Art Deco Streamlined Black Lacquer and Burled Walnut Sideboard by Donald Deskey

This stunning Art Deco Machine Age sideboard was designed by Donald Deskey (the visionary behind Radio City Music Hall) and realized for the Widd...

This French Art Deco sideboard was realized in France circa 1940. It features a volumetric rectangular body in bookmatched walnut and lacquer with truly world class marquetry through...

This stunning Art Deco Machine Age skyscraper style sideboard was realized in the United States circa 1935. It features a beveled bookmatched walnut base with an aluminum wrapped per...

This stunning Mid-Century Modern sideboard was designed by the illustrious Harold Schwartz and realized by the Romweber Furniture Company in the United States, circa 1950. It feature...

This stunning Mid-Century Modern black lacquer sideboard was realized by the legendary designer James Mont in the United States circa 1950. The hind legs of the piece are straight, volumetric rectangular forms, while the front legs have two L-shaped embellishments shooting out from the central stem- offering additional support and obliquely recalling elements of historical antique Chinese design motifs. The center of the piece is recessed, while the two sides are fitted with doors that open to reveal recessed shelves on the left and drawers on the right. The front of the doors offer traditional Kantharos Greek urns with stylized handles culminating in Greek Key forms (a whimsical, tongue in cheek play on a classical motif). Additionally, there is a geometric border at the apex of the piece, suggesting a deconstructed Greek key motif. The piece is fitted with a smoked mirror top that offers a striking contrast to the black lacquer throughout the piece. Mont was renowned for assimilating elements of classical, orientalist, and Art Deco design into a modern sensibility, using the most luxuriant materials available, a style he termed "Chinese Modern." Mont's pieces filled the interiors of the "who's who" in midcentury America, from East Coast Mafia tycoons to Hollywood's elite. This iconic and dramatic piece exemplifies the qualities that collectors treasure in Mont's practice. The high keyed contrast of the radiant black lacquer finish and gilt recalls the opulent interiors of an Oriental palace...

This sideboard, signed by the illustrious 20th century designer James Mont, has an impact rarely seen. Bold and forward facing, this sideboard is beautifully restored in gleaming Bla...

This Art Deco sideboard was produced in France in the 1930s. It is completely black lacquered, the only exceptions are the central part of the top, the drawer and the central door,...

This Art Deco sideboard was produced in Italy in the 1940s. The top, the base, the laterals, the wooden handles and the frontal profiles are black lacquered. The doors and the dra...

Donald Deskey (American, 1894-1989) Art Deco console sideboard with large drawers in the streamline moderne taste, lacquered burlwood. This piece was designed by Deskey and manufactu...

Donald Deskey (American, 1894-1989) Art Deco console sideboard with large drawers in the streamline moderne taste, lacquered burlwood. This piece was designed by Deskey and manufactu...

An exceptional monumental French Art Deco sideboard, credenza, or bar cabinet In the manner of Jules Leleu France, Circa 1930s Stunning book-matched burled walnut with inlai...

Gorgeous and unique sideboard in lacquered and finely painted mahogany, the top is made of black speckled white granite. The style is linked to the production of Vittorio Ducrot and Ernesto Basile.