Kent Coffey

Authentic Kent Coffey pieces typically carry a paper or metal label on the underside of drawers or behind backboards reading “Kent Coffey” with a Lenoir, North Carolina address, and most pieces also carry a line designation: Perspecta, Tableau, Continental, Sequence, Foreteller, or Focus. Construction tells include solid American walnut on tops and case sides, distinctive line-specific drawer pulls (the architectural pulls on Perspecta are a signature element), dovetailed drawer joints, and finely-fitted veneer work on dresser tops. Line identification is the strongest authenticity signal, since each Kent Coffey series has its own consistent hardware and proportion vocabulary.

Yes. Kent Coffey used solid American walnut for case sides, drawer fronts, and structural components on its mid-century lines, with select walnut veneers on dresser tops and bookmatched faces. Drawer interiors are typically poplar or oak. Hardware is brass or brass-plated, with the Perspecta line in particular known for its architectural metal pulls. Construction is consistent across the named series: solid hardwood structure with veneered surfaces where book-matching or grain pattern is visually important.

No. The original Kent Coffey Manufacturing Company of Lenoir, North Carolina ceased production in the early 1980s after operating since 1900. All Kent Coffey pieces in our inventory are vintage originals from the company’s mid-century period, primarily the 1950s through the 1970s when the Perspecta, Tableau, Continental, Sequence, Foreteller, and Focus lines were in production.