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Skovby Rosewood Sideboard

Rosewood credenza sideboard, Danish 1970s from Skovby
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Store Heddinge, DK
Skovby furniture is renowned for its high quality. Recently, it has gained more recognition for its
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Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Credenzas

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Rosewood

Danish Rosewood Sideboard by Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in New York, NY
Danish Rosewood Sideboard by Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S, 1960s, with three sliding doors. Piece has
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Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards

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Rosewood

Skovby Danish Modern Rosewood Sideboard Credenza, Circa 1970s
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in South Bend, IN
A sleek and stylish mid-century Danish Modern rosewood sideboard, credenza, or bar cabinet By
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Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Rosewood

Skovby Mobelfabrik Mid-Century Modern Rosewood Sideboard Credenza
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Germantown, MD
"Skovby.. it features gorgeous and genuine rosewood Original varnish has been cleaned and preserved with
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Mid-20th Century American Scandinavian Modern Sideboards

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Rosewood

Mid Century Modern Vintage Rosewood Credenza by Skovby Danish Sideboard
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Revel in the timeless elegance of the Mid Century Modern Vintage Rosewood Credenza by Skovby Danish
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Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Credenzas

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Rosewood

Mid-Century Arne Vodder Rosewood "7738" Sideboard for Skovby
By Arne Vodder, Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
sideboard. Designed by the world-renowned Arne Vodder for Denmark's Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S, this luxurious
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Wood, Hardwood, Rosewood

20th Century Danish Rosewood Sideboard By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S c.1960
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
This exquisite Danish rosewood sideboard by Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S, crafted in the 1960s
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20th Century Danish Other Sideboards

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Wood

Scandinavian Midcentury Rosewood Sideboard by Egon Kristensen
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Karlstad, SE
Sideboard in rosewood by Danish designer Egon Kristensen for Skovby Møbelfabrik. This well-built
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20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards

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Rosewood

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Skobvy Teak sideboard. Denmark 1960s. Size 195 cm
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Braga, Braga
SKovby Rosewood sideboard with three sliding doors. Adjustable shelves and two silverware drawers
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Wood, Teak

Danish Rosewood Sideboard by Skovby
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Warsaw, PL
Rosewood sideboard manufactured by Skovby Møbelfabrik in Denmark in the 1960s. Minimalist form and
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Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards

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Rosewood

Danish Rosewood Sideboard by Skovby
Danish Rosewood Sideboard by Skovby
H 29.93 in W 76.78 in D 19.3 in
1970s Danish Rosewood Four-Door Sideboard by Skovby
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A sleek and sophisticated rosewood four-door sideboard/credenza by Danish manufacturer, Skovby. C
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Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Brass

Skovby Sideboard, Danish Design from 1960s, Scandinavian Modern
Located in Wrocław, Poland
This is a Skovby rosewood sideboard designed and manufactured in Denmark, circa 1960s. The piece
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Rosewood

Skovby Mid-Century Danish Rosewood Sideboard
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Basildon, London
cabinet manufacturer Skovby. Constructed from rosewood, the sideboard has a sleek, Minimalist aesthetic
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Vintage 1960s Danish Sideboards

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Rosewood

Skovby Mid-Century Danish Rosewood Sideboard
Skovby Mid-Century Danish Rosewood Sideboard
H 29.93 in W 77.56 in D 18.9 in
Skovby Danish Modern Rosewood Sideboard Credenza, Newly Refinished
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in South Bend, IN
A sleek and stylish mid-century Danish Modern rosewood sideboard, credenza, or bar cabinet By
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Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Credenzas

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Rosewood

Skovby Danish Modern Rosewood Sideboard Credenza, Newly Refinished
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in South Bend, IN
A sleek and stylish mid-century Danish Modern rosewood sideboard credenza By Skovby Møbelfabrik
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Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Rosewood

Vintage Danish Modern Rosewood Sideboard by Skovby, 1970s
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Asaa, DK
Vintage Danish modern rosewood sideboard by Skovby, 1970s Mid-Century Modern model SM81 credenza
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Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Rosewood

Vintage Danish Modern Rosewood Sideboard by Skovby, 1960s
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Asaa, DK
Vintage Danish modern rosewood sideboard by Skovby, 1960s Mid-Century Modern credenza from Danish
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Rosewood

Danish Mid Century Rosewood Sideboard by Skovby, circa 1970s
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Surrey, GB
Danish mid century rosewood sideboard by Skovby, circa 1970s. Double cupboard with shelves and
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Rosewood

Skovby Danish Modern Rosewood Sideboard Credenza or Bar Cabinet, Refinished
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in South Bend, IN
A sleek and stylish mid-century Danish Modern rosewood sideboard, credenza, or bar cabinet By
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Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Credenzas

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Rosewood

Danish Modern Skovby Rosewood Breakfront China Cabinet Credenza Sideboard Buffet
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in West Hartford, CT
Skovby Danish Modern rosewood china breakfront. Two piece construction where lower portion has
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Vintage 1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards

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Felt, Glass, Wood, Rosewood

Skovby Danish Modern Rosewood Sideboard Credenza on Hairpin Legs, Newly Refinish
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in South Bend, IN
Offering an exceptional midcentury Danish modern rosewood sideboard or credenza by Skovby
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Vintage 1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Credenzas

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Metal

Rosewood Sideboard, Model 7738, by Arne Vodder for Skovby Møbelfabrik
By Arne Vodder, Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Dorchester, MA
Designed by Arne Vodder for Skovby Møbelfabrik, this sideboard, model 7738, comprises a rosewood
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Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards

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Rosewood

Rosewood Sideboard by Henri Rosengren Hansen for Skovby Møbler, 1960s
By Henry Rosengren Hansen, Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Breda, Netherlands
This elegantly designed credenza by Henry Rosengren Hansen for Skovby Møbler provides for a true
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Rosewood

Skovby Rosewood Bar or Credenza, Danish Modern
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Gorgeous rosewood sideboard by Skovby Mobelfabrik. The stunning Brazilian rosewood throughout is in
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Credenzas

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Rosewood

Arne Vodder Danish Modern Rosewood Sideboard or Credenza by Skovby Møbelfabrik
By Arne Vodder, Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful midcentury sideboard, model 7738, designed by Arne Vodder, executed by Skovby
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Rosewood

Danish Modern Rosewood Sideboard Credenza, Newly Refinished
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in South Bend, IN
Offering an exceptional rosewood Danish modern sideboard credenza. This Scandinavian piece has
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Vintage 1960s Scandinavian Modern Credenzas

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Rosewood

Danish Modern Rosewood Sideboard Credenza with Hutch-Top
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in South Bend, IN
Offering an exceptional rosewood Danish modern sideboard credenza with a hutch-top. This
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Vintage 1960s Scandinavian Modern Sideboards

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Rosewood

Modern Skovby Low Sideboard Cabinet, 20th Century
Located in Faversham, GB
Danish designed modern Skovby low sideboard cabinet. With sleek, clean, straight lines and ample
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20th Century Danish Modern Cabinets

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Rosewood

Sideboard by Egon Kristensen
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Model 65 - Sideboard in rosewood with two doors and five drawers. Maker Skovby.
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Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards

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Rosewood

Sideboard by Egon Kristensen
Sideboard by Egon Kristensen
H 86.62 in W 32.29 in D 18.51 in
Vintage Modern Rosewood Sideboard With China Cabinet by Skovby
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Trenton, NJ
This beautiful Scandinavian modern rosewood sideboard includes a spacious lower cabinet with unique
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Late 20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Sideboards

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Glass, Rosewood

Rosewood Midcentury No. 65 sideboard by Skovby Mobler, Denmark, 1960s
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in LEWES, GB
Beautiful Danish midcentury No. 65 sideboard by Skovby Mobler. In beautiful rosewood, with five
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Rosewood

Egon Kristensen Danish Modern Rosewood Credenza Sideboard Buffet Model 65 Skovby
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Wayne, NJ
Egon Kristensen Danish modern rosewood dresser credenza sideboard buffet. Manufactured by Skovby
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Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Credenzas

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Rosewood

Sideboard Produced by Skovby Møbler
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare sideboard by unknown designer. Produced by Skovby Møbler in Denmark.
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Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards

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Rosewood

Sideboard Produced by Skovby Møbler
Sideboard Produced by Skovby Møbler
H 31.5 in W 86.62 in D 18.51 in
Rosewood China Cabinet Sideboard Display Case by Skovby Denmark 1960’s
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in New York, NY
Impressive rosewood china cabinet made in Denmark by Skovby Mobelfabrik circa 1960’s. The cabinet
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Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Credenzas

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Glass, Rosewood

Skovby Rosewood Sideboard Danish Design
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie
Classic 1960s-1970s sideboard, Danish design. Surface veneered with rosewood. Manufactured in the
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Vintage 1970s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Rosewood

Skovby Rosewood Sideboard Danish Design
Skovby Rosewood Sideboard Danish Design
H 27.17 in W 76.78 in D 18.9 in
Vintage Danish Mid Century Skovby Rosewood Sideboard '7666'
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage Danish mid century modern, made in the 1950's - Recently refurbished Brazilian rosewood
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Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Credenzas

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Rosewood

Danish Henry Rosengren Hansen for Skovby Rosewood Sideboard Credenza 1960s
By Henry Rosengren Hansen, Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in London, GB
A beautiful Danish Model 65 rosewood sideboard designed by Henry Rosengren Hansen for Skovby
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Rosewood

Skobvy rosewood sideboard. Denmark 1960s. Size 195 cm
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Braga, Braga
SKovby Rosewood sideboard with three sliding doors. Adjustable shelves and two silverware drawers
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Wood, Rosewood

#65 Rosewood Sideboard by Skovby Mobelfabrik.
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A beautifully designed sideboard in solid and veneered rosewood with special attention to detail
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Vintage 1960s Danish Sideboards

Danish Mid-Century Rosewood Sideboard by Skovby Møbelfabrik
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Danish Mid-Century Modern low rosewood sideboard with ouvered drawers with sculptural pulls
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Rosewood

Danish Rosewood Sideboard No. 65 by Skovby Mobler
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Cologne, DE
Stunning sideboard, manufactured in the 1960s in Denmark by Skovby Møbler. Extremely high quality
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Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards

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Mahogany, Rosewood

Exceptional Danish rosewood long, low sideboard by Skovby Møbelfabrik.
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful long, low Danish mid century modern rosewood sideboard by Skovby Møbelfabrik, Model
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Vintage 1960s Danish Sideboards

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Rosewood

Model 7738 Sideboard in Rosewood Arne Vodder Attributed for Skovby Møbelfabrik
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1, Arne Vodder
Located in TORONTO, CA
This stunning sideboard features gorgeous select bookmatched grain on top, front and side surfaces
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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Rosewood

Sideboard by Skovby Møbelfabrik Model 65
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Rosewood Sideboard by Skovby Møbelfabrik Model 65 Stunning Grain and Solid Features, the Skovby
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Sideboard by Skovby Møbelfabrik Model 65
Sideboard by Skovby Møbelfabrik Model 65
H 32.29 in W 86.62 in D 16.54 in
Danish Modern Low Rosewood Sideboard by Skovby
Located in Vancouver, BC
Low rosewood sideboard produced by Skovby Mobelfabrik mid sixties in fantastic original condition
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Vintage 1960s Danish Credenzas

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Rosewood

Mid-Century Modern Scovby Møbelfabrik Sideboard
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Porto, PT
Mid-Century Modern Scovby Møbelfabrik rosewood sideboard. This item is in original condition, can
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Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards

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Rosewood

Mid-Century Modern Scovby Møbelfabrik Sideboard
Mid-Century Modern Scovby Møbelfabrik Sideboard
H 32.29 in W 86.62 in D 18.51 in
Rosewood Sideboard with 4 sliding doors and 5 drawers
Located in New York, NY
Handsome Danish Modern Rosewood Sideboard by Skovby. Features 4 sliding doors, 5 drawers with
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Vintage 1960s Danish Sideboards

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Rosewood

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Skovby Rosewood Sideboard For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic skovby rosewood sideboard available at 1stDibs. Each skovby rosewood sideboard for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using rosewood, wood and metal. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer skovby rosewood sideboard, there are earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. A skovby rosewood sideboard, designed in the Mid-Century Modern or Scandinavian Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A well-made skovby rosewood sideboard has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S, Arne Vodder and Henry Rosengren Hansen are consistently popular.

How Much is a Skovby Rosewood Sideboard?

Prices for a skovby rosewood sideboard start at $2,009 and top out at $14,900 with the average selling for $4,913.

Finding the Right Sideboards for You

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.