Calvin Sideboards
American
The Grand Rapids, Michigan-based company Calvin Furniture opened its doors in 1953 and became a sought-after contract manufacturer for the day’s top furniture designers and brands. Its appealing mid-century modern and Hollywood Regency offerings — nightstands, dressers and more — graced the showrooms of department stores all over North America during the 1950s and 1960s.
Calvin’s relationship with the work of Massachusetts-born designer Paul McCobb is well known to enthusiasts of mid-century modern furniture. McCobb, whose unadorned and efficient storage pieces, seating and desks drew on Shaker simplicity and Bauhaus minimalism, wasn’t exactly a designer for Calvin — in partnership with New York furniture salesman B.G. Mesberg, McCobb set up the Directional Furniture Company in Manhattan in 1949, and Calvin was one of the manufacturers contracted to produce the furniture he designed for Directional (and later, for pieces designed under his own name).
Among McCobb’s most acclaimed lines made by Calvin Furniture were the Calvin Group and the Irwin Collection. The travertine-topped sideboards and mahogany nightstands of those lines as well as the other Calvin-produced dressers, bookcases and chests of drawers designed by McCobb were elegant and spare, free of unnecessary embellishments.
Calvin also manufactured the very popular American Design Foundation line of furniture that Kipp Stewart and Stewart MacDougall designed. The Pennsylvania-born, California-raised MacDougall enjoyed a postwar collaboration with West Coast native Stewart that resulted in great success with manufacturers such as Glenn of California and Drexel Furniture. The duo’s celebrated Declaration line for the latter featured streamlined credenzas, dressers and more made in walnut with comely porcelain hardware. The dining chairs, tables and coffee tables manufactured by Calvin flaunt the pair’s signature clean lines, gentle curves and organic shapes.
In the late 1950s and early ‘60s, Calvin Furniture continued its business relationship with B.G. Mesberg National Sales and Directional Furniture. Calvin finally closed their doors during the early 1970s, but their legacy can be found in enduring pieces of modern furniture that remain popular today.
On 1stDibs, find a selection of vintage Calvin Furniture tables, credenzas, chairs and more.
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Creator: Calvin
Paul McCobb Eight-Drawer Dresser Marble Top for Calvin Furniture, 1950s
By Calvin Furniture, Paul McCobb
Located in Camden, ME
Paul McCobb eight-drawer walnut dresser is part of McCobb's Irwin line manufactured by Calvin Furniture of Grand Rapids during the 1950s.
The cabinet has 2 folding doors of three pa...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Calvin Sideboards
Materials
Marble
Paul McCobb for Calvin Sideboard and Bar with Leather and Caned Front
By Paul McCobb, Calvin Furniture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A quite stunning combination sideboard with a bar cabinet on top. The bar has felt on the bottom so it can be easily position to sit anywhere on the credenza top. We have had he piec...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Calvin Sideboards
Materials
Wood
Paul McCobb Sideboard for Calvin Group
By Calvin Furniture, Paul McCobb
Located in Trenton, NJ
This impressive mid-century modern sideboard by Paul McCobb for Directional Furnitures Calvin Group features trifold doors that conceal spacious interior ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Calvin Sideboards
Materials
Glass, Wood
MCM Paul McCobb Irwin Collection Calvin Credenza Sideboard Leather Brass Walnut
By Calvin Furniture, Paul McCobb
Located in Portland, OR
An original Mid-Century Modern credenza / wall unit model # C8506, designed by Paul Mc Cobb "The Irwin Collection" for Calvin Furniture, 1952. Condition is excellent!
A very rare twin section walnut brass & leather cabinet designed by Paul Mc Cobb, the top having brass dividers/supports with two moveable modular units one with four drawers the other with twin cupboard doors. This model is very rare, possibly a commission piece with leather fronts to the doors, most of the C8506 models had plain wood or doors with caning. The cabinet is also fitted with two original smoked glass shelves, the cabinet is fitted with a brass tag to one of the drawers "Calvin Grand Rapids The Irwin Collection designed by Paul Mc Cobb".
The base with corresponding brass legs to the front & rear, the cabinet with four 'concertina' doors fitted with the original Oxblood color leather and enclosing a fitted interior. Condition is very good indeed, the cabinet having been recently professionally restored in Bloomsbury's workshop. Provenance, the cabinet belonged to a prominent local architect and was acquired from new.
Bloomsbury Fine...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Calvin Sideboards
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Brass
Mid Century Paul McCobb Calvin Wall Unit Etagere Walnut Brass Base
By Calvin Furniture, Paul McCobb
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Stunning Mid century American designer Paul McCobb Wall unit with lower credenza in walnut. Original finish in good vintage condition with front foldi...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Calvin Sideboards
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Paul McCobb Leather Sliding Door Credenza for Calvin Group
By Calvin Furniture, Paul McCobb
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
An exceptional Mid-Century Modern brown leather sliding doors sideboard/credenza with 3 top drawers. Behind the sliding doors are 2 adjustable shelves in a dark brown finish. The out...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Calvin Sideboards
Materials
Brass
Paul McCobb Calvin Group Credenza
By Calvin Furniture, Paul McCobb
Located in New York, NY
Classic Paul McCobb sideboard, server, credenza for Clavin. The cabinet has two sliding doors, each with leather fronts, and a metal handle. The doors open to interior storage. The u...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Calvin Sideboards
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Sideboard by Paul McCobb Credenza, Irwin Collection
By Calvin Furniture, Paul McCobb
Located in Stamford, CT
MCM Paul McCobb designed "Irwin collection" sideboard or credenza, of bleached British Honduran mahogany with white travertine marble top, manufactured by the Calvin Furniture Compan...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Calvin Sideboards
Materials
Marble
Paul McCobb Credenza with Travertine Top
By Calvin Furniture, Paul McCobb
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stylish midcentury sideboard features the iconic design of Paul McCobb and boasts vintage mahogany finish and a striking travertine top. Tapered brass legs add to the appeal of ...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Calvin Sideboards
Paul McCobb Side Board
By Paul McCobb, Calvin Furniture
Located in Chicago, IL
Paul McCobb side board for Calvin-The Irwin collection walnut case, finished on back, walnut body and travertine marble top, accordion folding d...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Calvin Sideboards
Materials
Travertine
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Paul McCobb for Calvin Sideboard, Server, Credenza with Dual Tri-Fold Doors
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Calvin sideboards for sale on 1stDibs.
Calvin sideboards are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wood and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Calvin sideboards, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original sideboards by Calvin were created in the mid-century modern style in united states during the mid-20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider sideboards by George Nelson, Harvey Probber, and Herman Miller. Prices for Calvin sideboards can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $2,475 and can go as high as $12,500, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $6,500.
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