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Sideboards For Sale
Period: 1930s
Period: 1940s
Mid-Century Modern Four-Door Sideboard Attributed to Paolo Buffa - Italy, 1940
Located in Girona, ES
Four-door sideboard in blackened oak veneer resting on two joined struts, woodwork in central doors, walnut-stained interior, nickel-plated brass keys. “Open pore” shellac finish. ...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Art Deco Rosewood Sideboard, 1930s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Art Deco sideboard, solid wood veneered structure. Of great quality A rich base composed of a black frame that contains a rosewood band with 2 parallel maple profiles, running around...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Glass, Rosewood, Burl

Mid-Century Spanish Oak Credenza
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Mid-century Spanish oak credenza. Beautiful Spanish colonial style solid oak sideboard. With four panelled doors and large wrought iron hinges and...
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1940s Spanish Vintage Sideboards

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Wrought Iron

Curved hand polished Art Deco Sideboard in Birch Burl Wood with Brass Fittings
Located in Ulm, DE
Curved sideboard Birch burl wood, shellac hand polished Brass Fittings Original Art Deco, France 1930s Measures: Width 204 cm Height 83 cm Depth 50 cm.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Wood, Birch, Burl

Two Door Madagascar Wood with Gold Gilt Credenza, France, 1940s
Located in New York, NY
1940's French two door credenza with eight decorative gold gilt recessed square panels. Madagascar wood. Two interior shelves. Thin accented brass s...
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1940s French Vintage Sideboards

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Wood

Pier Luigi Colli Large Sideboard in Wood with Drawers Italian Manufacturer 1930s
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Large sideboard is entirely realized in oak wood, with four drawers on each side (for a total of eight drawers) and a central storage unit. Designed by Pier Luigi Colli Italian Manufacture from 1938 ca. To reconstruct the story of Pier Luigi Colli, we must take a leap back to the 19th century in Turin, a multifaceted city, in some ways controversial due to its austere and sometimes introverted character, but at the core of a creative drive: and if it is primarily known for its automobile industry, there was a time when Turin was at the height of fame also in the field of furniture and embroidery, thanks to the presence of two entrepreneurial realities. On the one hand there was the MIRAM (Italian Hand-Made Embroidery Manufacture) founded by Pietro Colli in 1850, specializing in gobelin fabrics and bandera embroideries. His daughter Teresa traveled between Italy and Paris to discover the latest trends in fabrics and embroidery, while her younger brother, Pier Luigi Colli (1895-1968), the star of this story, joined the company in 1921. Distinguishing himself for his enterprising personality and willing to continue his father's profession, Pier Luigi was known to his contemporaries as "the artist interior designer", and had no doubts about his future: he moved temporarily to Paris, where he attended L'Ecole des Beaux Arts Décoratives. The other great Turin manufacturer to be mentioned is Martinotti, founded in 1931 by Giuseppe Martinotti and supplier of fine furnishings for the Savoy court, pieces which were characterized by a typically 19th century eclectic style, generally made of exotic woods featuring ivory and tortoiseshell inlays: at that time, Martinotti represented the top of internationality, having even participated in the 1875 Philadelphia exhibition! The two brands' fate merged in 1902, a decisive year for Turin which, hosting the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative Art, became the cradle of the spread of the Liberty style in Italy. In the exhibition, Martinotti exhibited an elegant interior, in which all the textile parts, from the curtains to the seat upholstery, was made by Colli. It was in 1926 that Colli (MIRAM) finally acquired Martinotti, founding a laboratory where, from the savoir faire of the two companies, complete pieces of furniture were created and tailor-made for the customer, from the structure to its upholstery. Meanwhile, Pier Luigi Colli was living in Paris, the ideal place to be in 1925, when the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts brought him closer to the work of one of his putative fathers, the great French cabinet maker Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann (Paris, 1879 - 1933). Thanks to Paris, Pier Luigi intertwined contacts with the international beau monde, he started to import Lalique glass from France, while the Colli's clientele expanded and special commissions arrived, such as the creation of the Royal Train of the Savoy family made with Fiat, or the lecture hall in the University of Turin. The success of a brand is also measured by its openness to establishing collaborations with the great designers of its time, in the case of Colli resulting in important creative partnerships: from Gio Ponti, who relied on the brand for his Richard Ginori project in Rome, up to Carlo Mollino, who created with Colli the handrails of the RAI (national TV) auditorium and the windows of the Teatro Regio in Turin; also in Turin, the Morbelli architects collaborated with Colli for the furnishings of the RAI skyscraper, and the architects Gabetti Isola for the interiors of the Stock Exchange in Turin. In the 40s and 50s, having opened a branch in Rome, Colli was at the peak of productivity. The embroidery and textile section continued to be one of its strengths, keeping alive the relations with France and its great masters: among the inspirations were the geometric shapes of the fabrics of Ruhlmann's interiors, or the tactile carpets made by designer Mariod Dorn. And so, another Colli trademark become the "textured carpet...
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1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

Materials

Wood, Oak

Kaare Klint Cuban Mahogany Cabinet Made Early 1930s
Located in London, GB
Cabinet of Cuban mahogany. Front with two doors and two pull-out leaves with handles of black ebony, interior with trays. Two smaller and one large drawer with brass handles, brass f...
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1930s European Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Mahogany

Belgian Modernist Cabinet by John Van Zeeland, 1933
Located in Antwerp, BE
Modernist Style; Modernism; Art Deco; John Van Zeeland; Belgian Design; Belgian Architecture; Listed Building; Heritage; Prové; Belgium; Avant Garde; ...
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1930s Belgian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Wood

Midcentury Spanish Oak Credenza
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Midcentury Spanish oak credenza. Stunning colonial, brutalist style solid oak sideboard. With three door with double arched panels. Lar...
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1940s Spanish Vintage Sideboards

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Wrought Iron

Horizontal and vertical curved French 1930s Art Deco Sideboard in Black Lacquer
Located in Ulm, DE
Sideboard with curved sides in typical shape. The front is also curved both horizontally and vertically Furniture in Black Lacquer, high g...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Wood

John Widdicomb Georgian Banded Mahogany Serpentine Sideboard, Newly Refinished
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Georgian or Hepplewhite style sideboard, credenza, or console By Ralph Widdicomb for John Widdicomb Co. USA, Circa 1940s Flame mahogany, with satinwood banding and ...
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1940s American Georgian Vintage Sideboards

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Brass

Small Mid Century Two-Door Lowboard on Black Base
Located in Ulm, DE
Two-door mid century lowboard on black base high gloss lacquered, probably ash stained 1960s Dimensions: Width: 91 cm height: 59 cm depth: 45 cm.
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1930s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Ash, Wood

Modernist Three Door Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
Modernist three door cabinet on sculptural raised base.
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1940s French Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Amboyna

René Gabriel Sideboard, First Edition, Wooden Handles, France, 1948
Located in Brooklyn, NY
René Gabriel sideboard, rare model 202-150, First edition w wooden handle, France, 1948 Natural oak finish, interiors shelves. Oak, original keys, wonderful original patina, bead d...
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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Oak

Bleached Large French Oak Art Deco Sideboard in style of Charles Dudouyt, France
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
A large sideboard/credenza presumably by Charles Dudouyt. France, c1930s. Consists of four doors providing shelves storage compartments and two central drawers. Brass detailing ...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Brass

Art Deco Sideboard by Károly Lingel, Hungary, 1930s
Located in Budapest, HU
Art Deco Sideboard manufactured by the prestigious furniture factory of Lingel Karoly and Sons in the year 1930. Walnut veneer with beautiful geometrical inlay on doorfront. Inside the door manufacture stamp mark as part of the authenticity. Functional glass...
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1930s Hungarian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Copper

Italian Mid-Century Sideboard Cabinet Bar with Mirror by Luigi Brusotti, 1940s
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Spectacular and rare cabinet bar or sideboard equipped with a decorated mirror, designed in Italy by Luigi Brusotti in the 1940s. High-quality execution is guaranteed. The front is e...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Mirror, Murano Glass, Maple

Original Art Deco Sideboard/Console Table in Burr and Figured Walnut
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
An Art Deco Console table by Harry & Lou Epstein. Burr walnut veneered with figured walnut banding. Original walnut handles and fluted curved legs. Dimensions: H 86.5cm, W 122cm,...
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1930s English Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Walnut

Art Deco Walnut Goatskin and Brass Italian Sideboard, 1940
Located in Rome, IT
Beautiful bar cabinet in characteristic Italian style of Paolo Buffa, Vittorio Dassi and Osvaldo Borsani. This bar has a very luxurious appearance, due the use of not common material...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Brass

Signed Maison Jansen Verdi Green Marble Creme Painted Gilded Console Sideboard
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delivery needs! They offer a reasonable flat-rate fee for delivery and set up to the ground floor of your home. They deliver to the vast majority of the lower 48 states. They offer a flat rate for most of our items with exclusions for the largest or most complex items such as breakfronts or crystal chandeliers or other items of greater complexity. For those items please ask for a shipping quote prior to purchase as these rates are different from our stated pricing. For those items please ask for a shipping quote prior to purchase. Most deliveries to the East Coast will be 295.00, to the mid-west and Southern mid-west 395.00. To the areas west of Kansas 495.00 and the farthest points to the West coast will be 595.00. Again, some areas we can't cover, however we can deliver to most of the lower 48 states so please inquire to be sure! Delivery times range from as fast as 1-4 weeks for the east coast to 5-9 weeks to the farthest areas of the west coast, sometimes longer and sometimes even shorter. If it is a time sensitive purchase, we may be able to accommodate you for a higher price. It is our goal to please each and every one of our customers with the highest standard of service possible. You must realize and accept that we are shipping antique, vintage and quality used furnishings to your home. We cannot control traffic, weather, and acts of God. There will be times when additional patience will be necessary This is a signed (under the marble) Maison Jansen of Paris sideboard...
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1930s French Louis XVI Vintage Sideboards

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Marble

French Art Deco Sideboard / Buffet in Cherrywood by Maurice Rinck
Located in London, England
French Art Deco Sideboard / Buffet in Cherrywood by Maurice Rinck Maurice RINCK (1902-1983). Cherry veneer sideboard opening with two doors. The uprigh...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Brass

Walnut and Mahogany Sideboard, Model 4579, by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
Located in Dorchester, MA
Designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar in 1945, this exquisite sideboard, model 4579, appeared in the 1997 exhibition "The Other Face of Modernism." With its bold brass hinges and pul...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Brass

Rosewood and Parchment Bar Set with Parchment Mirror, Set of 2
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Bar - h.91 x116x41 cm. Mirror - h.122x78x5 cm. Packaging with bubble wrap and cardboard boxes is included. If the wooden packaging is needed (crates or boxes) for US and Internati...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Glass, Mirror, Rosewood

Mid Century Italian Parchment Sideboard Au Millieu
Located in Westport, CT
Finely crafted mid century Italian credenza finished on both sides are mirror images of each other. Originally intended as a center ...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Rosewood, Parchment Paper

Art Deco Sideboard Set in Rosewood and Parchment with Mirror, Set of 2
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Sideboard - 300x51xh95 cm., mirror - 240xh88cm. Packaging with bubble wrap and cardboard boxes is included. If the wooden packaging is needed (crates or boxes) for US and Internati...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Glass, Mirror, Rosewood, Parchment Paper

Art Deco Mahogany Sideboard or Showcase, 1930s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Art Deco showcase in mahogany, central doors in tuja briar inside the bar equipment is in steel there is working lighting but the back in erable needs to...
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1930s European Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Mahogany, Burl

Henri van de Velde, Cabinet, High Board, Art Nouveau, 1930s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Henry Van De Velde; Art Nouveau; Belgian Design; 1930s; Cabinet; High Board; Wood; Arts and Crafts Movement; Jugendstil, Victor Horta, Paul Hankar; Archite...
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1930s Belgian Art Nouveau Vintage Sideboards

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Glass, Wood

Grand French Art Deco Sideboard in Macassar Veneer
Located in Houston, TX
Striking French Art Deco breakfront in Fine Macassar veneer featuring multi-level top, two keyed large centre doors with well-fitted interiors. The key...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Macassar

Italian Bar or Sideboard from the 1940s to Luigi Brusotti Vintage
Located in Lyon, FR
Italian bar or sideboard from the 1940s attributed to Luigi Brusotti. Solid rosewood structure and maple front and joints entirely covered with black Murano glass tiles. Two side doo...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Murano Glass, Wood

Original Art Deco Vanity Set/Ensemble, 1930-1940, European Bird's-Eye Maple
Located in Vienna, AT
Lovely ensemble consists of one desk (48.42 width, 29.52 height, 18.50 depth), two barrel-cascets (18.5" diameter, 31.5 height) and two stools (20.86 width, 14.17 depth, 16.53 height...
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1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Wood

Italian Art Deco Walnut and Briar Cabinet, 1940s
Located in Meda, MB
Fine Italian Art Deco cabinet from the 1940s with briar fronts and walnut sides. The handles are in brass while the profiles are black lacquered. Top in rare green marble. Similar...
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1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Marble, Brass

Rene Gabriel Sideboard
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Gorgeous sideboard by Rene Gabriel with great angled lines and wood patina Cabinet has 2 swinging doors with 5 center drawers and brass handles...
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1940s French Vintage Sideboards

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Oak

Small Futurist Style Serving Sideboard with Carved Panels, 1940s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Servant of great quality solid walnut, has 2 side doors with carved panels with characters of Futurist taste with gouged bottom, the center open compartment divided into 2 compartmen...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Brass

Axel Larsson Kidney Shaped Chest of Drawers Made by Bodafors, Sweden
Located in Goteborg, SE
Rare kidney shaped chest of drawers in Elm by the Swedish designer Axel Larsson for Svenska Möbelfabrikerna in Bodafors. Axel Larsson designed the ...
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1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Elm

Mid-Century Modern Sideboard in Solid Bubinga and Carved Maple - France, 1940s
Located in Girona, ES
Sideboard with three doors, solid bubinga with bubinga veneer. Doors decoration in carved maple with doves, church tower and vegetal patterns. Three drawers in the central compartmen...
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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Nickel, Bronze

Rosewood Sideboard by Osvaldo Borsani for Abv, 1948
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Sideboard with rosewood bar riser by Osvaldo Borsani for Furniture Borsani Varedo . The cabinet in the centre has a flip-down breadcrumb door to the mlati of the drawers, in the uppe...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Rosewood

Walnut Sideboard by Charles Dudouyt in Dark Brown with a Polished Finish, 1940s
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Beautiful large sideboard by Charles Dudouyt in Dark brown Walnut with a polished finish. Made in the 1940s. Four doors and two drawers with the typical geometrical shapes by Dudouyt...
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1940s French Brutalist Vintage Sideboards

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Walnut

René Prou Art Deco Sideboard in Sycamore Veneer, circa 1930-1940
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
René Prou, rare sycamore Art Deco sideboard circa 1930-1940. patina to redo .
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Sycamore

Art Deco Server Étagère by Gilbert Rohde for Herman Miller
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and hard to find server/étagère cabinet by Gilbert Rohde for Herman Miller. C1930 early days of Gilbert and Herman Miller collaboration. Two drawers stacked alongside two doors with two large open shelves...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Aluminum

Art Deco Sideboard with Marble
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Incredible Art Deco Italian sideboard with marble top and simple clean lines Brass inlaid and hardware / original dark wood stain 2 Door cabin...
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1940s Italian Vintage Sideboards

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Mahogany

Vintage Hall Sideboard, 1930s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Hall furniture, elm and briarwood, finely carved with the theme of animals and forest . Exquisite combination of interior and exterior elm wood and elm briar. The style and themes of...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Elm, Burl

Attributed Osvaldo Borsani Sideboard Cabinet Wood Pink Glass Fontana Arte, 1930
Located in Milan, IT
Astonishing original Osvaldo Borsani cabinet in wood with the tabletop in pink mirror signed by Fontana Arte in perfect condition, 1930s.
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Mirror, Wood

Art Deco Console Table by Serge Chermayeff for Waring & Gillows circa 1935
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
An Art Deco Console table by Serge Ivan Chermayeff (1900-1996) for Waring & Gillows. Satin birch veneered with ebonised banding. Original ebonise...
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1930s English Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Walnut

Art Deco Walnut and GoatSkin Italian Sideboard, 1940
Located in Rome, IT
From Italian style this sideboard made of walnut wood is embellished with goatskin inserts. A subtle all over patina emphasizes the grain of the walnut. It consists of two side door...
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1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Goatskin, Walnut

Walnut & Burl Walnut Sideboards with Wavy Lines & Mirror, 1940s, Set of 2
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Sideboard with mirror in walnut and briar walnut, 1940s. With mosee lines and steel profiled feet.
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1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Walnut, Burl

Art Deco Walnut Wood and Brass Italian Dry Bar Sideboard, 1940
Located in Rome, IT
All refinement and style, this sideboard knows no limits. Inspired by the upper-middle class gentleman, this charismatic dry bar has an indisputable timeless design, truly classic of...
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1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Brass

Stunning Art Deco Console Table, Lacquered Panel w/ Doves, France, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully designed and constructed, this Art Deco console table features a bold and sophisticated lacquered relief panel at its center, featuring stylized doves and foliate motifs flanking a landscape scene with a dove cote...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Wood

Vintage circa 1940's Flamed Hardwood & Satinwood Sideboard Display Cabinet Table
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning vintage circa 1940’s hand made in England, Flamed Mahogany with Satinwood lining display cupboard sideboard A very good looking a...
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1940s English Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Hardwood, Glass, Satinwood

Art Deco Maple & Elm Sideboard, 1940s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Art Deco Maple And Elm sideboard, 1940s.
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1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Elm, Maple

Blond Ash Jules Leleu Credenza, France, 1940s
Located in New York, NY
1940's French credenza designed by Jules Leleu. Two front doors with signature bronze escutcheon depicting Adam and Eve at key closure. Two sets of three drawers, on either end of credenza. Blonde ash...
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1940s French Vintage Sideboards

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Wood, Ash

Kaare Klint Cuban Mahogany Sideboard Made Early 1930s with Wheel Runners
Located in London, GB
Cuban mahogany sideboard. Front with two sliding doors and two pull-out leaves with handles of black ebony. Interior with trays, sides with la...
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1930s European Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards

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Mahogany

Vintage German Oak Shop Counter / Sideboard, 1930s
Located in Nijmegen, NL
This oak shop counter was made around the 1930s in Germany. It was very well made and it remains in a good antique condition. The interior dimension of the drawers are: D W H 31 x 53...
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1930s German Industrial Vintage Sideboards

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Oak

Restored Stacked Midcentury Rattan Cabinet with Mahogany Top
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Stacked rattan cabinet with a mahogany top and two pull-out drawers and two-door cabinet underneath, circa 1940. Restored to new for you. ...
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1940s American Vintage Sideboards

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Rattan

Three Pc. Set of Art Deco Paldao Line Rohde for Herman Miller
Located in New York, NY
Incredible suite of Gilbert Rohde design Paldao line, circa 1940's made by Herman Miller. This set has been professionally refinished, and is in virtually immaculate condition. Rare ...
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Wood, Burl

Thuya Burl Sideboard with Ebonized Body, 1930s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Sideboard, bar with ebonized body, the central part and tuja burl laid open-book divided into rectangles by ebony fillet of generous thickness. Packaging ...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

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Burl, Lacquer

Charles Dudouyt Sideboard
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Large scale 1930s French oak cabinet designed by Charles Dudouyt. Diagonal shaped pattern on front 3 door panels - with open shelving, center drawers and a drop down storage cabine...
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1940s French Vintage Sideboards

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Oak

Early 20th Century Italian Walnut Louis XIV Style Sideboard with Plate Rack
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Beautiful early 20th century Italian Louis XIV style solid walnut wood majestic sideboard with plate rack. In the lower part equipped with three com...
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1930s Italian Louis XIV Vintage Sideboards

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Walnut

1940's Ribbed Oak Cabinet
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Fantastic 1940's French Oak cabinet with 3 ribbed front door panels Wonderful warm patina and clean simple lines. Original keys open cabinet doors.
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1940s French Vintage Sideboards

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Oak

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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