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Mid-Century Modern Buffets

MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE

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 legendary 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.

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.

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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Buffet bas en bois et éléments rotin
Located in SAINT-CLÉMENT-DE-RIVIÈRE, FR
Buffet en bois en état moyen car le bois est piqué par des vers et doit être traité.
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1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Wood

bufet portes coulissantes en bois vintage
Located in SAINT-CLÉMENT-DE-RIVIÈRE, FR
Meuble de rangement en bois contre plaqué et en état moyen. Le bois est taché et rayé. Il est vermoulé.
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1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Fir

Buffet bar en bois vintage
Located in SAINT-CLÉMENT-DE-RIVIÈRE, FR
Meuble de rangement bar en bois contre plaqué et en état moyen. Le bois est taché et rayé. Il est vermoulé.
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Pine

Commode en bois style vintage
Located in SAINT-CLÉMENT-DE-RIVIÈRE, FR
Meuble de rangement en bois en état moyen car le bois est piqué par des vers et doit être traité.
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1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Wood

Meuble de rangement en bois
Located in SAINT-CLÉMENT-DE-RIVIÈRE, FR
Meuble de rangement en bois en état moyen car le bois est piqué par des vers et doit être traité.
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Wood

Branco & Preto Buffet Bar Unit, Brazil, 1960s
Located in Whitstable, GB
Stunning midcentury bar buffet unit by Branco & Preto, in solid and veneered Caviúna. The wood is beautiful in colour and pattern. The details are perfect...
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Laminate, Hardwood

French Mid-Century Modern Buffet
Located in Austin, TX
Credenza / Buffet from France. It is in the mid-century modern style with a striking chevron marquetry across the facade. The enfilade is supported by ebonized legs, the front two fe...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Brass

Vintage French Macassar Buffet
Located in Austin, TX
Buffet / Enfilade, in a classic French mid-century modern style and made of rare Macassar of ebony wood adorned with lemon wood inlays. The four doors, with their original brass work...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Brass

Ebonized Mid-Century Modern French Buffet
Located in Austin, TX
Buffet from France in the mid-century style. This enfilade has been ebonized and finished with a lustrous French polish. There are four doors that open to a lemonwood interior shelvi...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Brass

Neoclassical Modernist French Buffet
Located in Austin, TX
Buffet from France in the Modernist style with neoclassical lines. This piece boasts a striking flamed sycamore with a striking inlay on the four doors inlayed wit ebony. This expert...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Marble, Brass

sideboard by Tito Agnoli for La Linea furniture Italy
Located in Grenoble, FR
Wonderfull sideboard by Tito Agnoli for La Linea furniture Italy. Three sliding doors, one row of drawers. Perfect used condition A series of drawers complete the interior of the pi...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Walnut

French Glass Cabinet or Little Vitrine Massive Iroko, French, circa 1920
Located in Labrit, Landes
This French cabinet in massive wood with glass vitrine three shelves and two doors. Made circa 1920. Wood, brass, marble and glass. Good condition signs of use (please see the side ...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Marble, Brass

Danish Teak Credenza Media Cabinet by Dyrlund
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Exquisitely crafted vintage 1970s Danish teak credenza by Dyrlund. This is the perfect media center. The large cabinet spaces provide amble room for 12 inch LP records and components...
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1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Teak

20th Mid-Century Spanish Buffet Fours Drawers & Doors Oak & Hammered Wrough Iron
Located in Labrit, Landes
Vintage buffet cabinet, made circa 1960 in Spain. Oak and wrough iron. Four drawers and four doors Like most Spanish furniture, great attention has been paid to the sculpture of the ...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Wrought Iron

Credenza Sideboard by Florence Knoll Bassett for Knoll, 1960s
Located in Lasne, BE
Wooden sideboard with metal legs and marble top with 4 doors that can be locked with a key. Wear due to time and age
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1960s Central American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

Materials

Marble, Metal

Lane Mid Century Burlwood Credenza and Hutch
Located in Countryside, IL
Lane Mid Century Burlwood Credenza and Hutch The credenza measures: 63.75 wide x 17 deep x 24 inches high The hutch measures: 63.75 wide x 17 deep x 52 inches high The combined heig...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Glass, Burl

Lane Staccato Brutalist Mid Century Walnut Credenza and Hutch
Located in Countryside, IL
Lane Staccato Brutalist Mid Century Walnut Credenza and Hutch The credenza measures: 66 wide x 18.25 deep x 24 inches high The hutch measures: 48 wide x 11.75 deep x 52 inches high ...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Glass, Walnut

Lane Perception Mid Century Walnut Credenza and Hutch
Located in Countryside, IL
Lane Perception Mid Century Walnut Credenza and Hutch The credenza measures: 66 wide x 19 deep x 30.25 inches high The hutch measures: 56 wide x 15 deep x 42 inches high The combine...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Glass, Walnut

1950s Paul Frankl for Johnson Furniture Co. Cork and Mahogany Credenza Buffet
Located in Portage, MI
Beautiful Paul Frankl buffet or credenza with rare lacquered cork top. Made by Johnson and Company in the 1950s. Has lots of storage options. Deep cabinets, silverware drawers and mo...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Brass

50s-60s Furniture Buffet
Located in Milano, IT
Buffet with mirror, with hinged doors, wood exotic wood veneer and grissinated panels, green marble top. Good conditions.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Marble

Giuseppe Scapinelli. Custom Mid-Century Modern Bar/Credenza in Wood and Ceramic
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
Exceptional modernist bar/credenza made in solid caviúna wood (a Brazilian wood also known as "golden wood") with ceramic appliqué created at the artists’ atelier. This piece was de...
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Ceramic, Wood

Vintage Restored Solid Maple Heywood Wakefield M-1542 Wheat Tambour Credenza
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Versatility abounds with this Heywood Wakefield Model M-1542 Tambour Door Credenza. Buffet, media cabinet, or entryway console are just a few ideas. As a dry bar, the adjustable / r...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Maple

Mobile Buffet Anni 20-30
Located in Milano, IT
Buffet con alzata e specchio, ante battenti e cassetti sotto piano. In legno impiallacciato radica e noce.
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1920s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Mirror, Nutwood

Mid Century Long Mahogany and Rosewood Credenza or Buffet by Grange of London
Located in Troy, MI
Found in England, this mahogany and rosewood buffet or credenza is by Grange of London and dates from the 1960s. The base features curved stretchers and four slender, tapered legs. T...
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Mahogany, Rosewood

Buffet Credenza 4D Angelo Mangiarotti For Molteni Midcentury Design Italy 1960s
Located in Palermo, IT
Storage unit, buffet with wheels of the series 4D by Angelo Mangiarotti for Molteni, made of wood, central shelf and doors with closure....
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Carrara Marble

French Mid-Century Rosewood Buffet
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-Century style buffet from France made with an alternating rosewood parquetry and burled rosewood veneer on the façade. The four doors each open to individual interior cabinets wi...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

Materials

Brass

Mid Century Modern Tiki Brutalist Buffet Hutch Display China Cabinet With Lights
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gorgeous Tiki Brutalist buffet with hutch by United Furniture. Featuring adjustable glass shelves at the top. Generous storage space and a drawer at the bottom. The top has a workin...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Walnut

Black Mid-Century Glass Cabinet with 90 Murano Glass Spheres Available
Located in Guazzora, IT
This sublime cabinet is a true work of art, handcrafted by expert Murano glassmakers blending ancient and modern styles. This cabinet features 90 exquisite Murano glass spheres dec...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Brass

Pier Luigi Colli Oak Buffet Mirror Sideboard, Midcentury, Italy, 1940s-1950s
Located in New York, NY
Pier luigi Colli oak sideboard, Mid-Century Modern, Italy, 1950s Beautiful oak sideboard. The oak has lovely patina throughout the piece. It is a large-scale sideboard with four do...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Oak

Celina Zilberberg. Modular Sideboard, c. 1960
Located in PARIS, FR
Created by the Celina Moveis workshop, this enfilade owes its originality to its design in three modules. Made of solid Brazilian noble wood and wood veneer, the cubic shape of its e...
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Buffets

Materials

Hardwood

Rom Weber Burled Wood and Walnut 2 Door Cabinet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Romweber 2 door Buffet or Cabinet. Newly refinished and looking amazing! Olive ash burl inlay with walnut body. Small brass pulls. Doors open to reveal an adjustable shelf. Cabi...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Brass

T H Robsjohn Gibbings Widdicomb Modern MCM Maple and Brass Credenza with Hutch
Located in Countryside, IL
T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings for Widdicomb Modern Mid Century Maple and Brass Credenza with Hutch The credenza measures: 54 wide x 20.25 deep x 32.75 inches high The hutch measures: 51 wi...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Brass

Merton Gershun for American of Martinsville MCM Walnut and Brass China Cabinet
Located in Countryside, IL
Merton Gershun for American of Martinsville Mid Century Walnut and Brass China Cabinet This china cabinet measures: 50 wide x 18 deep x 57.75 inches high All pieces of furniture ca...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Brass

Young Manufacturing Mid Century Walnut and Burlwood Credenza and Hutch
Located in Countryside, IL
Young Manufacturing Mid Century Walnut and Burlwood Credenza and Hutch The credenza measures: 64 wide x 19 deep x 26.25 inches high The hutch measures: 60 wide x 12.5 deep x 47 inch...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

Materials

Glass, Walnut, Burl

Drexel Campaign Pecan and Brass Rolling Flip Top Buffet
Located in Countryside, IL
Drexel Campaign Pecan and Brass Rolling Flip Top Buffet This buffet measures: 40 wide x 19 deep x 33 inches high All pieces of furniture can be had in what we call restored vintage...
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Brass

Henredon Scene II Mid Century Burlwood Credenza and Hutch
Located in Countryside, IL
Henredon Scene II Mid Century Burlwood Credenza and Hutch The credenza measures: 60 wide x 16 deep x 27 inches high The hutch measures: 54 wide x 14...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

Materials

Glass, Burl

Westnofa Style Mid Century Danish Teak Hutch
Located in Countryside, IL
Westnofa Style Mid Century Danish Teak Hutch This hutch measures: 60 wide x 18.25 deep x 63.25 inches high All pieces of furniture can be had in what we call restored vintage condi...
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1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

Materials

Teak

Magnificent Restored Bullnose Nine-Drawer Chest in Bamboo
Located in Atlanta, GA
This magnificent chest is shipped as professionally photographed and described in the listing narrative: Completely Installation Ready. An absolutely jaw-dropping custom commissioned vintage nine-drawer chest...
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1980s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

Materials

Bamboo, Hardwood

Burled Buffet Attributed to Jean-Claude Mahey
Located in Austin, TX
Buffet / Credenza made with a burled elm veneer finish and brass trims throughout. This piece is attributed of Jean-Claude Mahey for Roche Bobois. The back is finished.
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

Materials

Brass

Credenza Bernhard Pedersen in custom color and teak
Located in South Charleston, WV
Large at 82.75" x 20" deep and 31.5" tall. Denmark. Custom Credenza or Buffet by Bernhard Pedersen & Son that was modified either during production or later. Features black doors and...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Teak

Mid Century Danish Modern Teak Buffet Hutch Display China Cabinet Bow Front
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gorgeous Danish Modern teak buffet with hutch. Bow front design. Featuring adjustable glass shelves at the top. Adjustable wood shelves at the bottom and four clean drawers. Has lig...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Teak

Enfilade - Beithcraft - Ecosse - 1960
Located in ESTRABLIN, FR
Conçue par Val Rossi pour Beithcraft, basé à Beith, Ayrshire en Écosse, leurs enfilades emblématiques ont été produites et vendues au détail en très petit nombre et sont l'une des en...
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1960s Scottish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Hardwood

French Large Pine Chalet-Style Buffet Four Doors, circa 1970
Located in Labrit, Landes
French wide buffet in the chalet style. Four doors and four drawers. Pine and iron. Good condition.
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Pine

Modernist Italian Rosewood Buffet
Located in Austin, TX
Modernist buffet from Italy. This piece has the iconic flared legs a chevron pattern to the rosewood façade. The two doors open outward to interior shelving, while the center section...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Brass

French Mid-Century Rosewood and Ebonized Buffet
Located in Austin, TX
Buffet or enfilade from France with an inlaid rosewood façade and ebonized rosewood body. The piece is supported by four tapered legs, the front two feet are capped in brass. The fou...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Rosewood

Vintage Restored Solid Maple Heywood Wakefield Wheat Credenza Buffet
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Versatility abounds with this Heywood Wakefield credenza. Buffet, media cabinet, or entryway console are just a few ideas. As a dry bar, the adjustable / removable shelves will allow you to keep that whiskey collection cozy. The top drawer sports the original felt and dividers that can also be removed to suit your needs. Collectors know that it is difficult to find original Heywood in good condition. The fair color wood typically shows all the flaws of half century of use. You’ll be delighted to know that this credenza has been mostly restored. The Heywood finishes are among the most challenging to replicate. We are pleased to say that we have achieved a a near perfect muted grain and color match to the the original Heywood Wakefield wheat...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Maple

Mobile buffet Anni 70-80 in radica di noce
Located in Milano, IT
Mobile credenza ad ante battenti laterali e vano top, cassetti a vista centrali. Legno impiallacciato noce. Buone condizioni.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Walnut

Small sideboard in blackened oak and brass circa 1970
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Small sideboard in blackened oak and brass circa 1970 currently equipped with a sliding and rotating tray to place a television, a computer, etc. two glass shelves inside
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1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

Materials

Metal, Brass

Stellar Bamboo Buffet or Credenza in the Style of Milo Baughman
Located in Atlanta, GA
This magnificent chest is shipped as professionally photographed and described in the listing narrative: Completely installation ready. A fabulous meticulously restored four-door ca...
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1970s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

Materials

Bamboo, Hardwood

English 1960s teak sideboard
Located in Milano, IT
Sideboard with hinged doors, flap door and exposed drawers made of teak veneered wood; a piece of furniture to personalize a Living room with originality, the English production brin...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Teak

MCM Sideboard Bar Buffet Flip Top Rolling by THOMASVILLE
Located in Lake Worth, FL
For FULL item description click on CONTINUE READING at the bottom of this page. Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A Vintage 1970s MCM Campa...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Brass

Paul McCobb for Calvin Linear Group Display Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
Paul McCobb For Calvin Linear Group Buffet Display Cabinet. The Linear Group was designed by Paul McCobb and manufactured by Calvin Furniture. This piece is comprised of two pieces...
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1850s American Antique Mid-Century Modern Buffets

Materials

Aluminum

Guillerme & Chambron Cabinets in Stained Oak
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Guillerme & Chambron for Votre Maison, cupboards, stained oak, glass, France, 1960s This sculptural cabinet is made by the designer duo Guillerme & Chambron. The piece is executed i...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Glass, Oak

Modern Burl Buffet Sideboard
Located in Westwood, NJ
Modern burl buffet sideboard with four doors framed by a beveled edge, with interior drawers and shelves and finished in a lightly distressed rustic warm h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Buffets

Materials

Wood

Young Manufacturing Mid Century Walnut Curved Buffet and Hutch
Located in Countryside, IL
Young Manufacturing Mid Century Walnut Curved Buffet and Hutch The buffet measures: 64 wide x 19 deep x 24.75 inches high The hutch measures: 60 wide x 12.5 deep x 49.75 inches high...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Glass, Walnut

Italian bar buffet from the 60s attributed to Gio Ponti Vittorio Dassi
Located in Lyon, FR
Rare Italian bar furniture from the 60s attributed to Vittorio Dassi. Structure of the buffet in solid and veneered wood with superb art marquetry work across the entire front repres...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Marble, Brass

Lane 2 Piece Credenza
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
Rare two piece Lane Credenza with painted top cabinet. This is a cabinet that you never see come to market. The top cabinet has a Fornasetti feel to it. In nice vintage condition. Th...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Wood

70s Furniture Buffet
Located in Milano, IT
Cabinet with hinged doors and under-top drawer. Walnut veneer wood, brass handles.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

Materials

Brass

Mid-century Modern buffets for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern buffets for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage buffets created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include case pieces and storage cabinets, tables, asian art and furniture and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern buffets made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original buffets, popular names associated with this style include Drexel, Guillerme et Chambron, Kipp Stewart, and Edward Wormley. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for buffets differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $100 and tops out at $82,000 while the average work can sell for $5,195.

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