Gustavian Sideboards
GUSTAVIAN STYLE
With clean lines and muted colors, antique Gustavian furniture is understated and elegant. It represents a more restrained version of the transition from Rococo to neoclassicism that was happening in France under Louis XVI. The style developed under Swedish King Gustav III, who reigned from 1771 until his assassination in 1792, and his son Gustav IV, who ruled until 1809. Although Gustavian furniture is mostly used to refer to pale painted cabinets, commodes, armchairs and other items, it involved a range of influences.
Gustavian-style furniture was inspired by discoveries at Pompeii and Herculaneum as well as the grandeur of European palaces like Versailles, with local softwoods such as pine and birch. There was also an emphasis on natural light; crystal chandeliers and large mirrors played a role in radiating the fleeting daylight of winter, giving it a distinctive aesthetic.
Where earlier furniture was curvy and florid, this new era was more architectural, with tapered and fluted legs and rectangular and oval shapes. Luminous gilt contrasted with the palette of soft blues on upholstery and painted surfaces. Leading furniture builders included Gottlieb Iwersson, Louis Masreliez and Erik Öhrmark. The latter, a French-born Swedish decorator, designed the Sulla chair, a seat that was demonstrative of technical skill and precise craftsmanship and drew on Greek klismos chairs. Masreliez’s Sulla chair was made by Öhrmark and featured decorative ornamentation produced by Jean-Baptiste Masreliez, Louis’s younger brother.
While the wealthy had furniture carved with neoclassical details like scallops and rosettes, more affordable options were adorned with faux finishes that mimicked marble and stenciled patterns. The simple elegance of Gustavian furniture would have a long impact on Swedish design, informing the 20th-century appreciation for function and form. In the 1950s, IKEA mass-produced copies of a Gustavian commode designed by cabinetmaker Georg Haupt, who created pieces for the Royal Palace, making the furniture a fixture of everyday Swedish life.
Find a collection of antique Gustavian seating, tables, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
Style: Gustavian
Color: Brown
Swedish 1860s Creamy Gray Painted Sideboard with Reeded Doors and Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian style sideboard from circa 1860 with light creamy gray painted finish, three drawers over three doors and carved reeded panels. This Swedish Gustavian style sideb...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Wood
Swedish Gustavian Style 2 Drawer 2 Door Sideboard
Located in Hollywood, FL
Swedish Gustavian Style 2 Drawer 2 Door Sideboard, its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
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1960s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Wood
Swedish Gustavian Style 2 Drawer 2 Door Sideboard
Located in Hollywood, FL
Swedish Gustavian Style 2 Drawer 2 Door Sideboard, its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
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1960s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Wood
Swedish Gustavian Original Painted Sideboard
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique Swedish Gustavian Original Painted Sideboard with Original Key.
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1930s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Birch, Pine
Antique Genuine Swedish Gustavian Handmade Sideboard
Located in Kramfors, SE
Genuine Swedish gustavian sideboard made during the first few years of the 19th century, around 1810. The sideboard is made by hand in solid Swedish pine. The double doors are decora...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Gustavian Style 3 Door Sideboard
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique Gustavian Style 3 Door Sideboard, its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White"
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1940s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Sideboards
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Maple
Swedish Gustavian Style Sideboard
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a unique Swedish Gustavian Style Sideboard, its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White".
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1950s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Wood
Swedish Gustavian Style Sideboard
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Swedish Gustavian Style Sideboard, its been restored and repainted with Milk Paints "Oyster White".
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Wood
Antique Northern Swedish Painted Gustavian Sideboard
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique Swedish gustavian sideboard from Northern Sweden. The sideboard is a genuine antique country house furniture that was made around 1820....
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Sideboards
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Pine
18th/19th Century Swedish Gustavian Period Painted Pine Kitchen Cupboard
Located in Forney, TX
A classic Gustavian Period (1772-1809) Swedish painted pine two door kitchen cupboard sideboard.
Handcrafted in Sweden around the turn of the late 18t...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Pine, Paint
Rare Antique Genuine Swedish Gustavian Sideboard
Located in Kramfors, SE
Rare antique gustavian sideboard from Northern Sweden made around 1780. The sideboard is made in painted pine and dry scraped by hand down ...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Swedish Gustavian Style Sideboard
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Unique Swedish Gustavian Style Sideboard. Its been restored and repainted with Milk Paint "Oyster White"
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Wood
Antique Northern Swedish Gustavian Pine Sideboard
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique Swedish gustavian sideboard from Northern Sweden made around the year 1800. The sideboard is a genuine gustavian antique with the classic straight shape and angled corners. T...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Gustavian Style 3 Drawer 2 Door Sideboard
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Gustavian Style 3 drawer 2 door sideboard, its been restored and repainted with milk paints "Oyster White".
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1930s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Wood
Swedish Gustavian Sideboard
Located in Hollywood, FL
This Swedish Gustavian sideboard was found at an auction in Goteborg, Sweden. Its been restored and repainted with milk paints "Oyster Whit...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Wood
Swedish Gustavian Period 1820s Painted Sideboard with Reeded Doors and Diamonds
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian period painted wood sideboard from the early 19th century, with reeded doors, diamond motifs and carved ogee bracket feet. Created in S...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Wood
19th-20th Century Grey Swedish Gustavian Antique Tile Top Pine Sideboard, Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A light-grey, white antique Swedish Gustavian tile top console table with original blue tiles and two drawers. The sideboard is made of hand cra...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Metal, Brass
Unusual Swedish Gustavian Empire Pine Sideboard
Located in Kramfors, SE
Swedish unusual and genuine sideboard from around year 1800 in the transitional time between the gustavian and empire periods. The sideboard was made in northern Sweden in pine and h...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Pine
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Neoclassic Light Grey Sideboard
Located in Kramfors, SE
Light grey gustavian neoclassic sideboard from the late 1700s, 1790 to 1800, from Northern Sweden. The sideboard is in the classic model with typical decor and straight shape. The Sw...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Bespoke Swedish Style Painted Sideboard
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Custom built Swedish style enfilade. This can be made to your specific size and color.
Dimensions
83.5 inches (212 cms) wide
16.5 inches (42 cms) deep
36 inches (91 cms) high.
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21st Century and Contemporary English Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Swedish Gustavian Style 19th Century Painted Wood Sideboard with Reeded Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian style painted wood sideboard from the 19th century, with reeded and fluted motifs. Created in Sweden during the 19th century, this Gustavian style sideboard featu...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Brass
Swedish Gustavian Period 1780s Sideboard with Original Paint & Carved Panels LiL
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian period wooden sideboard from the late 18th century with original paint and distressed patina. Created in Sweden during the Gustavian era, this sideboard features ...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Wood
Gustavian Sideboard
Located in Hollywood, FL
This Gustavian sideboard was found at an Estate Auction in Ratvik Sweden.
It has been restored and repainted in Milk Paints "Oyster White".
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1960s Swedish Vintage Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Wood
Swedish Style Sideboard with Drawers
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Custom made Swedish style enfilade with 3 drawers and canted cupboards. This can be made to your size and paint color.
Dimensions:
77 inc...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Swedish 1880s Gustavian Style Painted Wood Sideboard with Carved Diamond Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian style painted wood sideboard from the late 19th century, with diamond motifs and carved rosettes. Created in Sweden during the last quarter of the 19th century, t...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Wood
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Neoclassical Chest - Antique Pinewood Nightstand
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Neoclassic chest with a painted faux finish marble top, in good condition. The antique Scandinavian chest is made of hand crafted Pinewood, richly ca...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Marble
Swedish Gustavian Style 19th Century Painted Sideboard with Reeded Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian style painted sideboard from the 19th century, with reeded motifs, single drawer over double doors. Created in Sweden during the 19th century, this painted sideboard features a rectangular top with rounded corners, overhanging a single drawer with reeded patterns and fitted, along with the doors, with classical hardware. The doors open to reveal a convenient storage space, while the ensemble is raised on splaying legs connected to one another through a scalloped apron in the front. Painted in a soft color typical of the Scandinavian taste, this Gustavian style 19th century...
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Wood
Swedish Gustavain Sideboard
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a Swedish Gustavain Sideboard. it was found at an estate auction in Stockholm, Sweden.
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1850s Swedish Antique Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Wood
Low and Wide Red Swedish Gustavian Sideboard
Located in Kramfors, SE
Low red Gustavian sideboard from Northern Sweden made circa 1810-1820. The sideboard is in untouched original condition with original paint from the early 1800s. It is unusually low and wide...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Pine
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Corner Sideboard
Located in Kramfors, SE
Gustavian corner sideboard from northern Sweden. The sideboard is from a village called Ljusdal in the County of Hälsingland. It comes directly from the same house where it has been ...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Painted Wood Sideboard with Fluted Pilasters
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian period painted wood sideboard from the late 18th century, with canted side posts, four drawers and three doors. Born in Sweden during the early years of King Gustav III's reign, this painted sideboard features a rectangular top with canted corners in the front and molded edges, sitting above three thin drawers with brass pulls. Three doors and a lower drawer, beautifully arranged to accentuate the presence of the upper drawers, make up the rest of the façade. The canted side posts are decorated with neoclassical fluted pilasters...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Wood
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Chest of Drawers - Antique Pinewood Sideboard
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique Swedish Gustavian chest of drawers with two doors and six drawers, made of hand crafted painted Pinewood and chrome, in good...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Metal, Chrome
19th Century French Provincial Sideboard
Located in Sheffield, MA
19th century Louis XV French painted buffet server. Can be used in a Swedish Gustavian setting as well. Light grey wash finish, brass handles, pewter knob...
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19th Century French Antique Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Oak, Paint
Antique Genuine Rustic Northern Swedish Gustavian Tall Wood Red Sideboard
Located in Kramfors, SE
Gustavian sideboard from northern Sweden made during the late 18th century, around 1790 to 1800. The sideboard has the original paint with genuine distress and authentic patina. The ...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Genuine Antique Swedish Rustic Gustavian Neoclassical Pine Sideboard
Located in Kramfors, SE
Swedish sideboard from the Gustavian and neoclassical period. The sideboard is made between 1790 and 1810 and has traces of the original paint. The interior is untouched and has a ro...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Early 19th Century Gustavian Sideboard with Diamond Detail
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
Classic Swedish Gustavian Style sideboard or cupboard. Three top drawers, a pullout shelf and storage behind two doors.
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19th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Sideboards
Materials
Wood
Gustavian sideboards for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Gustavian sideboards for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage sideboards created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include case pieces and storage cabinets, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, pine and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Gustavian sideboards made in a specific country, there are Europe, Scandinavia, and Sweden pieces for sale on 1stDibs. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for sideboards differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $2,145 and tops out at $15,400 while the average work can sell for $5,475.
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