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Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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
Buffet Showcase in Bamboo Wood and Rattan Productions Roberti 1970 Made in Italy
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Showcase in bamboo wood and rattan Productions Roberti 1970 Made in Italy, Lower part three doors, upper part between glass doors with thickened glass shelves.
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Bamboo, Rattan, Wood

Midcentury Rosewood Buffet & Hutch
Located in Countryside, IL
Midcentury rosewood buffet & hutch This buffet is 54.5 wide x 16.75 deep x 77 inches high All pieces of furniture can be had in what we call restored vintage condition. That mean...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Rosewood

Midcentury Oak Cabinet
Located in Westwood, NJ
Mid-Century Modern style cabinet with reclaimed oak veneers and restored chestnut burl, an aged Oak finish with brass handles. The interior two sections ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Wood

Wall Sideboard Arne Vodder from the 60s Danish Scandinavian Design Sibast
Located in Lyon, FR
Wall unit from the 60's by designer Arne Vodder published by Sibast. Structure in solid teak and veneer, and painted wood. The front consists of five drawers of different colors, a s...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Teak

Scandinavian 60's Style Solid Wood Sideboard Danish Bar Commode
Located in Lyon, FR
Scandinavian desk or chest of drawers from the 60's, structure in veneered and solid rosewood. This small desk is composed of a folding top with a leather under hand and various clev...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Brass

Vintage French Oak Mirrored Vitrine Buffet Diamond Patterns, Mid-Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
Vitrine oak buffet, French, circa 1950 Display cabinet with sliding glass doors Solid Oad with carved diamonds patterns Good condition with superb patin...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Glass, Mirror, Oak

Long French Mid-Century Lattice Front Sideboard/ Cabinet
Located in East Hampton, NY
This piece is an extra long latticed cabinet from the 1940s in the style of Jean Royère. 5 doors open to open shelving. Incredible vintage condition. T...
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1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Oak

21st Century Immensity Cabinet by Paddy Pike and James Austin Murray
Located in Dubai, AE
Through a mixture of high-tech machine and age-old artisanal processes, Immensity is a head-turning collectible. The matte black wooden doors of the Cabinet is engraved with CNC, der...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Wood

American Mid-Century Modern Credenza, circa 1979
Located in Chicago, IL
American, Mid-Century Modern credenza, that converts into a buffet when closed. Designed by Hari Matsuda in the late 1970s and this credenza, along with its matching Mid-Century Mode...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Wood

Stunning Restored Mid Century Modern Period Hardwood Sideboard with Chrome Legs
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this stunning fully restored vintage Mid Century Modern hardwood sideboard A very good looking well made and decorative piece with a glorious timber pati...
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Hardwood

Mid Century Twelve-Drawer Ratan Sideboard with Brass Knob Handles
Located in Washington, DC
An Exceptional mid century twelve-drawer rattan sideboard with brass knob handles. It would be great in a dining room or pantry to store utensils, or as server.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Bamboo, Rattan

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 Buffets

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Metal

Unique Mid-Century Modern Walnut Server
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This simplistic walnut server will add a breath of fresh style to any space it is in. With bold yet simplistic characteristics; this piece will add style without overpowering the spa...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Walnut

Tommi Parzinger Weathered Oak, Mahogany Credenza
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Modern classically styled credenza, buffet featuring a custom weathered oak/driftwood finish with aged bronzed brass hardware. Credenza has 3...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Mahogany, Oak

Dassi Vittorio Walnut Italian Midcentury Cabinet Buffet, 1940
Located in Rome, IT
Bar cabinet buffet by Vittorio Dassi, composed of precious materials, such as walnut wood, brass and glass. All veneered in walnut wood. Top in gold colored glass, recessed. Three f...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Glass, Mirror, Maple, Walnut

Studio Athelia, Modernist Sideboard in Walnut, France, 1935
By Athelia by Robert Bloch
Located in Catonvielle, FR
Athelia, Studio des Trois Quartiers, modernist two-door walnut sideboard attributed to Robert Block, Paris, 1935. Director of Studio Athelia founded in ...
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1930s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Walnut

Bitsafe Glass Cabinet by Richard Yasmine and Jason Maynard
Located in Dubai, AE
Bitsafe is made of polished cast bronze sculptural structure imitating the silhouette of cocktail stirrer spoons for the down part; synonym of greediness, along with the esthetical c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Onyx, Bronze

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 Buffets

Materials

Metal

Edward Wormley for Dunbar Cabinet / Credenza in Mahogany and Walnut
Located in Culver City, CA
This buffet is absolutely stunning! This ebonized mahogany and walnut sideboard / buffet designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar features heavy brass accents and pulls in a gorgeous chinoiserie feel. A piece like this is so elegant and clean it can really seamlessly inject a modern, refined look into any environment. We currently have this piece in our gallery paired with a brass Mastercraft dining table, accented with brass Paul Evans cityscape dining chairs...
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1950s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Mahogany, Walnut

Italian Living Room Furniture in Various Types of Wood
Located in Milano, IT
Italian living room furniture in various wood species from the 1950s. The furniture has a very eccentric line and typical mid-century d...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Wood

Paul McCobb for Calvin Mid Century 16-Drawer Mahogany and Brass Sideboard Buffet
Located in Countryside, IL
Paul McCobb for Calvin mid century 16-drawer mahogany and brass sideboard buffet credenza Measures: 71.25 wide x 19 deep x 27.25 high Restored vintage condition. Piece is rest...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Brass

Retro Vintage 1960 Cocktail Cabinet with Mirror and Glass Shelf and Light
Located in Markington, GB
Super retro vintage 1960 cocktail cabinet with mirror and glass shelf, and has some useful drawer space underneath.
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Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Teak

Vintage Young Manufacturing Walnut & Burl Credenza
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful dark wood serving credenza will fit perfectly in any dining room set up. With clean lines and a Classic style, this piece is sure to please....
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Burl, Walnut

Contemporary Hexagonal Credenza in Solid Wood with Outline Metal Detail
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
Gorgeous yet functional, bee hexagonal credenza feature durable and solid materials, made from solid beechwood and powder-coated steel. A metal accent detail outline its minimal design silhouette, bringing character to this piece. The interior shelves create an easy storage space for a practical use...
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2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Metal

Norwegian Rose Marble Top on Pistachio Green Lime Washed Buffet Cabinet
Located in Hanover, MA
A modern custom built white oak sideboard buffet with magnificent Norwegian Rose marble top showing colors of pink, grey and white. Carved giltwo...
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1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Marble

Exquisite Burl Wood Veneer and Brass Italian Commode from 1940's
Located in East Hampton, NY
Probably by Osvaldo Borsani, this charming cabinet with original green glass and tiered glass shelf features original loop ring pulls and keys. Sculptural legs with brass sabots are ...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Brass

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 Buffets

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Brass

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 Buffets

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Wood, Plywood

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 Buffets

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Leather

Great Alain Richard Large Sideboard of 1960s for Meuble TV French Design 1960
Located in Lyon, FR
Great sideboard designed in 1958 by the French designer Alain Richard for Meuble TV. Excellent workmanship in rosewood resting on a chromed steel frame. Composed of a first left ...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Steel

Tommi Parzinger Originals Credenza
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A classic server/buffet by Tommy Parzinger for Parzinger Originals, ca' 1960's. Beautiful brass hardware, key, felt lined top drawer. High quality construction and original warm finish.
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1960s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Wood

Scandinavian Teak Showcase from the 60's by HW Klein Edited by Bramin
Located in Lyon, FR
Very nice Scandinavian vitrine from the 60's attributed to designer Henry Walt Klein, edited by Bramin. Structure in solid teak and veneer. It is composed of two sliding glass doors ...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Glass, Teak

Pair of Solid Bronze and Vitreous Enamel Buffets or Bathroom Vanities
Located in Chicago, IL
Jansen inspired custom made pair of solid bronze and vitreous enamel bathroom vanities or buffets, handcrafted in our Chicago Workshop. This particular pair have 4 interior drawers a...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Bronze, Steel

Square Buffet Italian Midcentury Design Solid Teak Black Laminate Brown Cabinet
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Square buffet Italian midcentury design solid teak black laminate brown, with internal and external drawers inside, excellent execution quality. Unfortunate...
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1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Laminate, Teak

Modernist Mahogany Grand Buffet with Crest
Located in Miami, FL
Modernist mahogany buffet with crest. Grand buffet made of mahogany. Glass cabinet doors on either side above side cabinets with inside shelves.
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Mahogany

Pair of Cabinets after Paul Frankl, circa 1940, Made in USA
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Pair of cabinets both with two doors and matching solid brass pulls. One cabinet opens to reveal four centre drawers flanked by a single shelf on either side. The second opens to a s...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Wood

Silvio Coppola Buffet Cabinet, Italian, 1960s
Located in Baambrugge, NL
A midcentury Italian buffet cabinet designed by Silvio Coppola for Bernini. This walnut cabinet features two end doors revealing adjustable shel...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

Materials

Walnut

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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Buffets

Materials

Brass

James Mont American Buffet Midcentury
Located in Bridgewater, CT
American buffet midcentury Silvered wood and antiquated mirror.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Mirror, Wood

Fabulous Restored Vintage Ficks Reed Chest in Chinese Red Lacquer, circa 1970
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stellar piece is shipped as photographed and described in the narrative: completely ready to install and enjoy. A stunning vintage Ficks Reed eight (8) drawer chest, circa 19...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Brass

Modern Italian Sideboard and Drop-Down Flap
Located in Roma, IT
Sideboard/buffet in mahogany wood, Italian-made from the 1950s On the upper left part, there are two sliding woven rattan doors edged by a dark brown lacquered frame. Also on the upp...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Brass

Officina, moden Tv Unit in Mimetica Veneered
Located in Barlassina, Monza-Brianza
Officina, Tv Unit in Mimetica Veneered. Meaning Officina is the Italian name of the auto-repair store. The details are coming from the mechanic environmen...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Buffets

Materials

Metal

Vittorio Dassi Walnut, Sycamore & Brass Credenza, Sideboard Italy 1960
Located in Miami, FL
Vittorio DASSI long credenza, buffet, sideboard with 5 doors made in the 1960s. Sycamore and walnut with beveled green glass tops. In good original condition Brass ornaments on the d...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Glass, Sycamore, Walnut

Italy 1950s Cesare Lacca Attributed Dry Bar Cart, Laquered Walnut & Burl Walnut
Located in Vigonza, Padua
A Brugnoli Mobili Cantù Dry Bar Cart, laquered walnut in mahogany color, brass thread & burl walnut veneered; cristal top . Lighted interior compartment with a washable plastic-coat...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Burl, Walnut

Edward Wormley Dunbar Custom Credenza Rosewood Curved Front
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A rare credenza designed by Edward Wormley and custom made by Dunbar for Mellin Furniture Galleries, Warren, Michigan, circa 1969. Curved front rosewood doors, walnut case with plast...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Walnut

Rare John Keal Buffet or Credenza for Brown Saltman
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This Mid-Century Modern buffet or credenza by John Keal for Brown Saltman features three storage drawers and a cabinet behind a pair of double doors. The unit rests on a sculptured l...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Brass

Lovely Vintage Asian Altar Table/Console/Buffet
Located in Atlanta, GA
A particularly Beautiful vintage Altar Table with wonderful scale and detail. The functional size offers the flexibility for the piece to be used a...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Wood

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...
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2010s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Brass

Glenn of California Vintage Sideboard Cabinet by Stanley Young
Located in Chicago, IL
Glenn of California vintage sideboard cabinet by Stanley Young. Great scale and proportion. Works well in both larger and smaller interiors. ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Wood

CHARLES. DUDOUYT Cerused Oak Credenza
Located in Hawthorne, CA
Solid perused oak buffet designed by CHARLES DUDOUYT, a famous French decorator [1885 - 1946]. This piece is part of his last designs. The amazing case piece comes with two cabinet doors that open to the interior of the cabinetry, circa 1946. This highly polished and distinctive cabinet opens to multiple levels of deep shelving.
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Oak

Midcentury Scandinavian Teak Buffet
Located in Pasadena, TX
Midcentury Scandinavian teak buffet Four spacious drawers for flatware Three cabinets with four individual shelves Measures: 65" L...
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Late 20th Century Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Teak

Four Doors Sapelli Mahogany and Sicamore Sideboard, Italian, circa 1960
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very nice sideboard is made of Sapelli mahogany and sicamore wood on a black lacquered wood base with brass elements. This very elegant sideboard has 4 doors opening on a sicamo...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

Materials

Mahogany, Wood

Modern Industry Tabac Series Sideboard in Walnut and Blackened Steel
Located in Downers Grove, IL
Solid book-matched black walnut with acid blackened steel accents give the Tabac side board a contemporary, industrial edge, while maintaing Classic midcentury lines and proportions....
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Buffets

Materials

Steel, Metal

Mid-Century Transitional Raised Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
Mid-Century Transitional Raised Buffet is an impressive combination of Renaissance and Neoclassical styling! Hand-crafted from massive planks and timbers...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Buffets

Materials

Oak, Leather

72" Midcentury Rosewood Buffet Table by Robert Heritage
Located in Pasadena, TX
72" Midcentury Rosewood Buffet Table by Robert Heritage A rare vintage 72" buffet by Robert Heritage. This table features stainless steel cantilevered legs and a rosewood case wi...
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Rosewood

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 Buffets

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Chrome

Mid-Century Modern Italian Marble Sideboard
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stunning vintage Italian sideboard features a unique floating marble top with a stunning natural wood finish. Six drawers for plenty of storage and organization, while the elega...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Marble

Ebonized Credenza or Buffet, Handmade in Chicago in Any Dimension or Finish
Located in Chicago, IL
Stunning custom hand built and ebonized three-door credenza, or buffet with solid brass ring pulls. This is another creation from our Old Plank Workshop and can be custom made in any...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Buffets

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Mahogany

Mid-century Modern buffets for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern buffets 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 buffets created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include case pieces and storage cabinets, tables, asian art and furniture and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern buffets made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original buffets, popular names associated with this style include Drexel, Guillerme et Chambron, Kipp Stewart, and Edward Wormley. 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 buffets differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $100 and tops out at $82,000 while the average work can sell for $5,195.

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