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Sideboards For Sale
Period: Early 20th Century
Period: 1960s
Sideboard 142 by Bernhard Pedersen & Søn
Located in Neuss, NW
Sideboard 142 from the 1960s by Bernhard Pedersen & Søn. High-quality corpus in teak veneer with two tambour doors, three internal drawer...
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1960s Danish Vintage Sideboards

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Teak

Bramin classic sideboard
Located in Neuss, NW
Classic sideboard from the 1960s. High quality corpus in teak veneer with two sliding doors, four drawers, two shelves and cigar shaped feet. Quality Features: accomplished desi...
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1960s Danish Vintage Sideboards

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Teak

Guillerme & Chambron 'Simon' Sideboard in Oak with Ceramics
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Guillerme et Chambron for Votre Maison, sideboard model Simon, oak and ceramic, France, 1960s. Credenza in oak by French designers Guillerme & Chambron. This sideboard is equipped w...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Ceramic, Oak

Scandinavian sideboard with glass doors
Located in Brescia, IT
Vintage white lacquered wooden cabinet with interior light. An original sideboard in classic shabby style consisting of two parts. The lower body consists of two drawers and a compartment with hinged doors while the upper part is a compartment with wooden and glass doors...
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1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Glass, Wood

Postmodern Sideboard by Hans Eichenberger for Röthlisberger Kollektion, 1960's
Located in Renens, CH
Very rare mid-century Swiss design classic. Black lacquered wood sideboard with Carrara marble top. Design by Hans Eichenberger for Röthlisberger Kollektion, 1960s Buffet in three ...
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1960s Swiss Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Marble

Danish Teak Sideboard
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stunning vintage teak sideboard makes a stylish storage piece in a variety of settings. Quality Teak veneer, unique carved pulls, interior rosewood drawers and plenty of cabinet...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

Superb Quality Large Antique Edwardian Mahogany Inlaid Sideboard
Located in Suffolk, GB
Superb quality large antique Edwardian mahogany inlaid sideboard having a mahogany and satinwood inlaid gallery back with a shelf, rectangular shape quality mahogany top crossbanded ...
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Sideboards

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Other

1920s Art Deco Bookmatched Rosewood and Marble Sideboard
Located in Waxahachie, TX
This Art Deco sideboard has bookmatched lacquered rosewood, a maple interior and French green marble. Two drawers, one in each door. Original hardware and key. New key for center co...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Granite

Stunning Midcentury Harvey Probber Credenza Sideboard Audio Cabinet
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Incredibly crafted Harvey Probber Stunning Midcentury credenza, sideboard or audio cabinet. Retains the metal tag inside top drawer. Beautiful bleached walnut wood with 4 ebonized interior...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Danish Teak Highboard with Sliding Door Cabinets and Drawers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Modern Danish teak highboard with upper sliding door cabinets, green felt lined drawers and lower storage drawers. In good original c...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Teak

FULLY RESTORED ANTiQUE FLAMED HARDWOOD CLAW & BALL FOOT DEMI LUNE SIDEBOARD
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite fully restored antique circa 1900 Flamed Mahogany, Claw & Ball foot demi lune side...
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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sideboards

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Hardwood

1960s E.W. Bach Palisander Low Sideboard, Denmark
Located in Praha, CZ
- carefully refurbished - minor signs of use - sturdy and stable
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Wood, Palisander

Mid Century Modern Fredrik Kayser Sideboard by Viken Norway, c1960
Located in Chino Hills, CA
Delight in the flawless fusion of form and function with this exquisite Mid-Century Modern Rosewood Credenza designed by the legendary Fredrik Kayser. Crafted with meticulous precisi...
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1960s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Rosewood

Mid century modern sideboard by Jos De Mey for Van den Berghe Pauvers Belgium
Located in Antwerpen, Antwerp
Jos De Mey sideboard manufactured in the 1960s by Van den Berghe Pauvers Gent, Belgium. The sideboard is made in a dark honey colored wood detailed with a brass key and black lacquer...
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1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Wood

Rare L.J. Verweij for Intima Sideboard in Solid Oak and Coromandel
Located in Waalwijk, NL
L.J. Verweij for Intima, sideboard, oak, coromandel, The Netherlands, 1920s This extremely rare cabinet is designed by Dutch designer L.J. Verweij for Intima in the 1920s. Although ...
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Hardwood, Oak

Teak Bow Front Sideboard, 1960s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Crafted with exquisite teak wood and boasting a gracefully curved bow front design, this storage masterpiece effortlessly marries form and function. Elevate your home decor and revel...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Teak

60s 70s teak sideboard highboard Bernhard Pedersen & Son Danish Design
Located in Neuenkirchen, NI
60s 70s teak sideboard highboard Bernhard Pedersen & Son Danish Design Object: sideboard Manufacturer: BPS Condition: good Age: around 1960-1970 Dimensions: Width = 120.5cm Dep...
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1960s Danish Vintage Sideboards

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Teak

Arne Vodder Style Danish Teak Sideboard
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This exquisite vintage teak sideboard features elegant sculpted pulls, tapered legs and shapely leg stretcher for addition support. Spacious interior cabinet offers adjustable shelf ...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Teak

Baker Furniture French Provincial Louis XV White Oak Buffet Server
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Country Louis XV style white oak sideboard buffet or server By Baker Furniture USA, circa 1960s Measures: 39.13" W x 18"...
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1960s American Louis XV Vintage Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Vintage American of Martinsville Chinoiserie Rolling Sideboard
Located in Waxahachie, TX
American of Martinsville mid-century Hollywood Regency Chinoiserie sideboard, credenza or rolling bar cart. Lived the entirety of its life with one couple at one house until it was ...
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1960s American Chinoiserie Vintage Sideboards

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Wood

Studio BBPR for Olivetti 'Spazio' Sideboard in Green Coated Steel
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Studio BBPR for Olivetti, 'Spazio' sideboard, coated steel, plastic, glass, vinyl, Italy, design 1959/60 In 1954, Olivetti, the Italian office equipment manufacturer, hired BBPR to ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Steel

Sideboard Walnut Carved
Located in Toronto, CA
Walnut sideboard three drawers and four doors, carved pillars and back splash.
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Early 20th Century Canadian Victorian Sideboards

Materials

Walnut

Louis XVI Hollywood Regency Style Bronze Mounted Mahogany Sideboard / Credenza
Located in Stamford, CT
Louis XVI Hollywood Regency Style Bronze Mounted Mahogany Sideboard / Credenza A simply stunning palatial sideboard or credenza in the fashion of Maison Jansen. This newly polished bronze mounted sideboard having a bronze box framed case with cookie cutter...
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1960s European Louis XVI Vintage Sideboards

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Carrara Marble, Bronze

Giovanni Michelucci Torbecchia Sideboard in Walnut Wood by Poltronova 1964
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Torbecchia sideboard is entirely realized in solid veneered walnut wood, with two frontal hinging doors (inner shelves), two drawers, and a storage unit under the openable top part. ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Walnut, Wood

Pertti Salmi, Sideboard, Teak, Finland 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A teak console designed by Pertti Salmi and produced by Vilka, Finland, c. 1960s.
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1960s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Teak

Large Sideboard 1961 designed by Alfred Hendricks for Belform
Located in Antwerp, BE
Sideboard by Alfred Hendricks for Belform, Belgium, 1960s. Large floating sideboard by Belgian designer Alfred Hendriks for the manufacture Belform. This sideboard consists of two sl...
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1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Chrome

Guillerme et Chambron Oak Mid-Century French Cabinet Sideboard
Located in London, GB
A bar cabinet and sideboard by Guillerme et Chambron. France, circa 1960s. Oak and leather (straps). Good vintage condition. Location: Belgium Gallery. Dimensions: 103...
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1960s French Vintage Sideboards

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Oak

vintage sideboard | dresser | 60s | Swedish
Located in GRONINGEN, NL
vintage sideboard | dresser | 60s | Swedish period | 60's designs | unknown | Sweden conditions | good | light signs of use size | 90 x 173 x 45 (hxwxd) details | teak; oak; artic...
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1960s Swedish Vintage Sideboards

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Teak

Mid-Century Modern Sideboard, Wood, Germany, 1960s - 2 Available
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Sideboard, Wood, Germany, 1960s - 2 Available
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1960s German Vintage Sideboards

Materials

Wood

Art Deco Wolfgang Hoffmann Romweber World's Fair Century of Progress Sideboard
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and important American Art Deco Century of Progress Sideboard by iconic designer Wolfgang Hoffmann (Austrian, 1900-1969) for Romweber Company, Batesville, Indiana. circa 1933-1936 Created for the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, fine quality craftsmanship and construction, having a rectangular exotic rosewood veneered top over conforming solid wood case fitted with four drawers affixed with horizontal pulls, the top drawer opening to reveal felt lined divided interior for silverware, flanked by cabinet doors opening to shelved interior, subtle geometric lines add interest. Rosewood, mahogany, richly figured blonde - golden birch or primavera. Signed, top drawer interior, featuring 1933 World's Fair mark impressed. **Please note, at the time of writing this, a matching display case - vitrine cabinet (shown in last photo) is currently available separately** Provenance / Acquisition: Property from the important and iconic Collection of Mr. James I. Rafftesaeth Jr., Dallas, Texas Acquired from highly reputable auction house, Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas. 2022 Design Signature Auction catalog #8091 History: Wolfgang Hoffmann was born in Vienna, Austria in 1900. He is the son of famous architect, pedagogue and Wiener Werkstatte cofounder, Joseph Hoffmann (1870-1956). Early on, following his father’s s interests, he was trained in the decorative arts and design. Wolfgang Hoffmann once reminisced, “I spent eight years at the Realschule, then three years went to a special architectural school, where I perfected my technical knowledge of architecture and general construction. From this school, I was graduated to the Kunstgewerbeschule [Studying under Oskar Strnad and Josef Frank in Vienna]. After finishing this school, I had one and a half years of practical in a well known architect’s office. Thereafter I worked in my Father’s office for two years”. Hoffmann met his future wife, Polish immigrant Pola (1902-1984) when they were both studying at the Kunstgewerbeschule. Joseph Urban (1872-1933) was needing an assistant for his architectural business in New York and contacted his friend and colleague, Joseph Hoffmann in Vienna. Hoffmann recommended his son Wolfgang. Urban hired him and sent a first class passage ticket to Vienna for Wolfgang to travel to New York. Wolfgang married Pola and traded his ticket for two tickets to America in steerage, arriving in New York City in December of 1925. Leaving the Urban office after nine months, Wolfgang and Pola formed an independent design practice with offices on Madison Avenue in Manhattan with the purpose of creating contemporary interiors and industrial designs. Early work included theaters, stores, and apartments mostly in New York City. During the late 1920’s and early 1930’s the Hoffmanns designed custom furniture for private clients. Some of these examples were shown in the February 1929 issue of House and Garden. Curiously, the examples’ design was attributed to Urban and the production to Pola Hoffmann, Inc. Established in the fall of 1928, the American Designers’ Gallery was “devoted exclusively to showing objects and interiors for practical use… by fourteen American architects and designers”. Its members included the Hoffmans and Urban as well as ceramist Henry Varnum Poor (1888-1971), architect Raymond Hood (1881-1934), artist designer Winold Reiss (1886-1953), graphic designer Lucien Bernhard (1896-1981), decorator Donald Deskey (1894-1989), and architect Ely Jacques Kahn (1884-1972). The Hoffmanns’ work was included in the American Designers’ Gallery’s two showcase events, its 1928 and 1929 exhibitions. Their dining alcove at the 1929 event featured a bench with a dinette table and two chairs in American walnut designed by Wolfgang and a rug by Pola. Lucien Bernhard, fellow Austrian immigrant who settled in New York a year before the Hoffmanns, operated the gallery and decorating service Contempora with Munich resident Bruno Paul (1874-1968). The Hoffmanns, occasionally participating with Contempora, designed a number of outstanding interiors, including the constructivist living room of 1930 for Mrs. O.R. Sommerich at 40 East 66th street. In 1934, Donald Deskey commissioned Wolfgang to design birchwood furnishings for the eclectic apartment at 625 Park Avenue belonging to Helena Rubinstein. In 1931, Wolfgang exhibited his work at the Pennsylvania Art Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The same year, with Kem Weber (1889-1963) he organized the second and final exhibition of AUDAC- “Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts”- at the Brooklyn Museum. At this event, the Hoffmanns showed the dining room previously included in the American Designer’s Gallery’s 1929 exhibition in the Chase Bank Building lobby at 145 West 57th Street in Manhattan. In 1932 Wolfgang was asked to assist Urban in developing the color scheme for the 1933-34 Chicago World’s Fair “A Century of Progress”. He was also commissioned to design the interior and furniture for the fair’s lumber industries house. There he executed its living and dining rooms furnished by Kroehler Manufacturing Company of Chicago; the boys’ room by Shower Brothers...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Sideboards

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Birch, Mahogany, Rosewood

60s 70s teak sideboard Credenza cabinet Danish Modern Design Denmark 70s
Located in Neuenkirchen, NI
60s 70s teak sideboard Credenza cabinet Danish Modern Design Denmark 70s Object: sideboard Manufacturer: Condition: good Age: around 1960-1970 Dimensions: Width = 153cm Depth =...
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1960s Danish Vintage Sideboards

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Teak

Danish Modern Teak Credenza
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Exceptional Danish modern teak credenza designed and manufactured in Denmark circa 1960s. This credenza has a representative design of the...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Teak

Arts and Crafts Oak Sideboard
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5431 Stylish Arts and Crafts oak sideboard, having shaped and inlaid gallery to the top above two frieze drawers fitted with original handles and...
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Early 20th Century English Sideboards

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Oak

Paul Evans, Brutalist, Mid-Century Modern Deep Relief Credenza, Sideboard, 1967
Located in Stamford, CT
Paul Evans Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Deep Relief Credenza / Sideboard, Signed Handcrafted Paul Evans (American, 1927-1993) 'Deep Relief' Credenza designed and produced in 1967; inscribed on the underside of the left hand door. A rare and important brutalist sculpted sideboard...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Slate, Steel

Sideboard in Teak Wood Of Danish Design from the 1960's
Located in Lejre, DK
Teak sideboard of Danish design with sliding doors with internal shelves and drawers from around the 1960s. Measurements in cm: H:78.5 W:159 D:45
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Teak

Swedish Teak Sideboard by Erik Worts, Circa 1960s
Located in Peabody, MA
Teak credenza by Erik Wørts, made in Sweden, circa 1960s.
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Teak

Louis XV Long Oak Breakfront Sideboard
Located in Evergreen, CO
Crafted from solid European oak and finished with a medium stain that enhances the beauty of the wood's grain, this gorgeous sideboard from the early 20th century features carvings o...
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Early 20th Century Belgian Louis XV Sideboards

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Oak

Rosewood "Model 19" Sideboard by Omann Jun
Located in VANCOUVER, CA
Rosewood "Model 19" sideboard by Omann Jun, circa 1960's. Clean, simple lines and exceptional book-matched veneer. Cabinet rests on beautiful sculpted solid wood base with tapering c...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Hardwood

Unique Mid-Century Modern Danish Sideboard from the 1960's
Located in Copenhagen, DK
A beautiful and rare piece of furniture. Haven’t been able to find the designers name, but definitely in the style of Kai Kristiansen.
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Wood

20th Century Wood Walnut Olive Ebony Fruitwood French Sideboard, 1960
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French sideboard from the second half of the 20th century. Moved and rounded piece of furniture, richly inlaid and adorned with gilded and chiseled bronze and brass, in Napoleon III ...
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1960s French Napoleon III Vintage Sideboards

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Walnut, Ebony, Fruitwood, Olive

Italian sideboard or bar cabinet, 1960s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Rare mid century italian made sideboard with bar compartment. The sideboard has 3 drawers and 1 traditional door and also 2 doors at the top for bottle and glass storage. Good con...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Wood

Vintage Counter or Bar
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A reclaimed shop counter. Made from a mixture of Victorian period and later components. We have a near pair of these in stock. These have a solid oak top and carved and painted...
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Early 20th Century Sideboards

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Oak, Pine

Early 20th century French oak kitchen dresser
Located in Malton, GB
This is an absolutely gorgeous early 20th century solid oak French kitchen dresser. Great design with the moustache details around the open shel...
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Early 20th Century Sideboards

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Oak

Gunni Omann Model 21 Rosewood Sideboard Omann Jun, Denmark, 1960
Located in Etten-Leur, NL
Beautiful and timeless sideboard model 21 designed Gunni Omann for Omann Junior, Denmark 1960. This well-crafted sideboard is executed in veneered rosewood supported by a solid hardw...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Rosewood

French Art Deco Period Dresser
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Amazing piece, so much quality, inlay with mother-of-pearl and walnut wood shows beautiful baskets on the door, wonderful original hardware, just beautiful.
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards

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Marble

Faux tortoise Painted Italian Sideboard C 1900.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large four door Italian faux painted sideboard C 1900. The case been painted to resemble Tortoise shell and tiger maple and is in wonderful condition. There are some open seams on th...
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Early 1900s Italian Modern Antique Sideboards

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Wood

U-452 sideboard by Jiří Jiroutek for Interier Praha, 60's
Located in Poznań, PL
The U-453 sideboard designed by the czech designer Jiří Jiroutek as a part of the U series. Works began after the enormous success of the czech pavilion at the Brussels ’58 EXPO and ...
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1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Beech, Oak

Mid-Century Macassar Sideboard, France, 1960s
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
French Art Deco sideboard, credenza, with bar cabinet. The sideboard features stunning Macassar wood grain and rich pattern. It offers ample storage, with shelves. The case rests on...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Teak

Scandinavian Modern Yngvar Sandström Sideboard Model Tokyo
Located in Skå, SE
Experience the epitome of Scandinavian Modern design with the Yngvar Sandström Sideboard Model Tokyo, a remarkable piece from the prestigious Triva series by Nordiska Kompaniet. Craf...
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Teak

Hans Wegner for Carl Hansen CH304 Saber leg sideboard Danish mid century modern
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
A tall sideboard, model CH304, designed by Hans Wegner for Carl Hansen. Teak cabinet with three distinct sections. The left side having veneer matched drawers, sliding doors cancelin...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Brass

Neoclassic Sideboard
Located in New York, NY
Beautifully veneered and inlaid this birch sideboard is a masterpiece in a dark walnut stain and a lacquer finish. Two cabinets on the left and right each have a shelf with deep and...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Neoclassical Sideboards

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Birch

Italian Sideboard with Carved Door Panels in Oak
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Sideboard, oak, brass, Italy, 1960s. This partially carved sideboard features a clear rhythm and flow that has been achieved through a thoughtful layout that is perfectly balanced....
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1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Brass

MidCentury Modernist Sideboard, France, 1960s
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
French mid-century sideboard, designed in the 1960s it features minimal lines. An elegant piece. Good condition with minor wear.
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Macassar

Mid-Century Danish Rosewood Sideboard by E.W. Bach for Sejling Skabe, 1960s.
Located in Asaa, DK
Mid-Century Danish Rosewood Sideboard by EW Bach for Sejling Skabe, 1960s. Very beautiful and impressive Danish Modern credenza with stunning Rosewood grain pattern. Exquisite craft...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Rosewood

Danish Art Deco Sideboard Credenza in Solid Oak, Early 20th Century
Located in Odense, DK
Danish Art Deco sideboard in solid oak, made in the early 20th century. With its chunky legs and a sculptural front, this sideboard can easil...
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Early 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Iron

Rosewood Sideboard, Danish design, 1960s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Oblong sideboard chest of drawers made of rosewood. Original chest of drawers made in Denmark in the 1960s. Chest of drawers after professional wood renovation. Perfect for Scandi...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Rosewood

Sideboard, Anonymous, for Heltborg Möbler, Denmark, 1960s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Sideboard, anonymous, for Heltborg Möbler, Denmark, 1960s. Rosewood. H: 87 cm L: 203 cm W: 50 cm
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Rosewood

Mid-Century Teak Sideboard by Marten Francken for Fristho
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Fabulous mid-century teak sideboard by Marten Francken for Fristho in Netherland, circa 1960s. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, this sidebo...
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1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Brass

Antique, New and Vintage Sideboards

Once simply boards made of wood that were used to support ceremonial dining, sideboards have taken on much greater importance 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.

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. 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 are more to your liking than an 18th-century mahogany sideboard with decorative inlays by Hepplewhite, 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, new and vintage sideboards to choose from.

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