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Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE

Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.

ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.

Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively. 

Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer

Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.

The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.

As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.

Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.

Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.

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Item Ships From: Italy
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Italian Mid-Century Modern Teak Tall Sideboard, 1950
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Stylish Italian mid-century modern teak tall sideboard of great executive quality. This sideboard combines a large storage capacity with a truly unique design. To notice as the cabinetmaker made the splendid teak feather interiors...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Teak

MidCentury Walnut and Brass Sculpture Dry Bar Credenza Sideboard, 1990
Located in Rome, IT
A one-of-a-kind sideboard for its originality and choice of materials. Simple but refined design, note the walnut veneer that covers the body of the sideboard. Note the rich design o...
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Brass

Bilateral Sideboard by Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Iconic sideboard designed by Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini. Italy 1960 ca. Three vertical tambour doors on one side, with three large and two smal...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Wood

MidCentury KittiWake Color and Brass Dry Bar Credenze Buffet Sideboard, 1980
Located in Rome, IT
Sideboard unique in its kind for originality and choice of materials. Simple but refined design, note the polished wooden ribbing that covers the doors of the sideboard. Note the ric...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Brass

Sideboard Teak England 1960s
Located in Milano, IT
Sideboard in teak veneered wood with double hinged doors and exposed drawers.
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1960s English Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Teak

Walnut & olive green fabric 1950s MB 15 Sideboard by Albini & Helg for Poggi
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This Rare "MB 15" sideboard was designed by Franco Albini & Franca Helg and produced by Poggi since 1957. It was manufactured in a rare colored version. The piece belongs to the firs...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Brass

Italian Mid-Century Teak Sideboard Console Attributed to Paolo Buffa, 1950s
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Italian mid-century sideboard in teak, attributed to Paolo Buffa, from the 1950s. Very elegant and great executive quality piece. It has really refined design with a lot of details a...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Brass

Elegant Italian Midcentury Bar Cabinet Attributed to Paolo Buffa, 1950s
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant Italian sideboard bar cabinet with six drawers and brass handles and sabots, centered by a bar cabinet with two doors. Very good vintage condition.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Wood

Monumental Wooden Cabinet with Parchment Panels by Gio Ponti, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s. It features parchment panels and it is made in a rare exotic wood. Its bar part features mirrored glass interiors. This is a vintage piece, therefore it might s...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Brass

Franco Poli Sideboard from Scaligera Series in Walnut by Bernini 1980s
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Sideboard in walnut wood from the Scaligera series designed by Franco Poli for Bernini in the 1980s. The sideboard presents doors with inner shelves, drawers, and flap-opening compa...
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Walnut

Italian Mid-Century Center Parchment Bar Sideboard attributed to Ulrich , 1950s
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Stilysh Italian mid-century center sideboard, attributed to Guglielmo Ulrich produced in the 1950s. The sideboard is made of walnut and precious parchment paper. This piece is finish...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Brass

Gastone Rinaldi sideboard 1970s.
Located in bari, IT
Clean and rational line cabinet with two sliding doors and interior drawers. As per the inserted photo it is possible to purchase two additional modules. Each module measures W 75 D ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Steel

Italian White Sideboard and Light Blue Mirror Att. to Paolo Buffa
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful white lacquered wood and mirrors sideboard attributed to the magnificent artist Paolo Buffa. The sideboard has a rectangular shape, supported by a base, as if it were a special frame, which puts it on a pedestal, given its spectacular beauty. There are 12 small square shaped inserts in light blue mirrored...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Mirror, Wood

Giorgio Tura Vintage Sideboard in Parchment
By Tura
Located in Milano, IT
Wonderful vintage sideboard made by Giorgio Tura in the 70's in parchment, fine Italian craftsmanship. The sideboard by Giorgio Tura is made entirely of ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Parchment Paper

Sideboard, 1950s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Beautiful mid-century Italian sideboard with walnut body and walnut briar front. Note how many details are derived from the design of Gio Ponti or the 900 Milanese. The elegant goat'...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Walnut, Burl

Sideboard, 1950s
Sideboard, 1950s
$3,029 Sale Price
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Osvaldo Borsani Rosewood Sideboard Model SE3, Prod. Tecno, Italy, 1962
Located in Milan, IT
This rosewood sideboard model SE3 featuring two sliding doors was designed by Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno in 1962. Functionality and essential shapes are the keywords around which th...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Metal

Demountable Rosewood Sideboard, 1960s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Demountable rosewood sideboard, 1960s Packaging with bubble wrap and cardboard boxes is included. If the wooden packaging is needed (crates or boxes) for US and International Shippi...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Rosewood

Sideboard in style of Pierluigi Colli for Fratelli Marelli Cantù
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Oak and maple burl sideboard, widely popular in the 1950s. Unique in its kind, with multiple design details and exclusive finishes that complemented each other, making the piece harm...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Bronze

Italian Midcentury Sideboard with Mirror Attributed to Paolo Buffa, 1950s
Located in Rome, IT
Beautiful sideboard with mirror attributed to Paolo Buffa, 1950s. The piece is really rare and important. The sideboard cabinet is supported by two major foot socks with bronze. Hand...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Wood

Italian Midcentury Sideboard with Mirror Attributed Paolo Buffa, 1950s
Located in Rome, IT
Beautiful sideboard with mirror i by Paolo Buffa, 1950s. The piece is really rare and important. The sideboard cabinet is supported by two major foot socks with bronze. Handmade edge...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Wood

1940s Sideboard Rosewood Walnut Honeycomb Natural Color Italian Design Mirror
Located in Buggiano, IT
1940s Sideboard in rosewood and walnut, honeycomb, natural color, original Italian design, black glass top, shaped mirror part. From the same series in the shop there are ads for a c...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Walnut

Italian Mid-Century Sideboard Attributed to Guglielmo Ulrich, 1950s
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Pretty Italian mid-century sideboard attributed to Guglielmo Ulrich, produced in the 1950s. The top and sides are made of teak on solid tapering flared legs enclosing two doors and ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Brass

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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Brass

Italian Midcentury Parchment Black Lacquered Sideboard, 1950
Located in Traversetolo, IT
This Italian midcentury sideboard has splendid contrast movement of the lines, the lower part is lacquered in black, the design takes influence from the geometric rationalism form, t...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Glass, Maple, Mirror, Wood

Amazing Sideboard in the Style of Ico Parisi, 1960s
Located in Rome, IT
Elegant Sideboard made of sycamore with precious ceramic handles and cartouche decorations by Richard Ginori. There are two doors with shelfs and a bar cabinet in the center.  
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Wood

Tiny sideboard in teak, Denmark 1960
Located in Torino, IT
Tiny sideboard in teak, Denmark 1960
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Teak

Teak sideboard, Clausen & Søn, Denmark 1960
Located in Torino, IT
A teak sideboard from Clausen & Son, Denmark, from the 1960s sounds like a beautiful piece of vintage Danish furniture! Clausen & Son is known for their high-quality craftsmanship ...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Teak

Sideboard 'Model 6' in rosewood, Omann Jun Møbelfabrik, Denmark 1960s
Located in Torino, IT
Sideboard 'Model 6' in rosewood, Omann Jun Møbelfabrik, Denmark 1960s
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Rosewood

Outstanding Art Deco Italian Bar Cabinet by Pierluigi Colli
Located in Rome, IT
Unusual and rare bar cabinet designed by Pier Luigi Colli. Features finely carved and painted legs decorated with acanthus leaves. Decorated front doors centered by a bar cabinet with mirror...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Wood

Tomaso Buzzi & Emilio Lancia att. briar root unique six doors sideboard, 1940
Located in Rome, IT
large and unique sideboard designed by Tomaso Buzzi and Emilio Lancia circa 1940 six doors with a key elegant and unique piece in set with a bookcase cabinet walnut, briar roo...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Brass

Teak sideabord, Denmark 1960s
Located in Torino, IT
Teak sideabord, Denmark 1960s
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Teak

Italian Midcentury Sideboard designed by Vittorio Dassi
Located in Traversetolo, IT
This stunning Italian midcentury sideboard manufactured by Consorzio Esposizioni Mobili Cantù is masterfully crafted of teak wood and was...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Glass, Maple, Teak

French 1960 Rectangular Teak Sideboard
Located in Milano, IT
French 1960 rectangular teak sideboard, with 2 drawers and slightly rounded front.
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Cubic Minimal Teak Mid Century Sideboard Italian Design 1950s
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Cubic Minimal teak mid century sideboard Italian Design 1950s.
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1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Teak

Mahogany sideboard with inlaid ashlars, 1950s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Living area mahogany sideboard/storage unit of excellent cabinetry, 1950s. The front has eight finely inlaid ashlars in a closed envelope with perfectly matching lines, forming squar...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Mahogany

Sideboard in teak, Denmark 1960
Located in Torino, IT
Sideboard in teak, Denmark 1960
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Teak

Rare Chest of Drawers by Osvaldo Borsani, Label Present
Located in Milano, IT
Elegant, sophisticated, and of great importance. We present this great example of Italian cabinetry made by Osvaldo Borsani with present label from the 1950s. The cabinet is a tall c...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Wood

Teak Cabinet, 1950s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Teak sideboard, 1950s.
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Teak

"Archimede" modular wooden storage unit / sideboard by Hirozi Fukuoh, 1962
Located in Argelato, BO
The Archimede model was designed by the Japanese designer Fukuoh Hiroshi for the famous Italian company Gavina in 1962. The idea was to create a module that could be repeated in heig...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Brass

Mahogany and Parchment Cabinet, Italy, 1950s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Elegant Salon Furniture in mahogany and finished in parchment on the doors and drawers inside, the legs moved and carved end on feline-shaped bronze tips. On the doors and inside the...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Gold

Luigi Scremin, Italian Midcentury Dining Room Sideboard in Mahogany, circa 1950
Located in Milan, IT
Luigi Scremin, Italian midcentury dining room sideboard in mahogany, parchment and brass, circa 1950 A rare example of innovation-drive...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Brass

Milanese Bookcase Sideboard in Beech, 1950s
Located in Premariacco, IT
Elegant multipurpose furniture for living room or dining room in beech, Italian production from the early 1950s. The sideboard has a decorated sliding door, covering an internal s...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Iron

Sideboard in teak, Denmark 1960s
Located in Torino, IT
Sideboard in teak, Denmark 1960s
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Teak

Pierre Cardin Lacquered Sideboard Mid Seventies
Located in bari, IT
Storage unit in black lacquered wood with two side doors and central chest of drawers by the French designer Pierre Cardin French production in the late 70s.
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Wood

Vintage sideboard in teak, Dyrlund, Denmark 1960s
Located in Torino, IT
Vintage sideboard in teak, Dyrlund, Denmark 1960s
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Teak

Franco Albini MB15 Large Sideboard with Four-Doors Panels in Wood by Poggi 1950s
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
MB15 large sideboard with four-door panels in wood, designed by Franco Albini in 1956 and produced by Poggi, Pavia. The MB15 sideboard showcases a clean and solid design characteriz...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Wood

Sideboard in teak, Denmark 1960
Located in Torino, IT
Vintage teak sideboard, Denmark 1960
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Teak

Italian Contemporary Mid-Century Style Geometric Woodand Brass Sideboard
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Beautiful sideboard designed and handcrafted by us with structure and interior in solid wood, a big rectangular leg , 3 sliding doors with vertical geometric moldings and brass hand...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Brass

Midcentury pair of sideboards MB 55 designed by Vico Magistretti for Poggi Pavia
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Pair of wooden sideboards designed by Vico Magistretti for Poggi Pavia. These Vico Magistretti's sideboards designed for Poggi Pavia are iconic pieces that combine functionality and ...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Wood

1960s Sideboard La Permanente Mobili Cantù in Veneered Rosewood with Maple Inlay
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Large characteristic Mid century Modern sideboard cabinet of Italian design by La Permanente Mobili Cantu with central flap, in rosewood veneer, glass shelves, with inlay decorations...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Rosewood

After Osvaldo Borsani Midcentury Italian Sideboard Console Table, 1950s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Spectacular sideboard console with mirror, in maple and walnut, attributed to Osvaldo Borsani, with a beautiful movement of the lines on the front, glass top, maple interior, walnut ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Maple, Glass, Mirror, Walnut

1950s Mid-Century Modern Hand-Carved Wood Italian Sideboard by Pier Luigi Colli
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This Large Sideboard by Pier Luigi Colli is an exquisite and iconic piece of furniture that exemplifies the craftsmanship and design aesthetics of the mid-20th century. Pier Luigi Co...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Wood

Sideboard in Rosewood by Vittorio Dassi, 1950s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Sideboard attributed to Vittorio Dassi. The elegantly ovalised base narrows towards the profiled centre and is outlined above by ebonizing, below by brass slats. The base accommodate...
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1940s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Glass, Rosewood

Midcentury Italian Dining Room Set with Table and Bar Cabinet, 1940
Located in Rome, IT
Outstanding elegant dining set designed by Pier Luigi Colli. Composed by; - Dining table with finely carved and painted legs decorated with acanthus leaves. Dark red glass...
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1930s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Wood

Large Shaped and Ashlar Sideboard attributed to Vittorio Dassi, 1950s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Sideboard attributed to Vittorio Dassi. The elegantly ovalised base narrows towards the centre. Profiled and outlined above by ebonizing, below by brass plate. The base accommodate...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Glass, Wood, Rosewood

Italian Mid-Century Sideboard with Mirror by Paolo Buffa, 1950s
Located in Rome, IT
Beautiful sideboard with mirror in the style of Paolo Buffa, 1950s. The piece is really rare and important. The sideboard cabinet is supported by two major foot socks with bronze. Ha...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Wood

Saporiti Minimal 1970 Sideboard in Solid Chestnut Drawers and Doors
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Saporiti minimal 1970 sideboard in solid chestnut drawers and doors.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Chestnut

Valzania Mid-century Elegant Sideboard, Original Label
Located in Milano, IT
Wonderful sideboard designed in the 1950s for the famous Valzania production with original label. The sideboard is entirely made of solid walnut wood decorated and carved with elegan...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Walnut

Italian 1950s Credenza , Mahogany Interiors by Paolo Buffa for Permanente Mobili
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Vintage design sideboard from the 1950s by paolo Buffa for Permanente Mobili di Cantù, in lacquered beech: with two doors with frames and oval central golden reliefs; one with three...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Brass

Dassi Modern Furniture Sideboard in Wood, Glass and Brass
Located in Milano, IT
An extraordinary and majestic inlaid wood sideboard, made in the 1950s by Dassi Mobili Moderni, famous for the quality of its creations and the excellence of mid-century Italian desi...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Brass

Mid-century Modern sideboards for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern 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, mirrors and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern sideboards made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original sideboards, popular names associated with this style include Guillerme et Chambron, Vittorio Dassi, Votre Maison, and La Permanente Mobili Cantù. 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 $1,317 and tops out at $160,000 while the average work can sell for $8,948.

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