Lane Perception Walnut End Table | Two-Tier | 1960s

A fully authenticated example of the Lane Perception collection — Lane Furniture's most Scandinavian-influenced and design-forward furniture line of the 1960s. The Lane Furniture stamp appears on both the drawer interior and the underside of the piece. Style number 1024-05 identifies this table precisely within the Perception range. The collection, produced from 1961 to 1967, represented Lane's most committed engagement with the Danish modern idiom that was reshaping American domestic taste at the time.

Lane's original advertising described Perception as achieving "sculpture in wood" — tops displaying "huge, undisturbed expanses of rich gunstock walnut with bordered edges that taper smoothly into softly rounded contours" and legs with "not a single sharp edge or corner visible anywhere." This two-tier end table delivers that quality completely. The richly figured walnut top with its softly radiused corners, the single drawer with the collection's signature sculptural oval pull, the lower display shelf, and the clean tapered legs all present the Perception vocabulary at its most resolved.

The oval sculptural drawer pull is the defining design signature of the Perception line — a piece of shaped solid walnut rising organically from the drawer face, providing both visual elegance and tactile pleasure. The walnut veneer is richly figured throughout, selected from the top grade of available stock as was Lane's standard practice across their premium collections.

Fully labeled Lane Perception pieces are among the most desirable American MCM end tables on the secondary market. This example is complete, documented, and ready to serve as an end table, nightstand, lamp table, or accent piece in any well-considered interior.

Dimensions: 21w 27.75d 20h

Condition: age appropriate wear, vintage finish worn, scuffs/scratches, edge wear, discoloration, interior marks, see photos.

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