


Was there MORE Lane Acclaim? We searched the blog and found this photo from this story.
Drexel furniture catalog 1950 tv#
Very interesting.Īnd what is that I see - a TV snack cart on wheels? Amazing! Look at those nesting tables above - it looks to me like the top one has the dovetailed edge and the inner one doesn’t. It was her parent’s coffee table.īut, I’ve never seen most of the furniture that is in this catalog. This story is particularly fun for me, because I have a Lane Acclaim table - it is the cocktail table 900-01 (shown in the lead photo.) My mother in law gave it to me. It’s a valuable reference for buyers and sellers. As someone who owns six lane pieces (all tables) I was surprised to learn how extensive the line actually was! Especially since you mostly see only the tables trading, with possibly an occasional hutch or desk. I think it would be of value for MCM fans to have access to this great historical record of a classic furniture line. This is a small booklet, 3″ x 4″, that was hung on showroom pieces with a string. He recently acquired what seems to be a very hard-to-find catalog of available pieces from the Lane Acclaim Line - and graciously shares it with all of us today.Īfter much hunting, I finally tracked down a complete Lane Acclaim catalog on Ebay and have scanned it. Interestingly - also like Drexel Declaration, there’s a Shaker feel to the Lane Acclaim design - you can see how the wood is connected. Americas were not nuts about mid century modern. It was a little bit Early American, a little bit mid mod. America because it was a good compromise between traditional and modern. We speculate that - much like the popular Drexel Declaration line - the design of Lane Acclaim appealed to Mrs. The vintage Lane Acclaim line of furniture seems to have been very popular in mid century America.
