One of the challenges faced by today’s re-enactor is obtaining historically correct and documentable portable furnishings allowing them to erect a temporary camp with appropriate equipage. This is the very same challenge faced by those persons of the past whom we seek to interpret. Their solution was to develop a wide variety of portable furniture that included many interesting and innovative ways of remaining lightweight, easy to pack, functional, yet stylistically elegant. This class of furniture is often referred to as “campaign furniture” and evolved among the English military officers during the mid-18th century and extensively refined and developed throughout the 19th century.

Daniel has begun producing accurate representations of various pieces of furniture for sale to the discerning re-enactor. Daniel now offers two tables that are historically accurate and appropriate for reenacting and Museum settings.

Daniel reproduces the campaign or portable table used by Lord Cornwallis throughout the Revolutionary War. The top measures 6 feet long and is 30 inches wide. The top is a standard 30 inches above the ground or comfortable seating and use. It sits upon a cross-buck base resting upon tenons that fit into recesses on the bottom of the top. This allows the top to be removed, and the legs folded for compact travel. The top can be made of maple or cherry with natural finishes and the legs made of maple colored to match the top.

He offers a simple table measuring 36 inches in length, 24 inches in width, and 29 inches in height. The design includes tapered legs in the Hepplewhite style. It features folding legs with a mechanism commonly found in the late 18th and early 19th century that includes a wooden spring and latch mechanism. It is constructed entirely of cherry, maple, or walnut with a clear finish for its intrinsic beauty. When folded, the table measures 36 inches in length, 24 inches in width, and 2-1/2 inches in height.