SEM Sideboards
Italian, 1863-1934
Furniture brand SEM started as a spin-off from Milanese brand Spotti and now has an exceptional reputation of its own. Working with acclaimed furniture designers, including Valentina Cameranesi Sgroi, Vormen and Elisa Ossino, SEM creates personalized and finely crafted solutions for modern living.
During the 1950s, large furniture manufacturers often had difficulty providing customized, high-quality furniture while producing other products on a mass scale. SEM originated from that demand and has evolved to complement Spotti and offer simple, functional and highly ergonomic furniture for both work and home environments.
SEM, which stands for Spotti Edizioni Milano, has attracted a wide range of talent to design its furniture collections. Pivot, named for a hingeless door mechanism in its cupboards, is a design by Giacomo Moor, named as Elle Decor Italia’s Best Young Designer of 2016. Futuraforma, designed by architecture and interior design team Marcante-Testa, is a sophisticated collection featuring the Duale table, the Genio chandelier and the Magico carpet.
Italian architect Hannes Peer lent his expertise to the Paesaggio collection, which features notable designs like the Nuvola armchair, the Alea dining chair, the Petali table lamp and the Butterfly table. Peer’s Butterfly console tables and other tables are a meeting between architecture, design and engineering to produce a complex and organic form that catches the eye.
SEM displayed collections at Milan Design Week in 2018 and 2019 and with AD France’s AD Intérieurs in 2019. SEM also expanded the Paesaggio collection during the 2021 FuoriSalone, Alcova, in Milan.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of SEM tables, seating, lighting and more.
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Creator: SEM
Contemporary Console in Etched Brass with Pivoting Doors and Stone Elm Shelves
By Giacomo Moor, SEM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
SEM Pivot collection corner console, simple and sculptural. The supporting structure is a rigid system of metal tubes to which are added shelves in beautiful stone elmwood combined w...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Sideboards
Materials
Metal, Brass
Gold Contemporary Two Doors Sideboard, 24-Karat Polished Gold-Plated
By Paolo Rizzo, SEM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
SEM Gold collection, two doors sideboard. Verdemare lacquered wooden structure, gloss finish. Available more colorway variants. External shell in 24-karat polished yellow gold-plated...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Sideboards
Materials
Steel, Gold
Contemporary Console in Etched Brass with Pivoting Doors and Stone Elm Shelves
By Giacomo Moor, SEM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
SEM pivot contemporary collection, console, simple and sculptural. The supporting structure is a rigid system of metal tubes to which are added shelves in beautiful stone elm wood combined with various lacquered containers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Sideboards
Materials
Brass, Metal
Gold Contemporary Three-Door Sideboard, 24-Karat Polished Gold-Plated
By Paolo Rizzo, SEM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
SEM Gold collection, three doors sideboard. Corallo lacquered wooden structure, gloss finish. Available more colorway variants. External shell in 24-karat polished yellow gold-plated...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Sideboards
Materials
Steel, Gold
Gold Contemporary Three Doors Sideboard, 24-Karat Polished Gold-Plated
By Paolo Rizzo, SEM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
SEM Gold collection, three doors sideboard. Corallo lacquered wooden structure, gloss finish. Available more colorway variants. Plated external shell in 24-karat polished yellow gold...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern SEM Sideboards
Materials
Steel, Gold
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Sem sideboards for sale on 1stDibs.
SEM 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 SEM sideboards, although gold editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original sideboards by SEM were created in the modern style in italy during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider sideboards by CPRN HOMOOD, Fratelli Boffi, and Matteo Zorzenoni. Prices for SEM sideboards can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $11,050 and can go as high as $28,050, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $24,310.