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Place of Origin: American
Mid-century Walnut Sideboard Enfilade 1960
Located in Benington, Herts
An Unusual and Rare Mid 20th Century Walnut Sideboard / Enfilade with pyramid doors and drawers.
Probably USA - Circa 1960
Of rectangular form with fo...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Sideboards
Materials
Walnut
Oslo Sideboard in Ash by Studio Moe
Located in Portland, OR
Refresh your dining room or bedroom with the simply streamlined Oslo sideboard. Open holes replace traditional hardware in this unique design. Free of h...
Category
2010s Modern American Sideboards
Materials
Ash
Art Deco Light Up Bar Cabinet-Sideboard In The Style of Parzinger C.1940's
Located in Bernville, PA
Incredible Art Deco Light Up Bar Cabinet or Sideboard in ebony. Very simple and minimalist cabinet. The best element of this cabinet has to be the flip up...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage American Sideboards
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Wood
Michael Taylor for Baker Midcentury Hollywood Regency Cherry Sideboard Credenza
By Michael Taylor, Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Mid-Century Modern Hollywood Regency chinoiserie sideboard, credenza, or bar cabinet
By Michael Taylor for Baker Furniture, "New World" Collection
USA, 1950s
...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Sideboards
Materials
Nickel
Alden Sideboard
Located in Northfield, MN
A new fan favorite, the rich, solid wood grain is our signature element behind this warm and elegant sideboard. The wood really speaks for itself in the Alden Sideboard, with the gra...
Category
2010s Mid-Century Modern American Sideboards
Materials
Wood, Oak, Walnut
French Provincial Hand Painted Commode or Chest of Drawers with Floral Design
Located in Plainview, NY
This French Provincial chest of drawers, or commode, is an exquisite representation of 18th-century elegance, imbued with a romantic charm that defines the French country aesthetic. ...
Category
20th Century French Provincial American Sideboards
Materials
Wood
Vintage Williams Kimp Sideboard
Located in Annville, PA
From Niagara Furniture a Vintage Williams Kimp Sideboard in excellent condition, with the top have recently been French polished to give it a straight from the showroom look.
Simple...
Category
1980s Renaissance Vintage American Sideboards
Materials
Mahogany
Romweber French Provincial Louis XV Burl Wood Sideboard or Bar Cabinet, 1920s
By Romweber Furniture Co.
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional French Provincial Louis XV style sideboard, credenza, or bar cabinet
By Romweber
USA, Circa 1920s
Gorgeous book-matched exotic burled acacia wood, with carved cabri...
Category
1920s Louis XV Vintage American Sideboards
Materials
Brass
Stickley Brothers Antique Mission Tiger Oak Arts & Crafts Sideboard or Bar Cabin
By Stickley Brothers
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Mission or Arts & Crafts period sideboard, buffet server, or bar cabinet
By Stickley Brothers
USA, Circa 1900
Gorgeous quarter sawn tiger oak, with mirrored bac...
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts American Sideboards
Materials
Copper
Walnut & Japanese Fir Sideboard by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Dorchester, MA
Edward Wormley designed this handsome sideboard, model 671A, for Dunbar in 1953. The case features Japanese fir panels that contrast with the walnut frame. Two top drawers, one of wh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Sideboards
Materials
Fir, Leather, Maple, Walnut
Small American Empire Sideboard in Mahogany, circa 1820
Located in Miami, FL
A fine petite American Empire sideboard in mahogany and bookmatched figured mahogany. Features rectangular top over two drawers above base cabinet with two doors flanked by turned io...
Category
Early 19th Century American Empire Antique American Sideboards
Materials
Mahogany
Gotham Credenza, Customizable Wood, Metal and Resin
By Wüd Furniture Design
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Gotham credenza features clean lines that blend harmoniously with the beautiful mix of materials. A walnut frame sits on a blackened steel base. Cu...
Category
2010s Modern American Sideboards
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Modern Paul McCobb Leather Sliding Door Credenza for Calvin Group
By Calvin Furniture, Paul McCobb
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
An exceptional Mid-Century Modern brown leather sliding doors sideboard/credenza with 3 top drawers. Behind the sliding doors are 2 adjustable shelves in a dark brown finish. The out...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Sideboards
Materials
Brass
Vladimir Kagan Exotic Wood Illuminated Sideboard Bar Cabinet, c 1970s, Signed
By Vladimir Kagan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This impressive Vladimir Kagan for Vladimir Kagan Designs illuminated sideboard and hutch cabinet, in an exotic wood with incredible wood grain was...
Category
1970s Post-Modern Vintage American Sideboards
Materials
Brass
Oslo Sideboard in Ash by Studio Moe
Located in Portland, OR
Refresh your dining room or bedroom with the simply streamlined Oslo sideboard. Open holes replace traditional hardware in this unique design. Free of h...
Category
2010s Modern American Sideboards
Materials
Ash
Mid-Century Acyclic and Glass Light Up Display Sideboard or Credenza With Shelve
By Milo Baughman
Located in Miami, FL
1970s mid-century modern lucite sideboard with glass interior shelves, glass top and transparent plexiglass outer shell with chrome accents and plexi doors. The display sideboard al...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Sideboards
Materials
Glass, Acrylic, Wood
Neoclassical Federal Pedestal Sideboard in Mahogany, circa 1815
Located in Miami, FL
A very long and elegant American Federal, pedestal sideboard in mahogany with mahogany inlaid bandings along the borders. Inspired by the classical architecture of ancient Greece and...
Category
Early 19th Century Federal Antique American Sideboards
Materials
Mahogany
Konekt Pyramid Sideboard 4 Door in Bleached Walnut, Goatskin Parchment and Brass
By Konekt
Located in New York, NY
The Pyramid Sideboard features three-dimensional doors hand-wrapped in natural goatskin parchment and framed subtly in satin brass. A recessed base gives the piece a floating appearance.
Available in a variety of woods as well as different size options. Please inquire for pricing of other finishes and sizes. TV lift...
Category
2010s American Sideboards
Materials
Walnut
1970s Custom Made Wright Table Company Chippendale Solid Yew Wood Sideboard
Located in Germantown, MD
A 1978 Custom Made Wright Table Company's Chippendale Solid Yew Wood Sideboard. This extra long 80.5" in width, ( regular version was 61") custom version of Two-Drawer sideboard was ...
Category
20th Century Chippendale American Sideboards
Materials
Brass
Drexel Heritage Covington Park Collection Serpentine Form Marble Top Sideboard
By Drexel
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Drexel Heritage Covington Park Collection serpentine form, marble top sideboard cabinet.
Inlaid mahogany. The sideboard's marble top lifts off for transportation or storage.
The ...
Category
20th Century Regency American Sideboards
Materials
Marble
1940's James Mont (attrib.), Silvered Wood Sideboard with Painted Interior
By James Mont
Located in Morristown, NJ
Circa. 1940s, a silver-leafed sideboard with a lilac painted interior. This piece has antiqued metal pulls, a two shelf superstructure with upper plate rail over a two door cabinet a...
Category
1940s Hollywood Regency Vintage American Sideboards
Materials
Metal
Gustav Stickley Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Sideboard, Circa 1900
By Gustav Stickley
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare and exceptional antique Mission or Arts & Crafts sideboard or bar cabinet with plate rack
By Gustav Stickley
USA, Circa 1900
Quarter ...
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts American Sideboards
Materials
Copper
Ello Mirrored Five Door Sideboard by O. B. Solie
By Ello Furniture, O.B. Solie
Located in Hanover, MA
Glamorous mirrored credenza buffet cabinet designed by O. B. Solie for Ello in the 1970's as part of their successful "Reflections" collection (See last image for an original Ello te...
Category
1970s Hollywood Regency Vintage American Sideboards
Materials
Stainless Steel
Impressive Mid-Century Modern Jens Risom Large Walnut Credenza or Sideboard
By Jens Risom
Located in St. Louis, MO
Handsome Jens Risom (1916-2016) designed Danish Modern walnut credenza is perfect for office or home. Designed and produced by Jens Risom...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Sideboards
Materials
Walnut
Phillip Modern Solid Wood Dresser by Crump and Kwash
By Crump and Kwash
Located in Baltimore City, MD
Phillip Dresser by Crump and Kwash
Solid wood case with continuous waterfall grain / blackened steel pulls and base / hand shaped solid wood feet / hand rubbed oil finish / premium...
Category
2010s Modern American Sideboards
Materials
Steel
Baker Furniture Federal Inlaid Mahogany Demilune Sideboard, Newly Restored
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful Federal or Hepplewhite style demilune cabinet or sideboard
By Baker Furniture
USA, circa 1980s
Mahogany, with satinwood string inlay, original brass hardware, and felt...
Category
1980s Federal Vintage American Sideboards
Materials
Brass
Bernhard Rohne for Mastercraft Acid Etched Brass Credenza, 1970s
By Bernhard Rohne, Mastercraft
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mesmerizing acid etched brass console cabinet was designed by Bernhard Rohne and produced by Mastercraft in the 1970s. Exquisite acid-etched artwork on the top, sides and front ...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage American Sideboards
Materials
Brass
Warren Platner Rosewood, Brass and Granite Credenza for Lehigh Leopold, c. 1970
By Warren Platner, Lehigh Leopold
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exceptionally rare and highly sought-after collectors piece is a Warren Platner Executive Credenza designed for Lehigh Leopold in circa 1970, and features a floating Rosewood up...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage American Sideboards
Materials
Granite, Brass
Gustav Stickley Style Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Sideboard or Buffet Server
By Gustav Stickley
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Mission or Arts & Crafts oak sideboard or buffet server with plate rail
In the manner of Gustav Stickley
USA, Circa Late 20th Century
Measures: 60.25"W x 24"D x 44"H.
...
Category
Late 20th Century Arts and Crafts American Sideboards
Materials
Oak
CraftAssociates Sideboard, Eiger Modern Walnut Sideboard
By Laura Trenchard, Craft Associates
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
CraftAssociates Sideboard, Eiger Modern Walnut Sideboard
Modern Credenza - Craft Associates® Furniture is expertly crafted. The base is constructed by hand from hard wood and not ma...
Category
2010s Modern American Sideboards
Materials
Wood, Walnut
CraftAssociates Credenza, Milo Baughman Credenza, Walnut
By Milo Baughman, Craft Associates
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
CraftAssociates Credenza, Milo Baughman Credenza, Walnut
The Milo Baughman Walnut Sideboard for Craft Associates® Furniture is expertly crafted. This piece can be customized in size...
Category
2010s Modern American Sideboards
Materials
Wood, Walnut
SANS - Oak Media Unit / Low Sideboard by Amee Allsop Studio and Mokko Seishin
By Ameé Allsop
Located in East Hampton, NY
This beautifully crafted solid oak media unit or sideboard draws inspiration from timeless Japanese proportions. Made from high-quality, locally sourced white oak, it’s finished with...
Category
2010s American Sideboards
Materials
Oak
George Nakashima Double Sliding-Door Cabinet in American Black Walnut
By George Nakashima, George Nakashima Studio
Located in Waalwijk, NL
George Nakashima, sideboard, American black walnut, hickory, United States, 1969
With regard to its essential form, material use, and woodwork, this double-sliding door cabinet is a...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Sideboards
Materials
Hickory, Walnut
American Hepplewhite Mahogany Serpentine Satinwood Inlaid Sideboard, NY C. 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
American Hepplewhite Mahogany serpentine sideboard with flanking oval satinwood string inlays, checkered inlays, period eagle oval brasses, and resting o...
Category
1780s Hepplewhite Antique American Sideboards
Materials
Brass
Harvey Probber Mahogany and Cane Front Credenza, Circa 1950s
By Harvey Probber
Located in Peabody, MA
Mahogany sideboard with cane door fronts by Harvey Probber, made in Fall River, Mass., ca. 1950s.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Sideboards
Materials
Brass
Florence Knoll aluminium, metal and marble sideboard, Knoll International, 1960s
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
Four-door sideboard in wood, metal, and brushed aluminum, with a marble top, produced by Knoll, designed by Florence Knoll, 1960s
A long life, great masters, and well-deserved lasti...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Sideboards
Materials
Marble, Metal, Aluminum
Gilbert Rohde, Paldao Sideboard
By Gilbert Rohde
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gilbert Rohde sideboard from the “Paldao” series. Features a pedestal base, pull-out cutting surfaces and four cabinets with carved nobs. In...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Sideboards
Materials
Paldao
O. B. Solie for Ello 4 Door Mirrored Sideboard
By O.B. Solie, Ello Furniture
Located in Hanover, MA
Luxuriously well constructed mirrored sideboard cabinet on heavy molded chrome base produced by Ello Furniture Manufacturing Co. in the late...
Category
1970s Hollywood Regency Vintage American Sideboards
Materials
Stainless Steel
Banded Mahogany Federal Style Compact 50" Wide Sideboard Credenza Buffet MINT!
By Kittinger Furniture Company, Baker Furniture Company, Heritage-Henredon, Drexel
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Banded Mahogany Federal Style Compact 50" Wide Sideboard Credenza Buffet MINT!
Category
20th Century Federal American Sideboards
Materials
Mahogany
3 Door Strata Credenza with Top Shelves in White Oak, Brass by Fort Standard
By Fort Standard
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Consistent with the Strata collection, the new Strata sideboard is designed to be modular in order to create versatile configurations tailored to your needs. Shown with brass rods, walnut shelving...
Category
2010s American Sideboards
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Campaign Style Flip Top Fruitwood Server Liquor Cabinet Drexel
By Baker Furniture Company, Henredon
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern style fruitwood server bar liquor cabinet on wheels with brass pulls.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Sideboards
Materials
Brass
Henkel Harris American Colonial Cherry Wood Sideboard Buffet or Bar Cabinet
By Henkel Harris
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous American Colonial or Chippendale style sideboard, buffet server, or bar cabinet
By Henkel Harris
USA, 1980s
Solid wild black cherry wood, with original brass hardware. ...
Category
1980s American Colonial Vintage American Sideboards
Materials
Brass
Virginia Galleries Henkel Harris Mahogany Double Drawer Buffet Short Sideboard
By Baker Furniture Company, Established Lines, Henkel Harris
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Virginia Galleries Henkel Harris Mahogany Double Drawer Buffet Short Sideboard
Category
20th Century Queen Anne American Sideboards
Materials
Brass
Period Antique American Sheraton Sideboard in Mahogany, circa 1815
Located in Miami, FL
An exceptional American Sheraton Sideboard in flat cut and crotch cut mahogany veneers over a secondary wood of pine and poplar. Beautifull...
Category
Early 19th Century Sheraton Antique American Sideboards
Materials
Mahogany
Kindel Furniture French Regency Louis Philippe Cherry Wood Sideboard, 1960s
By Kindel Furniture
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous French Regency Louis Philippe style cherry wood sideboard, credenza, or bar cabinet
By Kindel Furniture
USA, Circa 1960s
Measures: 68"W x 19"D x 32"H.
Good original vi...
Category
1960s Louis Philippe Vintage American Sideboards
Materials
Cherry
Limbert Bros American Mission Oak Sideboard
By Charles Limbert
Located in Queens, NY
American Mission oak sideboard with backrail (LIMBERT BROS)
Category
Early 20th Century Mission American Sideboards
Materials
Oak
Phillip Lloyd Powell Long Wall-Mounted Sideboard in Walnut and Seagrass
By Phillip Lloyd Powell
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Phillip Lloyd Powell, wall-mounted sideboard, American walnut, seagrass, United States, 1960s/1970s
This exquisite wall-mounted sideboard, designed by the renowned Phillip Lloyd Pow...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Sideboards
Materials
Seagrass, Walnut
Vintage Drexel Federal/Hepplewhite Style Flame Mahogany Sideboard
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Charleston, SC
From Niagara Furniture a Vintage Drexel Sideboard in excellent condition
Simple yet sophisticated this beautiful Vintage Drexel Sideboard has...
Category
Late 20th Century Hepplewhite American Sideboards
Materials
Brass
French Provincial Hand Painted Commode or Chest of Drawers with Floral Design
Located in Plainview, NY
This French Provincial chest of drawers, or commode, is an exquisite representation of 18th-century elegance, imbued with a romantic charm that defines the French country aesthetic. ...
Category
20th Century French Provincial American Sideboards
Materials
Wood
Three-Door Mahogany Cabinet by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Widdicomb Furniture Co.
Located in Dorchester, MA
T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb designed this mahogany cabinet with a minimal, clean-lined aesthetic. Three doors conceal six spacious drawers and, on the right, open storage wi...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Sideboards
Materials
Mahogany
John Widdicomb Oriental Three Doors Credenza or Dresser
By John Widdicomb
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice John Widdicomb oriental server.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Sideboards
Walnut Media Cabinet with Shoji Doors
By Brian Holcombe
Located in Princeton, NJ
Walnut cabinet made by hand and featuring shoji doors and shelves. This cabinet is constructed utilizing time honored joinery techniques featured in Japanes...
Category
2010s American Sideboards
Materials
Walnut
Milo Baughman Style Burl Wood Sideboard, Credenza, or Bar Cabinet, Refinished
By Milo Baughman, Lane Furniture
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Mid-Century Modern sideboard, credenza, or bar cabinet
In the manner of Milo Baughman
By Lane Furniture
USA, 1970s
Beautiful book-matched burled olive wood, with ash w...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Sideboards
Materials
Ash, Burl
Henkel Harris Vintage Banded Sideboard
By Henkel Harris
Located in Annville, PA
A vintage Henkel Harris Vintage Banded Sideboard in excellent condition, including a recently hand rubbed top, giving the sideboard a beautiful appearan...
Category
1980s Chippendale Vintage American Sideboards
Materials
Mahogany
Ronnie Brahms for H. Sacks Wall Mounted Console Server
By H Sacks & Sons
Located in Hanover, MA
Gracious and at once both neoclassical and modern, this wall-mounted buffet console was designed by the late Ronnie Brahms and produced by the family own...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Sideboards
Materials
Walnut
Dunbar styled Rolling Bar / Server Cabinet
By Roger Sprunger
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very versatile dark mahogany rolling bar serving cabinet with laminate top having three functions. The first and second are flip up lids that reveal serving wear storage the second has a storage compartment, the third has a pull out mixing platform. Below flip up chrome handles to the doors open and a wine rack, bottle and glass storage with locking...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Sideboards
Materials
Mahogany
Modern Wood 'Credenza Three' Cabinet by Last Workshop in Bleached Ash
By Last Workshop
Located in Chicago, IL
"Credenza Three" by Last Workshop.
Made-to-order in Chicago, IL.
A sturdy yet elegant credenza featuring a matching case and door combination with a steel base. The tear-drop ste...
Category
2010s Organic Modern American Sideboards
Materials
Steel
Kittinger Williamsburg Restoration 3 Drawers Queen An Walnut Sideboard MINT
By Kittinger Furniture Company, Baker Furniture Company
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Kittinger Williamsburg Restoration 3 Drawers Queen An Walnut Sideboard MINT
Category
20th Century Queen Anne American Sideboards
Materials
Brass
George Ciancimino Walnut & Quadrilobed Aluminum Executive Credenza, C. 1970
By George Ciancimino, Jens Risom
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Georges Ciancimino for Jens Risom Walnut & Aluminum Quarefoil Credenza. Featuring a rectangular framework, Walnut veneered surface, strong Aluminum surround detailed with quadrilobed...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Sideboards
Materials
Chrome
Custom Made Walnut Sideboard or Credenza with Brass Hardware, circa 1940s
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Exceptional long custom-made walnut sideboard or credenza on eight reeded and tapered legs, circa 1940s.
Base with four drawers, one silverware drawer with lined felt and felt cover...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Sideboards
Materials
Brass
Baker Historic Charleston Reproductions Mahogany Sideboard
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Bridgeport, CT
The finest construction in mahogany with a bow front case and double banded top. Three apron drawers, the sides with drawers flanking the arched open center with satinwood half fan i...
Category
20th Century American Classical American Sideboards
Materials
Brass
Media Cabinet in Solid Walnut with Sliding Cane Doors by Boyd & Allister
By Boyd & Allister
Located in Santa Fe, NM
This media cabinet in solid walnut with sliding cane doors was originally designed so that a receiver could be hidden behind the cane doors and still be controlled with a remote. We ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Sideboards
Materials
Cane, Walnut
White Reverse Painted Glass Wall Mount Sideboard
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
White reverse painted glass wall mount sideboard with a single drawer.
A floor model sample is currently available as shown in Venfield's NYC sho...
Category
2010s Modern American Sideboards
Materials
Wood, Glass
Art Deco Wolfgang Hoffmann Romweber World's Fair Century of Progress Sideboard
By Romweber Furniture Co., Wolfgang Hoffmann
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco American Sideboards
Materials
Birch, Mahogany, Rosewood
Modern Blossom Glass Mosaic Nightstand, Vintage Metal Base by Ercole Home
By Ercole Home
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The blossom nightstand by Ercole Home has a 2-drawer front, with a white lacquer wood finish.
Handcut glass mosaic in variety shades of gold, pink, white and ivory decorate the surf...
Category
2010s Modern American Sideboards
Materials
Metal
Georgian Style Hepplewhite Mahogany Cabinetmaker Sideboard, Documentation, 1931
By Charak Furniture Company
Located in Manhasset, NY
Georgian Style Hepplewhite Mahogany Sideboard by Cabinetmaker W.J. Barry with original documentation
A serpentine front flame mahogany and satinwood inlaid sideboard circa 1930 in i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hepplewhite American Sideboards
Materials
Mahogany
John Widdicomb Rolling Flip Top Server Serving Cart Table
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, John Widdicomb
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Nice Mid-Century Modern rolling server cart.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Sideboards
Materials
Walnut
Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin Lacquer and Brass Credenza
By Thayer Coggin, Milo Baughman
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Sleek Milo Baughman black lacquered credenza or sideboard with tall brass slab legs made by Thayer Coggin in the 1970s. Elegant Modern profile. The look is powerful and upscale. Blac...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Sideboards
Materials
Brass
American Mahogany Bow Front Sideboard . Circa 1815
Located in Charleston, SC
American mahogany bow front sideboard with a single drawer , flanking cabinets, lower case compartment & terminating on turned bulbous legs . Mid-Atlantic . Early 19th Century.
Category
1810s American Colonial Antique American Sideboards
Materials
Mahogany
Drexel Heritage Consensus Mid Century Pecan and Brass 9 Drawer Lowboy Dresser
By Drexel
Located in Countryside, IL
Drexel heritage consensus mid century pecan and brass 9 drawer lowboy dresser.
Dresser measures: 72 wide x 18.75 deep x 30.5 inches high.
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Sideboards
Materials
Brass
Tommy Bahama Woven Reed Sideboard/Credenza
By Tommy Bahama
Located in North Palm Beach, FL
A Vintage Tommy Bahama Sideboard/Credenza combining functionality with natural beauty. The sideboard features four drawers and a center storage cupboard, providing ample space to org...
Category
1990s American Sideboards
Materials
Reed
George Nakashima Sliding-Door Cabinet in Walnut and Pandanus Cloth
By George Nakashima Studio, George Nakashima
Located in Waalwijk, NL
George Nakashima for Nakashima Studio, sideboard, walnut, pandanus cloth, United States, 1966.
With regard to its essential form, material use, and woodwork, this two-door sliding-...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Sideboards
Materials
Walnut
Tommi Parzinger Poppy Lacquer Credenza
By Tommi Parzinger
Located in New York, NY
Iconic mid-century sideboard in a stunning Poppy lacquer, accented with aged brass studs and pulls. Cabinet has 2 compartments each housing adjustable shelves and drawers. A true col...
Category
20th Century Hollywood Regency American Sideboards
Materials
Brass