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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 legendary 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.

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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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Mira Nakashima Credenza based on a design by George Nakashima, USA
Located in Berlin, DE
Mira Nakashima Credenza based on a design by George Nakashima. The credenza is made in black walnut. Due to the unique wood structure of each item t...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Wood, Walnut

Modern Black Lacquered Sideboard Credenza with Faux Parchment Fronts
Located in North York, ON
Modern black Lacquered sideboard credenza with Faux Parchment fronts. Featuring unique shaped design with ample storage options. Completed with a beautiful black lacquered finish and...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Wood

Brutalist Style and MCM Design Wooden and Brushed Brass Oval Shaped Sideboard
Located in Tourcoing, FR
Graphic and Brutalist style Mid-Century Modern design oval shaped sideboard.
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21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

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Stainless Steel

Mid Century Modern Buffet
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Mid Century Modern style Hyedua veneered buffet, the rectangular top above four silver Argento doors with relief bamboo decoration, the interior in Sycamore with two adjustable she...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Wood

Chapman Small Storage Dresser Cabinet Walnut Mustard
Located in Cincinnati, US
One unit or four? Doors or drawers? Go sexy with black and walnut or keep it light and fun with maple and pink? The chapman credenza allows you the freedom to choose exactly what sui...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Steel

Bond Burled Wood Credenza
Located in New York, NY
Timelessly Chic. Pieced, burled mappa between Lucite legs with stainless steel accents. Pieced veneer cabinet faces showcase naturally occurring patterns in the wood, and an adjustab...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Acrylic, Burl, Wood

Chapman Storage Dresser, Credenza Maple White
Located in Cincinnati, US
One unit or four? Doors or drawers? Go sexy with black and walnut or keep it light and fun with maple and pink? The chapman credenza allows you the freedom to choose exactly what sui...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Steel

Chapman Double Unit Storage Cabinet Maple Gold
Located in Cincinnati, US
One unit or four? Doors or drawers? Go sexy with black and walnut or keep it light and fun with maple and pink? The chapman credenza allows you the freedom to choose exactly what sui...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Steel

Mid-Century Modern Style Siena Marble Solid Birchwood Italian Drawers Sideboard
Located in Madrid, ES
Sideboard designed by L.A. Studio. Composed of two folding doors and two drawers. Made of solid Birchwood structure, Siena marble top and base. Italian manufacture. Our main target...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Carrara Marble

Chapman Storage Dresser, Credenza Walnut White
Located in Cincinnati, US
One unit or four? Doors or drawers? Go sexy with black and walnut or keep it light and fun with maple and pink? The chapman credenza allows you the freedom to choose exactly what sui...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Steel

Dada Bibliotheque Prototype
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Bibliotheque designed by DADA est. manufactured in Barcelona, 2017. Adjustable bibliotheque suspended, Iron and oak Measures: 40 x 91 x 420 cm.   
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2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Iron

Modern Aged Oak Bowfront Cabinet
Located in Westwood, NJ
A modern aged oak veneered bowfront two-door cabinet with the Cloudy Bay Finish, with textured brass finish handles and a two-section grey lacquered interior with adjustable shelves....
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Wood

Chapman Double Unit Storage Cabinet Walnut Rose Copper
Located in Cincinnati, US
One unit or four? Doors or drawers? Go sexy with black and walnut or keep it light and fun with maple and pink? The chapman credenza allows you the freedom to choose exactly what sui...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Steel

Chapman Small Storage Dresser Cabinet Maple Rose Copper
Located in Cincinnati, US
One unit or four? Doors or drawers? Go sexy with black and walnut or keep it light and fun with maple and pink? The chapman credenza allows you the freedom to choose exactly what sui...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Steel

Chapman Long Dresser, Credenza Walnut Brassy Gold
Located in Cincinnati, US
One unit or four? Doors or drawers? Go sexy with black and walnut or keep it light and fun with maple and pink? The chapman credenza allows you the freedom to choose exactly what sui...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Steel

Chapman Long Dresser, Credenza Maple Pink
Located in Cincinnati, US
One unit or four? Doors or drawers? Go sexy with black and walnut or keep it light and fun with maple and pink? The chapman credenza allows you the freedom to choose exactly what sui...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Steel

Mid Century Buffet
Located in Westwood, NJ
A mid century style buffet with an unlaid parquetry design. The sideboard cabinet is constricted of American walnut solids and veneers finished in a transparent lacquer. The hardware...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Metal

Squishy Velvet Sideboard by Studio Pastina and Johnson Tsang
Located in Dubai, AE
The realist sculptural techniques that is a signature of the Hong-Kong based artist Johnson Tsang's work, capture the surreal fantasies of his lucid drea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Steel

Long Mid Century Media Cabinet
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Long Mid-Century Modern style media cabinet. This cabinet is constructed of American walnut with a transparent, lacquer finish. The five doors feature duck eggshell inlay panels and the interior fitted with long shelves...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Metal

Mid-Century Modern Style Solid Wood and Colored Glass Italian Sideboar
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian sideboard made of solid wood structure from the 1950s and covered in Murano colored glass. Composed of six drawers with brass handles and legs. Our main target is customer s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Murano Glass, Wood

French Modern Walnut Cabinet
Located in Westwood, NJ
A French modern walnut cabinet. Constructed from walnut with a transparent lacquer finish. The doors feature walnut veneer in a pattern re...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Metal

Contemporary Wood and Dark Glass Pair of Sideboards Designed by L.A. Studio
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of contemporary sideboards designed by L.A. Studio. Structure made of solid wood covered with dark glass and decorated with butterflies ma...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Bronze

L.A. Studio Midcentury Style Ashwood and Brass Pair of Italian Sideboards
Located in Ibiza, Spain
Pair of sideboards designed by L.A Studio. Made of ashwood structure with brass handles and legs. Composed of two folding doors. Made in Italy. Our main target is customer satisf...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Modern Style Glass and Golden Mirror Pair of Italian Sideboards
Located in Madrid, ES
Midcentury style pair of Italian sideboards. Structure made of solid birch wood covered with golden mirror and cylinder glass details on top and bottom of the surface. Composed of tw...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Midcentury Style Italian Sideboard Made of Solid Wood Murano Glass and Brass
Located in Madrid, ES
Contemporary Italian sideboard composed of six drawers. Structure made of solid wood lacquered in black with Murano glass and brass deta...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Corbu Cabinet or Sideboard by DeMuro Das
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by the graphic motifs of Le Corbusier's mural paintings, the solid form of the Corbu cabinet is defined by rhythmically placed handles. Architec...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Walnut

Dada Bibliotheque Prototype
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Bibliotheque designed by dada - est. manufactured in Barcelona, 2017. Adjustable bibliotheque suspended, Iron and oak Measures: 40 x 91 x 420 cm.   
Category

2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Iron

Modern Sideboard in Wood Marquetry and Golden Polished Brass & Smoked Glass Top
Located in Porto, PT
Modern Art Deco Sideboard in Wood Marquetry and Gold Stainless Steel & Glass Top Rebus Sideboard Rebus Sideboard is a fusion of two historical design styles: Mid Century and Art Dec...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Modern Style Solid Wood Italian Sideboard Designed by L.A. Studio
Located in Madrid, ES
Wood sideboard designed by L.A. Studio composed of 4 doors, two them sliding and two of them foldable. It is made of American alder wood. Our main target is customer satisfaction, s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Wood

Modern Leather Wrapped Buffet
Located in Westwood, NJ
Modern shagreen embossed leather-wrapped buffet with our dark tempest finish leather with a rectangular top with two open shelves and four cabinet doors with inlaid metal handles. D...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Leather

Italian Midcentury Style Sideboard
Located in Westwood, NJ
Italian midcentury style sideboard with a brushed oak charter is finish with three frieze drawers with relief inlaid angular centric lines, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Metal

Ray Kappe RK5 Credenza in Red Oak / Teak by Original in Berlin, Germany, 2020
Located in Berlin, DE
Ray Kappe RK5 credenza in red oak / teak by Original in Berlin, Germany, 2020 This Credenza has Teak veneered doors, formica sliding doors and red oak boa...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Formica, Oak, Teak

Mid-Century Modern Style Brass and Black Glass Pair of Italian Sideboards
Located in Madrid, ES
Midcentury style pair of Italian sideboards designed by L.A.Studio. Structure made of solid wood covered with brass and black glass pieces. Composed of two folding doors with one she...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Modern Style Opaline Glass Italian Sideboard
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian sideboard composed of two folding doors. Structure made of solid wood covered with colored glass. Profiles and details are made of brass. Italian manufacture. Every item LA ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Modern/Midcentury American Walnut Clair Sideboard By Corinna Warm Faceted Panels
Located in Santa Monica, CA
The Clair collection of high-end sideboards and credenzas features a three-dimensional, faceted front panel which beautifully conceals two doors and two ...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Walnut

Sideboard Go in Wood and Lacquer
Located in Lisbon, PT
Go sideboard is a high quality product by Mambo Unlimited Ideas, crafted in lacquered mdf structure and doors and plywood veneer applications on doors. It features three dimensional ...
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2010s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Wood, Plywood

Sideboard Go in Wood and Lacquer
Located in Lisbon, PT
Go sideboard is a high quality product by Mambo Unlimited Ideas, crafted in wood veneer structure, lacquered mdf doors and plywood veneer applications on doors. It features three dim...
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2010s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Wood, Plywood

Tv Stand Form in Natural Walnut Wood and Polished Brass Details
Located in Lisbon, PT
Form TV stand is a high quality product by Mambo Unlimited Ideas, crafted in polished or matte wood veneer structure and feet, combining natural oak, natural walnut, dark walnut and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Style Solid Wood Colored Glass and Brass Italian Sideboard
Located in Madrid, ES
Italian sideboard composed of two folding doors and one shelve inside. Original wood structure from 1950s covered with colored glass. Handles, profiles and legs made of solid brass. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Custom Midcentury Style Walnut Sideboard with Curved Leg by Adesso Imports
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom midcentury style American walnut sideboard with elegant curved leg, two cabinets on either end and three drawers in the middle. Made i...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Walnut

Bar Cabinet Go in Natural Oak Wood and Lacquered Details
Located in Lisbon, PT
Go bar cabinet is a high quality product by Mambo Unlimited Ideas, crafted in wood veneer structure, lacquered doors and plywood veneer applications. It features three dimensional de...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Wood, Plywood

Mid-Century Modern Style Italian Sideboard Made of Wood Brass and Colored Glass
Located in Madrid, ES
Contemporary Italian sideboard composed of six drawers. Structure made of solid wood covered in colored glass. The handles and legs are ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Brass

TV Stand Space in Walnut and Oak
Located in Lisbon, PT
Space tv stand is a high quality product by Mambo Unlimited Ideas, crafted in natural oak and natural walnut plywood veneer. It features four drawers and two ...
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2010s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Plywood

Sideboard Samoa in Iron Wood, Brass and Lacquer
Located in Lisbon, PT
Samoa sideboard is a high quality product by Mambo Unlimited Ideas, crafted in polished or matte iron wood venner structure and feet, brass applications and lacquered doors. It featu...
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2010s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Custom Crotch Mahogany Midcentury Style Sideboard by Leighton Hall
Located in Suwanee, GA
This is made-to-order midcentury style mahogany four door sideboard/credenza made in the Leighton Hall shop. It features four doors with swirly crotch mahogany and a top and sides of...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

Custom Midcentury Style Walnut Sideboard with Curved Leg by Adesso Imports
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom midcentury style American walnut sideboard with elegant curved leg, two cabinets on either end and drawers in the middle and port to u...
Category

2010s American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Walnut

Sideboard Form in Various Woods
Located in Lisbon, PT
Form sideboard is a high quality product by Mambo Unlimited Ideas, crafted in polished or matte wood venner structure and feet, combining natural oak, natural walnut, dark walnut and...
Category

2010s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Brass

TV Stand Form in Wood
Located in Lisbon, PT
Form tv stand is a high quality product by Mambo Unlimited Ideas, crafted in polished or matte wood veneer structure and feet, combining natural oak, natural walnut, dark walnut and ...
Category

2010s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Plywood

Mitchell Gold & Bob Williams Vandyke Credenza
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful Mid-Century Modern style sideboard features plenty of room for storage within its six large drawers and four shelves hidden behind two cabinet doors. Sleek design with uniq...
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21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Wood

Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboard
Located in Greenwich, CT
A Danish Mid-Century Modern inspired design featuring six drawers and a center push magnet door that opens into more storage space. Each drawer has carved recessed handles with slow closing rails that open to reveal the natural wooden interior. The sideboard is painted in “Iron Mountain...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Wood

Sideboard Form in Natural Walnut Wood and Polished Brass Detail
Located in Lisbon, PT
Form sideboard is a high quality product by Mambo Unlimited Ideas, crafted in polished or matte wood veneer structure and feet, combining natural oak, natural walnut, dark walnut and...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Custom Mahogany Midcentury Style Sideboard by Leighton Hall
Located in Suwanee, GA
This is made-to-order midcentury style mahogany four door sideboard/credenza made in the Leighton Hall shop. It features four doors with swirly crotch mahogany and a top and sides of...
Category

2010s American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

Mid-Century Modern Style Made of Wood, Dark Glass and Brass Italian Sideboard
Located in Madrid, ES
Contemporary Italian sideboard composed of 4 drawers and 2 doors. Made of solid wood structure covered in dark glass. Handles, legs and ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Brass

L.a. Studio Mid-Century Modern Style Walnut Wood Italian Six Drawers Sideboard
Located in Ibiza, Spain
Italian sideboard designed by L.A. Studio. Made of solid wood structure covered in walnut wood. Composed of six drawers, each one with their own embedded handle. Manufactured in Ital...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Wood, Walnut

Sipario Sideboard
Located in Milan, IT
This striking sideboard features a sliding door whose front panel is made by vertically assembled parallel listels of different types of wood that, with their different textures and ...
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Walnut, Wood

Genuine Gray Shagreen Sideboard
Located in New York, NY
This is a floor model shagreen sideboard available for immediate purchase. The piece was handmade with genuine shagreen dyed in gray color. Each shagreen skin shows slight tone varia...
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21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Shagreen, Wood

Malibu Sideboard
Located in Milan, IT
This elegant sideboard is inspired by the style of Californian furniture in the 1960s and 1970s. This living room and bedroom furniture collection was developed by the internal resea...
Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Walnut

1970s Italian Design Style Oak Wooden and Chrome Metal Sideboard
Located in Tourcoing, FR
1970s Italian design style oak wooden and chrome metal sideboard with pure and Minimalist lines, oak wooden with chrome metal outlines and handles. New item, never used.
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21st Century and Contemporary European Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Chrome

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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