Model NV54 Tambour Door Sideboard Produced Niels Vodder
By Finn Juhl
Located in Stamford, CT
A model NV54 sideboard designed in 1954 produced by Niels Vodder. Exterior is dark brown teak and the interior cabinet is Maple. Having 8 interior drawers and a single shelf.
Maple, Teak
$6,497Sale Price|20% Off
Vittorio Dassi Design Midcentury Sideboard or Bar Cabinet, 1950s
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Rome, IT
Stylish sideboard designed by the famous Italian Mid-Century Modern artist Vittorio Dassi, this 1950s with Carrara withe marble top. In very good vintage conditions of the period.
Marble
Italian 1950s Sideboard/Bar Cabinet Attributed to Paolo Buffa
By Paolo Buffa
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautiful Italian midcentury sideboard/bar cabinet attributed to Paolo Buffa. Two end cabinets with two glass shelves. Center cabinet with mirrored walls, glass shelf and two drawers...
Brass
Italian Midcentury Sideboard Bar by Vittorio Dassi, 1950s
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Traversetolo, IT
The Italian credenza or sideboard bar by Vittorio Dassi is a refined piece of furniture, featuring a glass top and maple interiors. The front is made up of eight drawers and two door...
Glass, Maple, Walnut
$6,903Sale Price|30% Off
After Osvaldo Borsani Midcentury Italian Sideboard Console Table, 1950s
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Spectacular sideboard console with mirror, in maple and walnut, attributed to Osvaldo Borsani, with a beautiful movement of the lines on the front, glass top, maple interior, walnut ...
Maple, Glass, Mirror, Walnut
Italian Midcentury Parchment Black Lacquered Sideboard, 1950
Located in Traversetolo, IT
This Italian midcentury sideboard has splendid contrast movement of the lines, the lower part is lacquered in black, the design takes influence from the geometric rationalism form, t...
Glass, Maple, Mirror, Wood
Original Midcentury Florence Knoll Sideboard 1950 Ahorn Knoll Intenational
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten ein wunderschönes und sehr seltenes Sideboard aus den 1950er Jahren von Knoll International zum Verkauf an. Das von Florence Knoll entworfene Sideboard verfügt über zwei K...
Metal
$4,229Sale Price|50% Off
German Carved and Inlaid Server or Sideboard, circa 1850
Located in Evergreen, CO
Crafted with extreme care in Germany during the mid-19th century, this exceptional server or sideboard has a smaller footprint than most, making it an ideal piece for smaller rooms t...
Ebony, Maple, Oak, Walnut
Original Midcentury Florence Knoll Sideboard 1950 Ahorn Knoll Intenational
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Berlin, DE
Wir bieten ein wunderschönes und sehr seltenes Sideboard aus den 1950er Jahren von Florence Knoll zum Verkauf an. Das Sideboard wurde von Knoll International hergestellt und verfügt ...
Metal
Paul McCobb Planner Group Black Lacquered Sideboard Credenza, Newly Refinished
By Planner Group, Paul McCobb
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Minimalist Mid-Century Modern sliding door sideboard, credenza, or bar cabinet By Paul McCobb for Winchendon Furniture "Planner Group" USA, 1950s Black lacque...
Maple, Lacquer
Sideboard with Bar Element by Franco Albini, Italy, 1930s
By Franco Albini
Located in Greding, DE
Large four-door sideboard designed by Franco Albini in the 1930s. The Art Deco sideboard is veneered on all sides and fitted with chrome half-moon handles and set off by means of ver...
Maple
Pointe de Diamant Sideboard by A. Philippon & J. Lecoq for Behr 1962
By Antoine Philippon and Jacqueline le Coq, Behr
Located in VENLO, NL
Exclusive Mid-Century 'Pointe de Diamant' sideboard of high quality.
Metal
Wall Sideboard by Antoine Philippon & Jacqueline Lecoq for Bofinger, 1958
By Bofinger, Antoine Philippon and Jacqueline le Coq
Located in Rosendahl, DE
Sophisticated floating sideboard designed by Antoine Philippon & Jacqueline Lecoq for Bofinger, Switzerland in ca 1958.
Maple, Cherry
$3,840Sale Price|33% Off
Paul Frankl Six Drawer Sideboard Cork Johnson Furniture 1950s
By Paul Frankl, Johnson Furniture Company
Located in Camden, ME
Paul Frankl sideboard with two side doors and six drawers manufactured by Johnson Furniture Company of Grand Rapids, Michigan from the 1950s. Cork topped cabinet of rosewood stained ...
Maple, Cork
Sideboard in style of Pierluigi Colli for Frama, 1950s
By Frama
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Oak and maple burl sideboard, widely popular in the 1950s. Unique in its kind, with multiple design details and exclusive finishes that complemented each other, making the piece harm...
Bronze
Sideboard Model 116 by Florence Knoll for Knoll International, USA, 1950s
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Antwerp, BE
An exceptional example of mid-century modern design, this Model 116 sideboard was designed by Florence Knoll for Knoll International in the 1950s.
Steel
Italian Midcentury Sideboard by Consorzio Esposizione Mobili di Cantù, 1960s
By Associazione Artigiana Canturini del Mobile
Located in Traversetolo, IT
This magnificent sideboard, produced by the Consorzio Esposizione Mobili di Cantù during the 1960s, is an exceptional example of Italian craftsmanship and design innovation from one ...
Brass
Italian Sideboard from La Permanente Mobili Cantù, 1940s
By La Permanente Mobili Cantù
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Display case designed with a shelf, missing closing glass, and La Permanente Cantù display case.
Glass, Mirror, Maple, Lacquer
Danish Sideboard by Johannes Andersen for Silkeborg, Oak Wood, Model 240
By CFC Silkeborg, Johannes Andersen
Located in München, Bavaria
Dimensions: approx. 160 × 46 × 83 cm (63" × 18.1" × 32.7") Width × Depth × Height Original Danish mid-century sideboard produced by Silkeborg Møbelfabrik and attributed to Johannes ...
Oak, Maple
"Pointe De Diamant” Sideboard, 1307 Series, Edition Erwin Behr, c. 1962
Located in LAGUNA BEACH, CA
"Pointe De Diamant” Sideboard, 1307 Series, Edition Erwin Behr, c. 1962 Mahogany, Maple Inlay, Pressed Plywood, Chrome-Plated Steel 37 H x 95 W x 21 D inches With prominent roles at...
Chrome
Italian Midcentury Modular Wall Unit or Sideboard designed by Dassi, 1960s
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Traversetolo, IT
This is an extraordinary example of Mid-Century Modern (MCM) Italian design likely dating from the late 1960s or mid-1970s. It is a modular wall unit characterized by an architectura...
Maple, Teak
Antoine Philippon & Jacqueline Lecoq Petite 2 Door Cabinet Credenza Sideboard
By Antoine Philippon and Jacqueline le Coq, Behr
Located in Miami, FL
Exquisite original 2 door cabinet credenza or sideboard, rendered in rosewood case with light wood interior with 2 adjustable shelves and 2 matte white laminate doors, on a chrome-pl...
Steel, Chrome
Sideboard in style of Pierluigi Colli for Fratelli Marelli Cantù
By Frama
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Oak and maple burl sideboard, widely popular in the 1950s. Unique in its kind, with multiple design details and exclusive finishes that complemented each other, making the piece harm...
Bronze
Vladimir Kagan Dining Room Set, Table, Chairs, Sideboard, Labeled, Copeland
By Vladimir Kagan
Located in Stamford, CT
Vladimir Kagan (American, 1927-2016) The Kagan Family Copeland Dining Room Set, Vladimir Kagan Designs, Inc., USA, circa 1983 Can purchase separately Birdseye maple veneer, mahogan...
Birdseye Maple, Mahogany, Lacquer
Italian Midcentury Sideboard with Mirror, designed by Vittorio Dassi, 1950s
By Dassi
Located in Traversetolo, IT
This piece of furniture, with its unique combination of fine woods, sculptural curves, and distinctive use of brass and etched mirror—a form of craftsmanship celebrated in Italian de...
Brass
Italian Midcentury Sideboard by La Permanente Mobili di Cantù, 1950
By La Permanente Mobili Cantù
Located in Traversetolo, IT
This exquisite Italian sideboard or chest of drawers crafted by Permanente Mobili of Cantù in the late 1950s is a stunning example of mid-century modern design. The beautiful woodwor...
Glass, Maple, Walnut
Restored Westnofa Sliding Door Credenza or Sideboard in Rosewood, Norway 1950s
By Westnofa Furniture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed and made by in-house craftsmen at Westnofa, this credenza was made in Norway in the early 1950s. Westnofa is famous today wor working with numerous Scandinavian designers th...
Felt, Maple, Rosewood
$21,347Sale Price|44% Off
Sideboard by Antoine Philippon & Jacqueline Lecoq "Pointe De Diamant" for Behr
By Behr, Antoine Philippon and Jacqueline le Coq
Located in Rosendahl, DE
Sideboard "Pointe de Diamant" designed by the renowned French design-duo Antoine Philippon and Jacqueline Lecoq for Erwin Behr in 1962.
Steel
Sideboard by Antoine Philippon & Jacqueline Lecoq for Behr "Pointe De Diamant"
By Behr, Antoine Philippon and Jacqueline le Coq
Located in Rosendahl, DE
Sideboard "Pointe de Diamant" with pearl-white doors designed by the renowned French design-duo Antoine Philippon and Jacqueline Lecoq for Erwin Behr in 1962.
Steel
Exclusive ‘Pointe de Diamant’ Sideboard by Antoine Philippon & Jacqueline Lecoq
By Behr, Antoine Philippon and Jacqueline le Coq
Located in Echt, NL
Exclusive ‘Pointe de Diamant’ Sideboard in very good condition. Designed by Antoine Philippon and Jacqueline Lecoq in France 1962. This sideboard was produced in 1964. Manufactur...
Metal, Chrome
Italian Teak Sideboard by Vittorio Dassi for Consorzio Mobili Cantù, 1950s
By Consorzio Esposizione Mobili Cantù
Located in Traversetolo, IT
This exceptional sideboard, produced by the Consorzio Esposizioni Mobili Cantù designed by Vittorio Dassi during the 1950s–1960s, is a remarkable example of the innovation and extra...
Glass, Maple, Teak
"Pointe de Diamant" Sideboard by Antoine Philippon & Jacqueline Lecoq for Behr
By Behr, Antoine Philippon and Jacqueline le Coq
Located in Rosendahl, DE
Sideboard "Pointe de Diamant" designed by the renowned French design-duo Antoine Philippon and Jacqueline Lecoq for Erwin Behr in 1962. Rare version with two doors.
Steel
Italian Midcentury Sideboard or Cabinet Bar designed by Vittorio Dassi, 1950s
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Sideboard or Cabinet Bar designed by Vittorio Dasi in 1950s, great executive quality, wooden upper top, the front is characterised by the presence of two large compatments that open...
Brass
Italian Midcentury Sideboard or Chest of Drawers by Vittorio Dassi, 1950s
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Italian midcentury teak sideboard by Vittorio and Plinio Dassi. The refined design of this piece can be seen in many details, for example, the jutting line of the drawers, the sectio...
Maple, Teak
Vittorio Dassi Amboyna Burl Sideboard with Black Glass Top, Italy, 1950s
By Vittorio Dassi
Located in Traversetolo, IT
This magnificent sideboard, designed by Vittorio Dassi and produced in Italy during the 1950s, is an outstanding example of the refined elegance and exceptional craftsmanship that ma...
Brass
Antoine Philippon Jacqueline Lecoq Sideboard by Behr 1962 Pointe De Diamant
By Behr, Antoine Philippon and Jacqueline le Coq
Located in Munster, NRW
Highboard with diamond shaped doors (Pointe de Diamant) designed by Antoine Philippon and Jacqueline Lecoq. Manufactured by Behr, Germany in 1962. From first possession, provenance:...
Nickel
Italian Midcentury Sideboard or Cabinet Bar attributed to Osvaldo Borsani 1940s
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Extraordinary Italian bar cabinet / console attributable to the refined transition between late Art Deco and early Italian Modernism, produced in Italy circa 1940. The piece stands ...
Marble, Brass
$39,500Sale Price|20% Off
Vladimir Kagan Custom Hydraulic Bar Cabinet Sideboard for JFK TWA, 1960s, Signed
By Vladimir Kagan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A true statement work for serious collectors of Mid-Century Modern design, and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own a functional artifact connected to one of the most celebrated i...
Brass
Osvaldo Borsani and Lucio Fontana for AVB Rare Mahogany Cabinet or Sideboard
By Osvaldo Borsani, Arredamenti Borsani
Located in New York, NY
Osvaldo Borsani for AVB (Arredamenti Borsani, Varedo) rare and extraordinary two-door fluted front cabinet or sideboard in mahogany decorated with cast bronze door pulls by Lucio Fon...
Bronze
Paul Evans for Directional 'PE 300' Faceted Sideboard in Chrome and Burlwood
By Directional, Paul Evans
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Paul Evans, Paul Evans Studio for Directional, ‘Faceted Cityscape II’ (PE 300 series), maple burl, chrome-plated steel, lacquered wood, United States, circa 1973 This sideboard from...
Steel, 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.