The Lawrence Tambour Door Stereo Credenza
By Pete Deeble
Located in Long Beach, CA
This credenza is a tambour door stereo console inspired by Mid Century Modern Design, a love of music and records, and our friend Lawrence who first commissioned this piece.
Walnut
$795
H 32.25 in W 53 in D 19.75 in
Mid-Century Chinoiserie Black Lacquer TV & Stereo Console with Olympic KC370 TV
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition Materials: Black Lacquered Wood, Hand Painted Panels Designer: Olympic Manufacturer: Olympic This striking Olympic TV & stereo console is ...
Wood
Unavailable
H 16 in W 2 in D 12 in
Radiogram Stereo Record Player "The Coffee Table Console Book" (vintage radios)
Located in Madison, WI
"The Coffee Table Console Book" Purveyors, Curators, Restorers of fine authentic vintage stereo consoles from all around the world. Featuring fine furniture restorers and electronic...
Paper
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H 16 in W 2 in D 12 in
Radiogram Stereo Record Player "The Coffee Table Console Book" (vintage radios)
Located in Madison, WI
"The Coffee Table Console Book" Purveyors, Curators, Restorers of fine authentic vintage stereo consoles from all around the world. Featuring fine furniture restorers and electronic...
Paper
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H 16 in W 2 in D 12 in
Radiogram Stereo Record Player "The Coffee Table Console Book" (vintage radios)
Located in Madison, WI
"The Coffee Table Console Book" Purveyors, Curators, Restorers of fine authentic vintage stereo consoles from all around the world. Featuring fine furniture restorers and electronic...
Paper
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H 16 in W 2 in D 12 in
Radiogram Stereo Record Player "The Coffee Table Console Book" (vintage radios)
Located in Madison, WI
"The Coffee Table Console Book" Purveyors, Curators, Restorers of fine authentic vintage stereo consoles from all around the world. Featuring fine furniture restorers and electronic...
Paper
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H 16 in W 2 in D 12 in
Radiogram Stereo Record Player "The Coffee Table Console Book" (vintage radios)
Located in Madison, WI
"The Coffee Table Console Book" Purveyors, Curators, Restorers of fine authentic vintage stereo consoles from all around the world. Featuring fine furniture restorers and electronic...
Paper
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H 16 in W 2 in D 12 in
Radiogram Stereo Record Player "The Coffee Table Console Book" (vintage radios)
Located in Madison, WI
"The Coffee Table Console Book" Purveyors, Curators, Restorers of fine authentic vintage stereo consoles from all around the world. Featuring fine furniture restorers and electronic...
Paper
Unavailable
H 16 in W 2 in D 12 in
Radiogram Stereo Record Player "The Coffee Table Console Book" (vintage radios)
Located in Madison, WI
"The Coffee Table Console Book" Purveyors, Curators, Restorers of fine authentic vintage stereo consoles from all around the world. Featuring fine furniture restorers and electronic...
Paper
Unavailable
H 16 in W 2 in D 12 in
Radiogram Stereo Record Player "The Coffee Table Console Book" (vintage radios)
Located in Madison, WI
"The Coffee Table Console Book" Purveyors, Curators, Restorers of fine authentic vintage stereo consoles from all around the world. Featuring fine furniture restorers and electronic...
Paper
Unavailable
H 16 in W 2 in D 12 in
Radiogram Stereo Record Player "The Coffee Table Console Book" (vintage radios)
Located in Madison, WI
"The Coffee Table Console Book" Purveyors, Curators, Restorers of fine authentic vintage stereo consoles from all around the world. Featuring fine furniture restorers and electronic...
Paper
Unavailable
H 16 in W 2 in D 12 in
Radiogram Stereo Record Player "The Coffee Table Console Book" (vintage radios)
Located in Madison, WI
"The Coffee Table Console Book" Purveyors, Curators, Restorers of fine authentic vintage stereo consoles from all around the world. Featuring fine furniture restorers and electronic...
Paper
Mid-Century Modern Stereo Media Record Console/Credenza Bench
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Mid-Century Modern Stereo Media Record Console/Credenza Bench Add a touch of retro charm to your space with this mid-century low, long stereo/media console credenza!
Chrome
Sold
H 28.88 in W 39.75 in L 28.88 in
Grundig Majestic M11 Turntable Console Stereo Cabinet Credenza with Turntable
By Blaupunkt, Grundig
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Lovingly restored Grundig Majestic console stereo. Not only does this 1950s German modern Rockabilly style cabinet look beautiful, but it sounds great. Audiophiles and casual listene...
Beech
Sold
H 28 in W 61.5 in D 20 in
Mid Century Modern Broyhill Brasilia RCA Victor Victrola Stereo Console Credenza
By Broyhill Brasilia
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid Century Modern Broyhill Brasilia RCA Victor Victrola Stereo Console Credenza This beautiful AM/FM radio/record player is hand crafted and carved out of walnut.
Metal
Sold
H 27.25 in W 70.25 in D 16.5 in
Danish Walnut Credenza Style Console Stereo Cabinet with Original Speakers
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Not only does this Danish Modern style walnut cabinet look handsome AF, but the original speakers sound amazing. We pulled out the clunky old components and left the original 12" woo...
Walnut
Sold
H 27.25 in W 70.25 in D 16.5 in
Mid-Century Sears Silvertone AM/FM Stereo Console w/ Turntable Credenza
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition Designer: Sears Silverstone Manufacturer: Sears Silverstone Materials: Walnut, Woven Grille Cloth This mid-century Sears Silvertone stereo c...
Walnut
Sold
H 28 in W 61.5 in D 19 in
Danish Walnut Credenza Style RCA Console Stereo, Fully Serviced and Working
By Broyhill Brasilia, RCA
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Not only does this Danish modern style cabinet look beautiful, but the combination of original components sound absolutely amazing. Audiophiles and casual listeners will both appreci...
Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Grundig Majestic Stereo Console
By Grundig
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Spectacular mid-century console made in Germany model 8080/USA. The original system we believe does not work. The entire exterior and interior was professionally restored.
Wood
Rare bookcase / stereo console by Kipp Stewart for Glenn of Ca.
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Rare walnut bookcase / stereo console by Kipp Stewart for Glenn of Ca. Highly figured walnut grain.
Walnut
Sold
H 63 in W 72 in D 16 in
2-Piece 1960's Bogen Tube Amp Console Stereo Cabinet with Dry Bar Bookcase Hutch
By Jens Risom
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Frank, Dean and Sammy called. They want their stereo bar back. First, let's talk about these awesome cabinets, then we'll move on to the professionally restored, original audio co...
Walnut
Huge mid century custom record console
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Huge mid century custom stereo record stereo console / credenza / cabinet.
Walnut, Leather
Jens Risom Midcentury Walnut Tambour Door Stereo Console Credenza
By Jens Risom
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Jens Risom midcentury walnut tambour door stereo console credenza Credenza measures: 54.25 wide x 21.5 deep x 31.5 high All pieces of furniture can be had in what we call restore...
Walnut
Sold
H 31.25 in W 54.38 in D 14.13 in
Grundig Majestic Turntable Console Stereo Credenza, Fully Serviced and Working
By Grundig
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Not only does this 1950s German modern style cabinet look beautiful, but the combination of original and new components sound absolutely amazing. Audiophiles and casual listeners wil...
Mahogany
Sold
H 24.38 in W 59.5 in D 17.13 in
Danish Walnut Credenza Style GE Console Tubed Stereo, Fully Serviced and Working
By General Electric
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Not only does this Danish modern style cabinet look beautiful, but the combination of original components sound absolutely amazing. Audiophiles and casual listeners will both appreci...
Walnut
Arne Vodder for Sibast Danish Teak Stereo Console
By Arne Vodder
Located in San Antonio, TX
Stunning Danish teak stereo console with tambour doors made by Arne Vodder for Sibast offers speaker cabinets, storage and can be setup with stereo components. Top features drop-in e...
Cane, Teak
Mid Century Vintage Magnavox Record Changer Stereo Console
By RCA Victor
Located in East Freetown, MA
Vintage walnut Magnavox mid-century record changer stereo console with speakers, AM-FM radio, storage area and turntable with single or multi record play ability.
Walnut
Mid-Century Modern RCA Victor Stereo Record Player Console
By RCA Victor
Located in Bensalem, PA
Truly amazing piece all original and working.Very loud and clear on right side left side works but only when you get the volume knob in a certain otherwise it’s super loud and clear.
Walnut
Sold
H 35 in W 99.75 in D 25.88 in
Custom Made Colossal Mid-Century Modern Tambour Door Mahogany Console Stereo
By Foster-McDavid, Arne Vodder, Brown Saltman, Jens Risom
Located in Chattanooga, TN
First, let's talk about these awesome cabinets, then we'll move on to the professionally restored, Original audio components and incredible sound. Please believe me when I say pictu...
Mahogany
Sold
H 35.63 in W 46.25 in D 15.25 in
Blaupunkt Arkansas 59 Tube Stereo Record Player Console with Bar Cabinet
By Telefunken, Blaupunkt
Located in Chattanooga, TN
This handsome marvel of German engineering is the Arkansas 59 by Blaupunkt. The Mid-Century Modern HiFi tube stereo features AM/FM and shortwave radio along with a turn table for rec...
Beech
Sold
H 29.5 in W 48.5 in D 16.5 in
Grundig KS 620 U Turntable Console Stereo Cabinet Credenza with Turntable
By Grundig
Located in San Diego, CA
Absolutely stunning Mid-Century Modern and stylish Grundig stereo console. This is Grundig KS 620 U wooden cased stereo console with a radio, turntable and storage area probably dati...
Walnut
Sold
H 28.5 in W 55 in D 18.5 in
Mid Century Modern Fully Functioning STEREO Console / CREDENZA Fischer Turntabl
Located in Weehawken, NJ
Mid Century Modern FULLY FUNCTIONING Walnut Fischer Diplomat Stereo Console / Credenza, c. 1960's. This rare and sought after piece is fully functioning with incredible sound and fea...
Walnut
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Walnut Stereo Console Credenza by Zenith
By Zenith
Located in San Marcos, CA
Here is an exceptional audio jewel from the 1960s, the model "X960" stereo console in American black walnut manufactured by Zenith in the US. The fully refinished stereo cabinet fea...
Walnut
Lesa "LF730" Turntable Stereo Console, 1960s
Located in Savona, IT
Stereo cabinet of Italian manufacture produced in the 1960s by Lesa. The Lavorazioni Elettromeccaniche Società Anonima (LESA), under careful guidance it soon became the only Italia...
Plexiglass, Wood
Vintage Mid Century Modern Walnut Zenith Stereo Console
By Zenith
Located in San Marcos, CA
Here is a beautiful and sought after stereo console Model MN2670 manufactured by Zenith in the US in the 1960's. This exquisite audiophile piece features a stunning restored cabinet ...
Walnut
Grinding Stereo Console with Radio and Turntable Player, 1950s
By Grundig
Located in Savona, IT
Stereo cabinet produced by Grundig in the 1950s. Structure in teak veneered wood. Radio with Lw, Mw, Kw, Ukw frequencies. Turntable compartment with disc holder and light. Auxili...
Metal
Sold
H 30.5 in W 50.25 in L 30.5 in
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Walnut "Declaration" Stereo Console by Drexel
By Drexel
Located in San Marcos, CA
Here is a beautiful midcentury stereo console-cabinet designed by Kipp Stewart and Stewart McDougall from the sought after "Declaration" collection of Drexel manufactured in the US i...
Walnut
Sold
H 31.25 in W 40 in D 20 in
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Walnut "Declaration" Stereo Console by Drexel
By Drexel
Located in San Marcos, CA
Here is a rare and beautiful midcentury stereo console-cabinet designed by Kipp Stewart and Stewart McDougall from the sought after "Declaration" collection of Drexel manufactured in...
Walnut
Vintage Mid Century Zenith Record Player/Stereo Console Credenza
By Zenith
Located in San Marcos, CA
Here is a very sought after Mid century Zenith stereo console. Model X930. The top and sides have been refinished. Made of walnut with a sculptural front. Louvered doors for the spea...
Walnut
$30,000
H 24.25 in W 78.5 in D 9.25 in
Clairtone Project G2 Series T11 Console Stereo System & Garrard Turntable
By Clairtone
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
On offer is a rare completely original Clairtone G2 Series Home Stereo System from 1966 featuring two distinct exotic wooden boxes one that houses the tuner and the turntable both pr...
Aluminum
Pink Marble Pedestal Cone Side Table
By Kiwano Concept
Located in Eindhoven, NB
Introduce monumental elegance and a grounded detail to your interior with the stunning pink marble CONE side table. The sculptural geometric shape of this contemporary design piece ...
Marble
$2,860 / item
H 29.93 in W 23.63 in D 23.63 in
Ethnic Straw Armchair by +55design Brazilian Design with Indigenous Craft
By Neca Abrantes
Located in Jardim America, SP
This rotating armchair by Neca Abrantes is a striking fusion of contemporary Brazilian design and indigenous handcrafted traditions. Known for her deep passion for native craftsmansh...
Straw
$2,750 / item
H 17.72 in Dm 14.97 in
Soda Blown Murano Glass High Coffee Table in Amber by Yiannis Ghikas
By Miniforms, Yiannis Ghikas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soda was born upside-down, with a puff of air. It weighs 20 kilos, and it is blown, drawn out and shaped by three master glassmakers. The result is a single volume of glass with thre...
Blown Glass
A Stunning Mid Century Design Walnut and Chrome Desk
Located in Dublin, IE
A stunning Mid Century design richly patinated walnut and chrome desk of exceptional quality, finely carved and with a fabulous curvilear clean design. The well figured moulded and ...
Chrome
$5,950
H 29 in W 39 in D 76 in
Premium Rosso Levanto Marble Table With Tapered Solid Base, Customizable Table
Located in İnegöl, TR
ROSSO LEVANTO MARBLE DINING TABLE Type of Marble: Rosso Levanto Dimensions: 72" x 36" (Custom sizes available) Leg Model: Rosso Levanto (Custom leg models available) Customization:...
Travertine, Marble
$1,950 / item
H 47.25 in W 23.63 in D 1.58 in
Contemporary Ceramic Mirror 'Elo 5' by Pani Jurek, 120-60 Green
By Pani Jurek
Located in Paris, IDF
ELO 5 Mirror Signed by Pani Jurek Dimensions: H. 120 x 60 x 4 cm Hand glazed ceramic Color shown on main image: Green _________________________________ Pani Jurek is a Polish desi...
Ceramic, Mirror
Gino Sarfatti Model No. 2065 Ceiling Light for Astep
By Astep, Gino Sarfatti, Flos
Located in Glendale, CA
Gino Sarfatti model no. 2065 ceiling lamp for Astep. Designed in 1950, this is an authorized re-edition by Alessandro Sarfatti, grandson of Gino Sarfatti, who applies his grandfathe...
Aluminum
Highclere Castle Jewellery Box
By LINLEY London
Located in London, GB
Over the years, British design company Linley has developed expertise in creating scaled versions of famous architectural buildings including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the R...
Maple
20th Century , Brown Atlantis Three seats Sofa, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
Atlantis sofa from the 1960s, produced in Czech Republic - at the moment they are unique. Due to their dimensions, they perfectly blend in even in small apartments . Space-saving p...
Fabric
$3,600Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 24.75 in W 24.75 in D 17 in
Walnut Nightstands by Tobago Furniture, Brutalist Style, Canada, 1976
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A pretty set of walnut nightstands in the brutalist style by the Canadian Furniture Tobago. Beautifully sculpted fronts with satin aluminum inserts. They are stamped on the bottom Ma...
Wood
Mid-Century Danish Modern Teak 8-Drawer Dresser
Located in Los Angeles, CA
________________________________ Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringing history back to life, and we take this journey with passion and precision. With...
Teak, Wood
$602Sale Price|35% Off
H 23.63 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Floral chandelier spanish Glamour Tole hand paint Metal , spain 1970s
Located in La xara, VC
Spain painted metal floral chandeliers from the 1970s, with models such as ceiling lights and pendant lights featuring floral motifs in gilded metal or sheet metal. • Anonymous or "...
Metal
ONIX Organic Modern Pouf Ottoman in Dedar Velvet Tiger Mountain
Located in Viseu, PT
Like a talisman for the home, Onix pouf exudes quiet luxury and natural beauty. Onix is upholstered with Tiger Mountain, an opulent and luxurious jacquard velvet fabric from italian...
Jacquard, Velvet
Sold|$4,950
H 69.69 in W 24.22 in D 5.91 in
Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall-Mounted Mirror with Shelf in Teak
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Wall-mounted mirror with shelf, teak, mirrored glass, Italy, 1950s An exemplar of mid-century modern design, this sleek, wall-mounted mirror epitomizes finesse and the inimitable ch...
Mirror, Teak
$2,895
H 30 in W 36 in D 18.75 in
Expertly Restored -Mid-Century Californian Modern Sculpted Walnut Chest
Located in Los Angeles, CA
___________________________________ Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringing history back to life, and we take this journey with passion and precision. W...
Walnut, Wood
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.
Antique and vintage credenzas can add an understated touch of grace to your home. These long and sophisticated cabinet-style pieces of furniture can serve a variety of purposes, and they look great too.
In Italy, the credenza was originally a small side table used in religious services. Appropriately, credere in Italian means “to believe.” Credenzas were a place to not only set the food ready for meals, they were also a place to test and taste prepared food for poison before a dish was served to a member of the ruling class. Later, credenza was used to describe a type of versatile narrow side table, typically used for serving food in the home. In form, a credenza has much in common with a sideboard — in fact, the terms credenza and sideboard are used almost interchangeably today.
Credenzas usually have short legs or no legs at all, and can feature drawers and cabinets. And all kinds of iterations of the credenza have seen the light of day over the years, from ornately carved walnut credenzas originating in 16th-century Tuscany to the wealth of Art Deco credenzas — with their polished surfaces and geometric patterns — to the array of innovative modernist interpretations that American furniture maker Milo Baughman created for Directional and Thayer Coggin.
The credenza’s blend of style and functionality led to its widespread use in the 20th century. Mid-century modern credenzas are particularly popular — take a look at Danish furniture designer Arne Vodder’s classic Model 29, for instance, with its reversible sliding doors and elegant drawer pulls. Hans Wegner, another Danish modernist, produced strikingly minimalist credenzas in the 1950s and ’60s, as did influential American designer Florence Knoll. Designers continue to explore new and exciting ways to update this long-loved furnishing.
Owing to its versatility and familiar low-profile form, the credenza remains popular in contemporary homes. Unlike many larger case pieces, credenzas can be placed under windows and in irregularly shaped rooms, such as foyers and entryways. This renders it a useful storage solution. In living rooms, for example, a credenza can be a sleek media console topped with plants and the rare art monographs you’ve been planning to show off. In homes with open floor plans, a credenza can help define multiple living spaces, making it ideal for loft apartments.
Browse a variety of antique and vintage credenzas for sale on 1stDibs to find the perfect fit for your home today.