[sillyquiet]

The article mentions the need for the ramped-up steel producers to find an outlet post WWII, hence the rise in popularity of steel cabinetry.

I wonder if this also what led to the increase in other steel furniture like file cabinets, desks, chairs, etc in the 50s and 60s.

I don't know if anybody else ever sat at one, but the massive steel desks the government used in the 50s and 60s in offices and labs were built like tanks, and probably weighed as much.

[prova_modena]

Appropriately enough, those sturdy metal desks are known as "tanker" desks.