KIPP STEWART & STEWART MacDOUGALL ‘DECLARATION’ END TABLES FOR DREXEL

A pair of oversized end/corner tables designed in the late 1950's by Kipp Stewart and Stewart McDougall for DREXEL's 'Declaration' line of modern domestic furnishings.  All 'Declaration' pieces are constructed of natural walnut.  These tables feature a lower shelf of basket-woven split cane.  [Offered here as a pair; we might be persuaded to part with them individually.] KIPP STEWART & STEWART MACDOUGALL both emerged from the California modernist movement of the mid 20th century.  They pooled their talents in the late 1950s to design a line of modern domestic furnishings in natural walnut for the DREXEL Furniture Company—'Declaraton'.  At the time DREXEL, who pioneered the concept of partnering with freelancers to conceptualize new and innovative designs, was the quintessential furniture manufacturer in the US.  The 'Declaration' line was introduced to the public in 1960 and immediately hailed as an important contribution to American design.  Several items were chosen by the US Go