Heading back into time and wanting to live the life of a 1960s bride with all new Drexel furniture to fill up my honeymoon cottage. From their Esperanto line and sort of Mediterranean looking. Not sure which country or anything but who cares. Not me

Aspirational decor from folios and magazines., Style and trade catalogs/books. 2 Minutes
Front cover of the June 1965 edition of This is Esperanto by Drexel. Image 1. American, a trade catalogue put out by the Drexel Furniture Company. Cc0 License 1.0. via https://archive.org/details/drexel-esperanto-furniture-1965/mode/1up
Esperanto Bedroom by Drexel. Image (page) 2, June 1965 edition of This is Esperanto by Drexel. American, a trade catalogue put out by the Drexel Furniture Company. Cc0 License 1.0. via https://archive.org/details/drexel-esperanto-furniture-1965/page/n2/mode/1up
401-510 Poudre. Moreno Finish Only. 4 drawers, Lift-up Mirror; 401-720 Poudre Bench, Moreno Finish Only (left) – 401-400 Lingerie Chest (Shown) Hispania Finish or Moreno Finish (right). Page 10, Image 1. June 1965 edition of This is Esperanto by Drexel. American, a trade catalogue put out by the Drexel Furniture Company. Cc0 License 1.0. via https://archive.org/details/drexel-esperanto-furniture-1965/page/n11/mode/1up
401-582 Bed. Open Head, Low Foot, both with Posts for Full Canopy, Moreno Finish Only (left) – 401-630 Night Stand (Shown) 3 Drawers, in Hispania or Moreno Finish (right). Page 18, Image 19. June 1965 edition of This is Esperanto by Drexel. American, a trade catalogue put out by the Drexel Furniture Company. Cc0 License 1.0. via https://archive.org/details/drexel-esperanto-furniture-1965/page/n19/mode/1up
463-300 Party Table (Brown) with Two 12 ” Plain Leaves and Adjustable Glides. Hispania or Moreno Finish (left) – 493-700 Party Chairs in Hispania or Moreno Finish (right). Page 35, Image 33 June 1965 edition of This is Esperanto by Drexel. American, a trade catalogue put out by the Drexel Furniture Company. Cc0 License 1.0. via https://archive.org/details/drexel-esperanto-furniture-1965/page/n33/mode/1up
Wing Chairs, with or without an optional Kick Pleat Skirt. Page 51, Image 44 June 1965 edition of This is Esperanto by Drexel. American, a trade catalogue put out by the Drexel Furniture Company. Cc0 License 1.0. via https://archive.org/details/drexel-esperanto-furniture-1965/page/n44/mode/1up
Sofa Lounge. Image 46 June 1965 edition of This is Esperanto by Drexel. American, a trade catalogue put out by the Drexel Furniture Company. Cc0 License 1.0. via https://archive.org/details/drexel-esperanto-furniture-1965/page/n46/mode/1up
Back cover of the June 1965 edition of This is Esperanto by Drexel. Image 47. American, a trade catalogue put out by the Drexel Furniture Company. Cc0 License 1.0. via https://archive.org/details/drexel-esperanto-furniture-1965/page/n47/mode/1up

Some of the pages fell out and got lost. Still these are great. The Drexel Furniture Company was founded in Drexel, North Carolina in 1903. In 1956 they merged with another furniture manufacturer and became Drexel Heritage and then changed ownership multiple times before ceasing new production during a corporate bankrupty in 2018.

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On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.

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