Unavailable|$5,875
Brushed Chrome Five-Door Sideboard Credenza by Belgo Chrome
Located in De Klinge, BE
A good quality Belgian 1970s brushed chrome five-door sideboard by Belgo Chrome with a long
Steel
Unavailable|$2,694
Mid-Century Teak Sideboard from G-Plan, United Knigdom, 1960s
By G-Plan
Located in GNIEZNO, 30
Sideboard made in teak designed by Victor Wilkins for G-Plan in the 1960s. Completely restored
Chrome
Unavailable|$5,206
Midcentury Herman Miller Rosewood and Chrome Sideboard
By George Nelson, Herman Miller
Located in London, GB
Midcentury rosewood and chrome sideboard credenza Beautiful grain to this rosewood sideboard, flat
Rosewood
Unavailable|$427 / item
Swedish Adjustable Chromed Stool/Sideboard, Made by „Heilo“ 1950-ies
Located in Basel, BS
typical Industrial/Space Age design. The model is made in partially chromed metal 4 legged construction
Chrome
Bauhaus Style Midcentury Burl, Oak and Tubular Chrome Credenza or Sideboard
Located in London, GB
Exquisite Bauhaus influenced 5-drawer credenza come sideboard, formed of solid oak and burl veneer
Chrome
Unavailable|$8,800
Martin Visser Sideboard
By Martin Visser, 't Spectrum Bergeijk
Located in Antwerp, BE
This is for a fantastic modernist sideboard designed by Martin Visser for ‘t Spectrum Bergeijk
Chrome
Unavailable
Orange Laquer Sideboard or Credenza
Located in Palm Beach, FL
This is a stunning sideboard or credenza with high gloss orange lacquer finish with chrome accents
Chrome
Unavailable|$5,341
French Midcentury Walnut Sideboard, 1970s
Located in Budapest, Budapest
Silky polished walnut sideboard on incredible chrome legs. Inside mahogany veneer, shelves and five
Chrome
Unavailable|$3,798
Radica Sideboard by Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti
By Giorgio Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in Oisterwijk, NL
Stunning sideboard designed by Giovanni Offredi and made by Saporiti, Italy, 1975. Beautiful
Chrome
Unavailable|$2,260
Richard Young Attributed for Merrow Associates Sideboard
By Merrow Associates, Richard Young
Located in London, Greater London
A rare and high quality 1970s Merrow Associates sideboard attributed to the well known design by
Chrome
Unavailable|$3,800
Robert Baron Glenn of California Rosewood Sideboard Credenza
By Robert Baron
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An exquisite Robert Baron for Glenn of California rosewood sideboard credenza, 1970. Ebonized oak
Chrome
Unavailable|$4,510
Rudolf Glatzel Rosewood High Sideboard for Fristho Franeker Buffet
By Rudolf Bernd Glatzel
Located in Antwerp, BE
Rudolf Glatzel rosewood high sideboard for Fristho Franeker buffet from the 1970s. A chromed frame
Chrome
Unavailable|$12,500
Floating Sideboard Cabinet by Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin
By Thayer Coggin, Milo Baughman
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful sideboard cabinet with four doors and white Carrara marble stone top. Doors are cladded
Carrara Marble, Chrome
Sold|$3,895
Mid-century Belgo Chrome Sideboard c.1970
By Belgo Chrome
Located in San Francisco, CA
sideboard in brushed stainless steel with round chrome handles and round glass supports and a thick floating
Travertine, Chrome
1970s Mid-Century Modern Rare Chrome, Glass & Rattan Sideboard
Located in London, GB
A superb 1970's super rare chrome, rosewood and glass topped sideboard / credenza with rattan
Chrome
Knoll Style Mid Century Walnut and Chrome Office Sideboard Credenza
By Knoll
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Knoll style mid century walnut and chrome office sideboard credenza This credenza measures: 72.5
Chrome
Unique Mid-Century Modern Style Rosewood and Chrome Sideboard
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This unique vintage sideboard combines a lovely rosewood finish with mirrored center cabinet and
White and Mint Mid Century Modern Lacquered Sideboard Chrome Handles
Located in Houston, TX
Excellent mint and white lacquered sideboard with chrome handles. Sideboard / credenza is in
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Rosewood Brass and Chrome Sideboard or Credenza
By Glenn of California
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful modern rosewood, brass and chrome sideboard or credenza by Glenn of California, circa
Brass, Chrome
Mid Century Danish Modern Rosewood & Chrome Sideboard Circa 1950
Located in Big Flats, NY
A Mid Century Danish Modern sideboard offers rosewood construction with central shelves having pull
Rosewood
Mid-Century Asymmetric Brass And Chrome Sideboard in Paul Evans Style
By Paul Evans
Located in Vilnius, LT
Italian mid-century asymmetric and curved forms design sideboard in the manner of Paul Evans style
Brass, Chrome, Sheet Metal
Tomlinson Mid-Century Modern Burl Wood and Chrome Sideboard Credenza, 1970s
By Tomlinson
Located in South Bend, IN
Offering an exceptional Mid-Century Modern burl wood and chrome sideboard or credenza by Tomlinson
Chrome
Mid-Century Italian Sideboard in Walnut with Chrome Base, c. 1970s
Located in Houston, TX
Mid-century Italian sideboard in Walnut Sideboard is made out of beautiful walnut wood. It has
Chrome
1970s Mid-Century Pulaski Walnut & Chrome Sideboard with Brutalist Influences
By Pulaski Furniture Corporation
Located in Hastings, GB
Vintage 1970s American walnut & chrome sideboard with brutalist influences, by Pulaski. Nine
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Sideboard with Sliding Doors and on Chrome Sleigh Legs
Located in Houston, TX
A Mid-Century Modern sideboard with sliding doors and on chrome sleigh legs. Perfectly proportioned
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Milo Baughman Burl Wood Chrome Sideboard Credenza, 1970s
By Milo Baughman
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a brilliant, burlwood credenza, on chrome legs, in the style of Milo
Chrome
Sold|$3,900
Mid-Century Pickled Oak Sideboard
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-Century American pickled oak sideboard cabinet with 2 Pair of doors having a geometric Chinese
Chrome
Mid Century Walnut & Chrome 10-Drawer Dresser/Sideboard by Kipp Stewart, c1960s
By Kipp Stewart
Located in Chino Hills, CA
Introducing a stunning vintage mid-century modern Kipp Stewart 10-drawer walnut dresser, a true
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Italian Black Laminate and Chrome Willy Rizzo Sideboard, 1972
By Willy Rizzo, Mario Sabot
Located in Prato, IT
Black laminate and chromed steel side board designed by Willy Rizzo and manufactured by Mario Sabot
Chrome
Sold|$4,041
Vintage German Mid Century Sideboard
By Bornholm Møbelfabrik
Located in London, GB
An absolutely stunning vintage sideboard, this was made in Germany and dates from the 1960’s. It
Chrome
Ron Seff American Mid-Century High Contrast Cerused Wood and Chrome Sideboard
Located in Queens, NY
American mid-century high contrast cerused wood sideboard with three magnetic lock cabinet doors
Wood
Sold|$2,016
Modern Chrome Sideboard with Glass Shelves
Located in Astoria, NY
Modern sideboard in chromed metal with glass shelves. The piece has three levels of glass shelves
Metal, Chrome
Mid century Danish palisander buffet sideboard
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid century Danish Palisander buffet sideboard circa 1960. Good quality palisander veneers used on
Chrome
Belgochrom Sideboard with Travertine Top, 1970s
By Belgo Chrome
Located in The Hague, NL
This cabinet with a travertine top, brass details, and chocolate brown hyalith glass, was produced by Belgochrom in Belgium during the 1970s.
Travertine, Brass
Mid century Danish palisander buffet sideboard
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid century danish palisander buffet sideboard circa 1960. Good quality palisander veneers used on
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Lane Acclaim Walnut Sideboard
By Lane Furniture
Located in Clarksboro, NJ
This listing is for a Mid-Century Modern Lane Acclaim Walnut Sideboard. Featuring a straight line
Chrome
Mid century Modern Mandarin Sideboard by Pieff
By Pieff and Co.
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
MANDARIN SIDEBOARD BY PIEFF A mid century rosewood and chrome sideboard from the high end Mandarin
Chrome
Sold|$2,200
Suede, Chrome and Mirrored Sideboard
By Pierre Cardin
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A sideboard that conjures up Pierre Cardin designs, a handsome piece from the 60's that combines
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Lane Walnut & Rosewood Sideboard
By Lane Furniture
Located in Clarksboro, NJ
This listing is for a Mid-Century Modern Lane Walnut & Rosewood Sideboard. Featuring a straight
Metal, Chrome
Stanley Mid Century Walnut Sideboard Buffet Credenza
By Stanley Furniture
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Stanley mid century walnut sideboard buffet credenza Credenza measures: 54 wide x 18 deep x 32
Chrome
Sold|$2,671
1960s Vintage Walnut & Chrome Sideboard
Located in London, GB
A very stylish and impressive vintage walnut and chrome sideboard, made in England and dating from
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Jens Risom Style Rosewood Sideboard
By Jens Risom
Located in Clarksboro, NJ
This listing is for a Mid-Century Modern Jens Risom Style Rosewood Sideboard. Featuring a straight
Chrome
Sold|$7,900
French Birds Eye Maple & Chrome Sideboard
By Guy Lefevre
Located in Hudson, NY
A vintage French sideboard of birds eye maple & chromed tin. In the style of the French designer
Chrome, Tin
Broyhill Saga Mid Century Walnut Sideboard Buffet Credenza
By Broyhill
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Broyhill saga mid century walnut sideboard buffet credenza Credenza measures: 52.5 wide x 19.25
Chrome
19th Century White Grey Swedish Gustavian Sideboard, Pinewood, Chrome Commode
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique Swedish Gustavian sideboard made of hand carved Pinewood and chrome, comprised of two
Metal, Chrome
Midcentury American Faux Cane and Chrome Sideboard
Located in London, GB
A midcentury faux cane, chrome and faux walnut melaminate sideboard, centered by two doors flanked
Chrome
Glitzy Mid-Century Modern Mirrored Sideboard or Credenza
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A completely mirrored sideboard with chrome sides so appears seamless. Six panel doors that open to
Chrome
Saporiti Sideboard in White Lacquer with Chrome Legs
By Alberto Rosselli Saporiti
Located in Dallas, TX
A very nice sideboard or credenza by Saporiti in white lacquer with chrome legs.
Chrome
Light French Blue-Grey Sideboard with Chrome Handles
By Maison Jansen, Tommi Parzinger
Located in Houston, TX
Light grey-blue sideboard with chrome handles. Sideboard or Credenza is made out of mahogany and
Chrome
Mid-Century German Modern High Turquoise Sideboard with Drawers, 1970s
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
This tall sideboard was made in Germany during the 1970s. It has five drawers and two lockable
Chrome
Luxe Pale Lavender Lacquered Sideboard with Chrome Hardware
By Milo Baughman, Tommi Parzinger
Located in Houston, TX
Ultra luxe credenza or sideboard expertly finished in a smooth and glossy pale lavender lacquer
Chrome
Sculptural Walnut Sideboard with Chrome Hardware
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Houston, TX
Wonderful credenza or sideboard. Sideboard features sculptural cabinet door fronts and wonderfully
Walnut
Chromed Tubular Steel Oak Sideboard from the 1950s
By Hynek Gottwald
Located in Wien, AT
This tubular steel sideboard was designed in the 1930s and produced in the early 1950s in former
Chrome
Lehigh Leopold Mid Century Walnut and Laminate Sideboard Buffet Credenza
By Lehigh Leopold
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Lehigh Leopold Mid Century walnut and laminate sideboard buffet credenza Credenza measures: 57.75
Chrome
1970's Merrow Associates Chrome Wall Mounting Sideboard
By Merrow Associates
Located in London, GB
A stunning and extremely rare wall mounting sideboard in wood and chrome. This was designed by
Chrome
Milo Baughman Burl Olive and Chrome Floating Sideboard
By Thayer Coggin, Milo Baughman
Located in Houston, TX
Four-door sideboard or buffet by Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin, circa 1970. Burl olive wood case
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Sideboard by Willy Rizzo for Mario Sabot, 1970s.
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Sideboard by Willy Rizzo for Mario Sabot, 1970s.
Chrome
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 celebrated 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.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. 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.
An antique or vintage sideboard today is a sophisticated and stylish component in sumptuous dining rooms of every shape, size and decor scheme, as well as a statement of its own, showcased in art galleries and museums.
Once simply boards made of wood that were used to support ceremonial dining, sideboards have taken on much greater importance as case pieces since their modest first appearance. In Italy, the sideboard was basically a credenza, a solid furnishing with cabinet doors. It was initially intended as an integral piece of any dining room where the wealthy gathered for meals in the southern European country.
Later, in England and France, sideboards retained their utilitarian purpose — a place to keep hot water for rinsing silverware and from which to serve cold drinking water — but would evolve into double-bodied structures that allowed for the display of serveware and utensils on open shelves. We would likely call these buffets, as they’re taller than a sideboard. (Trust us — there is an order to all of this!)
The sideboard is often deemed a buffet in the United States, from the French buffet à deux corps, which referred to a storage and display case. However, a buffet technically possesses a tiered or shelved superstructure for displaying attractive kitchenware and certainly makes more sense in the context of buffet dining — abundant meals served for crowds of people.
Every imaginable iteration of the sideboard has taken shape over the years. Furniture maker and artist Paul Evans, whose work has been the subject of various celebrated museum exhibitions, created ornamented, welded and patinated sideboards for Directional Furniture, collections such as the Cityscape series that speak to his place in revolutionary brutalist furniture design as much as they echo the origins of these sturdy, functional structures centuries ago.
If mid-century modern sideboards or vintage Danish sideboards are more to your liking than an 18th-century mahogany sideboard with decorative inlays in the Hepplewhite style, the particularly elegant pieces crafted by designers Hans Wegner, Edward Wormley or Florence Knoll are often sought by today’s collectors.
Whether you have a specific era or style in mind or you’re open to browsing a vast collection to find the right fit, 1stDibs has a variety of antique and vintage sideboards to choose from.