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Mid-Century Modern Buffets

MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE

Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.

ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.

Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively. 

Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer

Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.

The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by legendary manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.

As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.

Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.

As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.

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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Mid-Century Modern Walnut and Glass Display Cases, a Pair
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
USA, 1960s A matched pair of midcentury modern walnut and glass display cases. These were likely originally used as some kind of retail store display. They have striking angular line...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Glass, Laminate, Walnut

Italian Console Unit Sideboard 60's Style Paolo Buffa Gio Ponti Wood
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Italian sideboard from the 60's very decorative in the taste of Paolo Buffa or Gio Ponti's work. The set is made of different types of wood, veneered or solid. This sideboard has fou...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Wood

Two-drawer Maple Drop Leaf Rolling Buffet Server, Circa 1970s
Located in Germantown, MD
A gorgeous 1970s Two-drawer Maple Drop Leaf Rolling Buffet Server in very good vintage condition. Top drawer is felt line foryou silver ware prot...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Maple

Monumental Sized Karl Springer Goatskin Credenza with COA
Located in Culver City, CA
This piece is absolutely stunning!! A monumentally large Karl Springer custom angular credenza in a creamy, ultra luxurious goatskin. The goat skin hides on the front have a wonderfully matched curvy seem that is just stunning. This dreamy credenza would be an impressive addition to any dining room, living-room console or entry piece and would effortlessly flex into even a more business or industrial environment. We currently have this piece in our gallery paired with a set of Vladimir Kagan serpentine sofas with a Paul Evans coffee table and a Gabriella Crespi console...
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Goatskin

Large Henry Rosengren Hansen Danish Sideboard Wood Scandinavian 60's - G217
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Large Scandinavian sideboard by Danish designer Henry Rosengren Hansen from the 60's for Brande Mobelindustri. Structure in solid and veneered Rio rosewood. The enfilade consists of ...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Wood

Eton Sideboard by Marco Zanuso for Arflex, 1960s
Located in Lasne, BE
Black wooden sideboard with a mirror on top and a metal bar on the bottom. 4 doors with two drawers and two shelves inside. Wear due to time and age of the sideboard.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Metal

Svante Skogh Mid Century Rosewood Hutch
Located in Countryside, IL
Svante Skogh Mid Century Rosewood Hutch This hutch measures: 29.5 wide x 11.75 deep x 35.75 inches high All pieces of furniture can be had...
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1970s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Brass

Paul Evans Cityscape Cabinet, 1970
Located in Chicago, IL
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Brass, Chrome

Lawrence Peabody Mid-Century Cane Front Buffet and Hutch
Located in Countryside, IL
Lawrence Peabody mid-century cane front buffet and hutch. The buffet measures: 58 wide x 19 deep x 30 inches high. The hutch measures: 38 wide x ...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Cane, Wood

Gerrit Thomas Rietveld Elling Buffet by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Buffet designed by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld in 1919. Relaunched in 2019. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. Represents, with the red and blue, the essence of the new spatial concept of...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Wood

Walnut and Mahogany Sideboard, Model 4579, by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
Located in Dorchester, MA
Designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar in 1945, this exquisite sideboard, model 4579, appeared in the 1997 exhibition "The Other Face of Modernism." With its bold brass hinges and pul...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Brass

1950s Renzo Rutili for Johnson Furniture Company Chest with Bench
Located in North Miami, FL
Renzo Rutili for Johnson Furniture Company chest with bench, circa late 1950s. It has gold leafed doors and ebonized case and bench. The interior of the chest has an adjustable shelf...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Gold Leaf

Unique Mid-Century Modern Walnut Server
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This simplistic walnut server will add a breath of fresh style to any space it is in. With bold yet simplistic characteristics; this piece will add style without overpowering the spa...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Walnut

Mid-Century Modern Oval Bar Cabinet
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Mid-Century Modern-Style oval bar cabinet with a striking sandstone top. The elegant top is trimmed with crisscrossing gold finish handles. This bea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Asian Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Marble, Metal

French Oak Buffet W/ Geometric Details and Marble Top
Located in East Hampton, NY
Amazing 3 Door buffet cabinet with carved wood detail ornaments to doors and throughout. Natural French oak with a new Belgian marble to top. Ample shelv...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Belgian Black Marble

Raymond Loewy Mengel Mid Century Modern Sculpted Oak Buffet Credenza
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Raymond Loewy Mengel Mid Century Modern Sculpted Oak Buffet Credenza. Item features a beautiful wood grain, 2 swing doors, original stamp, 5 drawers, qual...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Oak

Mid-Century Chalet Style Sideboard, France, 1960's
Located in Austin, TX
Solid elm Brutalist sideboard in the style typical of mid-century French Alps mountain homes. Great scale and well crafted with decorative doors, drawers and steel latches. Finish ha...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Elm

Italian Mid-Century Teak Sideboard Attributed to Paolo Buffa, 1950s
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Italian mid-century sideboard in teak, attributed to Paolo Buffa, from the 1950s. Very elegant and great executive quality piece. It has really refined design with a lot of details a...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Brass

French Mid-Century Sideboard Ca.1950
Located in Meulebeke, BE
French mid-century sideboard made of American cherry wood. This sideboard is fully professional restored. Measure: Width: 180-190 cm.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Cherry

Mid-Century Modern Wall-Mounted Buffet by Brazilian Designer Giuseppe Scapinelli
Located in Deerfield Beach, FL
Very rare Mid-Century Modern wall-mounted buffet by Brazilian Designer Giuseppe Scapinelli, Brazil, 1950s This piece was designed by the acclaimed Italian-born designer Giuseppe S...
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1950s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Metal

Mid Century Modern Buffet
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Mid Century Modern style Hyedua veneered buffet, the rectangular top above four silver Argento doors with relief bamboo decoration, the interior in Sycamore with two adjustable she...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Wood

Italian Cabinet in Polished Walnut, Itso Pierre Chapo, Italy 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Italy, 1970's A beautifully crafted Italian sideboard in polished walnut in the manner of woodworker Pierre Chapo, with an elongated overhang and three doors concealing capacious storage and shelving...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Walnut

Kipp Stewart for Drexel Declaration Mid Century Walnut Buffet & Hutch
Located in Countryside, IL
Kipp Stewart for Drexel Declaration Mid Century Walnut Buffet & Hutch Buffet measures: 48.5 wide x 20 deep x 67.25 All pieces of furniture can be had in what we call restored v...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Glass, Walnut

Buffet de Guillerme and Chambron, 1960, Oak
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guillerme and Chambron sideboard, 1960, oak, 3 drawers on the Right side Measures: H 101cm, W 183cm, D 50cm.   
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Oak

Edward Wormley Woven Front Commode Credenza
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Edward Wormley woven front bleached and cerused mahogany cabinet / commode with aluminum legs. Two available, priced individually.
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1950s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Mahogany

Brutalist Elm Buffet by Maison Monopoly
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Buffet in solid elm edited by Maison Monopoly in the 1960's. Really close to the work produced by Maison Regain
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Elm

Mid-Century Modern Floating Buffet Rift-Cut Oak and Bronze in Any Size or Finish
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid-Century Modern floating buffet made from rift-cut hand chosen white oak with solid bronze details. Our Mid-Century Modern buffets are made inhouse ...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Bronze

Modern Oak Handcrafted Credenza
Located in Westport, CT
This beautifully crafted modern oak credenza exudes a stylish yet light presence unusual for a large storage piece. Its elegant design in combinati...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Walnut, Oak

French Mid-Century Leather /Parchment Sideboard /Cabinet after Jean Michel Frank
Located in New York, NY
A Rare French Art Deco style cabinet / Buffet in the style of Jean-Michel Frank. The piece was likely made as a commission by a small workshop as it is a 1 of a kind piece. It is uni...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Leather, Parchment Paper

Mid Century Style Bronzed Ebony Bar Cabinet
Located in Westwood, NJ
A mid-century-style bronzed ebony bar cabinet with a Koris Coffee Stone top outlined with a pierced metal gallery finished in Warm Silver Metallic paint. An open center section revea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Asian Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Metal

Chapman Small Credenza Storage Unit Walnut Black
Located in Cincinnati, US
One unit or four? Doors or drawers? Go sexy with black and walnut or keep it light and fun with maple and pink? The chapman credenza allows you the f...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Buffets

Materials

Steel

Chapman Small Credenza Storage Unit Maple Black
Located in Cincinnati, US
One unit or four? Doors or drawers? Go sexy with black and walnut or keep it light and fun with maple and pink? The chapman credenza allows you the freedom to choose exactly what sui...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Steel

Chapman Credenza Storage Unit Maple Navy
Located in Cincinnati, US
One unit or four? Doors or drawers? Go sexy with black and walnut or keep it light and fun with maple and pink? The chapman credenza allows you the f...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Steel

Chapman Large Credenza Storage Unit Walnut Rose Copper
Located in Cincinnati, US
One unit or four? Doors or drawers? Go sexy with black and walnut or keep it light and fun with maple and pink? The chapman credenza allows you the freedom to choose exactly what sui...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Buffets

Materials

Steel

Scandinavian 60's Style Solid Wood Sideboard Danish Bar Commode
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Scandinavian desk or chest of drawers from the 60's, structure in veneered and solid rosewood. This small desk is composed of a folding top with a leather under hand and various clev...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Brass

Mid Century Twelve-Drawer Ratan Sideboard with Brass Knob Handles
Located in Washington, DC
An Exceptional mid century twelve-drawer rattan sideboard with brass knob handles. It would be great in a dining room or pantry to store utensils, or as server.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Bamboo, Rattan

Buffet Showcase in Bamboo Wood and Rattan Productions Roberti 1970 Made in Italy
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Showcase in bamboo wood and rattan Productions Roberti 1970 Made in Italy, Lower part three doors, upper part between glass doors with thickened glass shelves.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Bamboo, Rattan, Wood

James Mont Style Black Lacquer with Brass Pagoda Form Sideboard
Located in Hanover, MA
Pagoda form black and brass sideboard buffet in the style of James Mont with ming shaped feet and Asian motif detailing from the Exotic Modernist movement of the late 1940s-early 1950s, including distinctive solid brass bell form decorative pulls. Freshly restored black lacquer finish with Chinese red inside the cabinet. Six drawers and two cabinets the interiors of which each have a single shelf which is adjustable and removable. Manufactured by RWay - Northern Furniture Co...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Ash

Chapman Large Credenza Storage Unit Maple Brassy Gold
Located in Cincinnati, US
One unit or four? Doors or drawers? Go sexy with black and walnut or keep it light and fun with maple and pink? The chapman credenza allows you the freedom to choose exactly what sui...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Buffets

Materials

Steel

Great Alain Richard Large Sideboard of 1960s for Meuble TV French Design 1960
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Great sideboard designed in 1958 by the French designer Alain Richard for Meuble TV. Excellent workmanship in rosewood resting on a chromed steel frame. Composed of a first left ...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Steel

Long French Mid-Century Lattice Front Sideboard/ Cabinet
Located in East Hampton, NY
This piece is an extra long latticed cabinet from the 1940s in the style of Jean Royère. 5 doors open to open shelving. Incredible vintage condition. T...
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1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Oak

Studio Athelia, Modernist Sideboard in Walnut, France, 1935
By Athelia by Robert Bloch
Located in Catonvielle, FR
Athelia, Studio des Trois Quartiers, modernist two-door walnut sideboard attributed to Robert Block, Paris, 1935. Director of Studio Athelia founded in ...
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1930s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Walnut

Custom Bronze or Brass Buffet in the Style of Christian Maas Available Any Size
Located in Chicago, IL
This spectacular Bronze or Available in Brass French Style Mid-Century Modern Buffet was custom made in our own Old Plank Workshop here in Chicago. It can be reproduced in any size, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Brass, Bronze

Tall Black Lacquer Cabinets with Horn Handles by Allesandro for Baker
Located in Chicago, IL
Tall black lacquer cabinet with horn handles. Signed by Alessandro for Baker.
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Lacquer

Wall Sideboard Arne Vodder from the 60s Danish Scandinavian Design Sibast
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Wall unit from the 60's by designer Arne Vodder published by Sibast. Structure in solid teak and veneer, and painted wood. The front consists of five drawers of different colors, a s...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Teak

Italian Living Room Furniture in Various Types of Wood
Located in Milano, IT
Italian living room furniture in various wood species from the 1950s. The furniture has a very eccentric line and typical mid-century d...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Wood

Walnut Sideboard by Silvio Coppola for Bernini, Italy, 1960s
Located in Steenwijk, NL
This walnut veneered sideboard was designed by Silvio Coppola for Bernini in Italy in the 1960s. A nice detail is that the 2 outer drawers open in a rounding. Because of its shape it...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Walnut

Vintage Modern Buffet Table with Glass Shelf
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This unique Mid-century Modern buffet table features a robust glass shelf and plenty of storage with large cabinets and fabric-lined shelves with d...
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1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Laminate

21st Century Immensity Cabinet by Paddy Pike and James Austin Murray
Located in Dubai, AE
Through a mixture of high-tech machine and age-old artisanal processes, Immensity is a head-turning collectible. The matte black wooden doors of the Cabinet is engraved with CNC, der...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Wood

Bitsafe Glass Cabinet by Richard Yasmine and Jason Maynard
Located in Dubai, AE
Bitsafe is made of polished cast bronze sculptural structure imitating the silhouette of cocktail stirrer spoons for the down part; synonym of greediness, along with the esthetical c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Onyx, Bronze

Minimal Italian Mid-Century Geometric Cabinet Bar Mahogany Dassi Milano
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Minimal Italian mid-century geometric cabinet bar mahogany Dassi Milano. In the center a large door with a bar compartment for spirits and glasses...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Laminate, Mahogany

Vintage Young Manufacturing Walnut & Burl Credenza
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful dark wood serving credenza will fit perfectly in any dining room set up. With clean lines and a Classic style, this piece is sure to please....
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Burl, Walnut

Midcentury Rosewood Sideboard Buffet Cabinet, Minimalist Design, 1970s
Located in Zagreb, HR
This high-end midcentury cabinet, made of rosewood, is manufactured in Germany in the 1970s. Very sophisticated timeless Minimalist design that features front door made of rosewoo...
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1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Wood

Midcentury Oak Cabinet
Located in Westwood, NJ
Mid-Century Modern style cabinet with reclaimed oak veneers and restored chestnut burl, an aged Oak finish with brass handles. The interior two sections ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Wood

Stunning Restored Mid Century Modern Period Hardwood Sideboard with Chrome Legs
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this stunning fully restored vintage Mid Century Modern hardwood sideboard A very good looking well made and decorative piece with a glorious timber pati...
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Hardwood

Art Deco Dry Bar Cabinet by Meroni & Fossati Gio Ponti attributed, Briar of Elm
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Small cabinet buffet, dry bar, Art Deco period 1940 , Gio Ponti attributed per Meroni & Fossati, veneered in briar of elm with interior in mahogany . Original handless of the period....
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Walnut, Burl

Midcentury Rosewood Buffet & Hutch
Located in Countryside, IL
Midcentury rosewood buffet & hutch This buffet is 54.5 wide x 16.75 deep x 77 inches high All pieces of furniture can be had in what we call restored vintage condition. That mean...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Rosewood

Walnut + Brass Credenza by Young Manufacturing Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Modern walnut credenza/buffet with durable laminate top, three top drawers and two bi-fold doors with shelf storage. A beautiful example of the high quality work from You...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Brass

Mid-century Modern buffets for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern buffets for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage buffets created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include case pieces and storage cabinets, tables, asian art and furniture and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern buffets made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original buffets, popular names associated with this style include Drexel, Guillerme et Chambron, Kipp Stewart, and Edward Wormley. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for buffets differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $100 and tops out at $82,000 while the average work can sell for $5,195.

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