1950s Compact Sideboard, Original Media Unit, Nabytek Czech

1950’S Engineers Drawer Unit – Twenty Four Drawers (1227.7) 1950's Engineers Drawer Units - Twenty Four Drawers (1226.7). We recently cleared an engineering workshop in Northamptons...

1950’s Engineers Drawer Units – Twenty Four Drawers (1226.5) 1950’s Engineers Drawer Units – Twenty Four Drawers (1226.5). We recently cleared an engineering workshop in Northamptons...

1950’s Engineers Drawer Units – Twenty Four Drawers (1226.3) 1950’s Engineers Drawer Units – Twenty Four Drawers (1226.3). We recently cleared an engineering workshop in Northamptons...

1960’s Four Door Birch Cabinet – Nabytek Czech 1960’s Four Door Birch Cabinet – Nabytek Czech. Beautiful simple and classic mid century cabinet sourced in the Czech Republic. Produc...

This media unit/credenza is made of solid oak using traditional woodworking joinery. The added trim on the Temple Media Unit enhances the texture and dimens...

vintage wall cupboard wall unit 1950s Sweden period 1950s design unknown Sweden condition good light signs of use size 116 x 151 x 49 (hxwxd) details wood; article numbe...

This sculptural sideboard holds a quiet monumentality—its façade a study in balance, depth, and geometric relief. Two symmetrical doors are adorned with deeply carved concentric meda...

This sculptural sideboard holds a quiet monumentality—its façade a study in balance, depth, and geometric relief. Two symmetrical doors are adorned with deeply carved concentric medallions, each centered within a bevel-edged square that projects from the surface like a wooden echo. Between them, five central drawers offer rhythmic contrast with their horizontal fluting, lending a linear tension to the rounded volumes flanking them. In the style of Charles Dudouyt, this piece reflects the postwar fascination with medieval forms reinterpreted through modernist clarity. The carved motif—a recessed bull’s-eye framed in architectural moldings—recalls the rustic abstraction seen in French design of the 1940s and ’50s, where massing, form, and shadow did the work of ornament. Carved from solid oak, the cabinet is grounded by splayed bracket legs that introduce a subtle kinetic lift. Their flared stance balances the robust body above, suggesting movement held in suspension. The drawer pulls are brass discs, minimal in gesture yet warm in tone, allowing the sculptural surfaces to speak. Inside, the cabinet offers generous storage behind paneled doors, while the drawers glide with dovetail construction and timeworn ease. A visible fissure on one of the door medallions...