morganton, Table Rock Furniture, the
Heritage Furniture Co.
During the 1960s, after being acquired by the Furnishings Group of Champion International, the company’s name was changed to Drexel Heritage. In 2018, the Heritage Home Group, which was formed years earlier by KPS Capital Partners when it acquired Drexel Heritage and other manufacturers such as
Lane and
Broyhill, filed for bankruptcy and ceased operations. Production of Drexel furniture never resumed.
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