Antique French Marble Top Credenza Buffet
Antique Grand Louis XIV Demilune Marble Top Buffet, Credenza
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Grand Louis XIV demilune marble top buffet ~ Credenza is a marvel of the cabinetmaker's art
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Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Buffets
Materials
Marble
French Period Neoclassical Carved & Bleached Wooden Buffet W/ Unusual Marble Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French neoclassical period buffet cabinet, with unusual marble top and stunning brass hardware
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Antique Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Buffets
Materials
Marble, Brass
H 44.25 in W 69.5 in D 27.5 in
French Provincial Carved Credenza with Pink Serpentine Marble Top France 1700s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
, credenza, sideboard, server, cupboard, enfilade or buffet of generous proportions. Often referred during
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Credenzas
Materials
Marble, Brass, Iron
H 42 in W 102 in D 24.5 in
French Antique Louis XVI Style Grand Buffet
Located in Austin, TX
Buffet / enfilade from France made of solid mahogany that has been finished in a museum-quality
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Vintage 1940s French Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Carrara Marble, Brass
Antique Louis XVI Style Demilune Buffet
Located in Austin, TX
dovetailed drawers. The buffet features gilt brass trims and hardware throughout. The credenza is topped with
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Vintage 1910s French Louis XVI Buffets
Materials
Carrara Marble, Brass
19th C Napoleon III Rosewood Sideboard Buffet Credenza Cabinet w/ Brass Lattice
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th century Napoleon III style rosewood sideboard buffet credenza cabinet with brass lattice. Item
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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Buffets
Materials
Brass
H 37 in W 54.5 in D 15 in
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Mounted Mahogany Credenza
Located in Forney, TX
walnut, tambour marble-top sideboard (credenza server bar cabinet buffet chest)
Retaining extensive
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Early 20th Century Louis XVI Credenzas
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze
H 40 in W 22.25 in D 62.25 in
Fine French Transition Louis XV XVI Style Chest Sideboard
Located in Forney, TX
inlaid marble-top chest after Jean-François Oeben / Jean-Henri Riesener.
Exquisitely hand-crafted in
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Credenzas
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Antique French Louis XVI Mahogany Buffet ~ Commode with Carrara Marble
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XVI Mahogany Buffet ~ Commode with Carrara Marble combines the size and
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Carrara Marble, Brass
French Louis XV Period Tambour Door Buffet Server
Located in Forney, TX
second half of the 18th century, likely Lyon region, retaining the original shaped marble top with molded
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Sideboards
Materials
Marble
French Provincial Louis XV Grand Regence Style Breakfront Sideboard
Located in Forney, TX
, buffet, server, or credenza.
Excellent original antique / vintage condition. Nicely aged patina. May
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Sideboards
Materials
Marble
French Louis XVI Period Painted Oak Chest Of Drawers Commode
Located in Forney, TX
taste, having a rectangular white marble top over conforming solid oak wood case with canted corners in
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Carrara Marble
19th Century French Early Mercantile Industrial General Store Counter
Located in Forney, TX
retail shop counter, home media console or dry bar, credenza or sideboard server - buffet!
Born in
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Antique Early 19th Century French Industrial Cabinets
Materials
Metal
19th Century Italian Bird’s-Eye Maple Chest of Drawers Commode
Located in Forney, TX
(1852-1870) in France, having a rectangular top with inset white Carrera marble top with attractive gray
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Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Napoleon III Commodes and Chests of Dra...
Materials
Carrara Marble, Brass
18th Century Spanish Colonial Church Altar Table now Sideboard Server
Located in Forney, TX
slab top, featuring impressive rich patina, rustic charm and antique character. Mounted over the
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Antique 18th Century Central American Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Wood, Pine, Paint
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Italian NeoClassic Oak Parquetry Desk, Natural
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Serenity Sofie Contemporary Wall Sconce/Light, White Plaster, Hannah Woodhouse
By Hannah Woodhouse
Located in London, GB
Handmade Serenity Sofie wall light or sconce, in silky smooth white plaster, created by artist Hannah Woodhouse in her London studio. Contemporary design inspired by nature and midce...
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19th Century English Regency Style Chinoiserie Full Headboard and Footboard
Located in New York, NY
English Regency-style (19th Century) black iron and tole Chinoiserie design full size bed with figures (includes: headboard, footboard, rails).
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Antique 19th Century Regency Beds and Bed Frames
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Iron, Wrought Iron
Antique Marble-Topped Sideboard
Located in Atlanta, GA
French hand-carved sideboard with Breche D'Alep marble top
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Dòry Five Lights Contemporary Artisanal Chandelier Brass, Blown Glass, Dimmable
By Silvio Mondino Studio
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Pair of Mid-Century Style Burl Dressers
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Extensive Assembled Meissen Blue and White Bird Model Dinner Service, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
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Located in Atlanta, GA
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Antique Early 1900s French Rococo Sideboards
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Marble
Bespoke Eight-Arm Plaster Fixture
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French Renaissance Carved Oak Sideboard, 18th Century
Located in Paris, IDF
This piece is a brown oak French Renaissance sideboard that dates from the 1700s. It’s made from solid oak and the ornate designs have been painstakingly carved. It’s an extravagant ...
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Metal
French 18th Century Enfilade
Located in Atlanta, GA
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Antique 18th Century French Buffets
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Wood
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Located in Los Angeles, CA
French 1900s Louis XV-style buffet, with thick beveled marble top, and serpentine side. Has inlaid
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Buffets
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Marble, Bronze
French Antique Louis XVI Buffet with Carrara Marble Top
Located in Austin, TX
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Buffets
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Marble
Louis XVI Saint Anne Marble Top Buffet/Credenza
Located in Austin, TX
Antique French Louis XVI style buffet in ebonized mahogany with superb Saint Anne marble top
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Buffets
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Brass
Grand French Louis XVI Carrara Marble-Top Buffet
Located in Austin, TX
A stunning antique French Louis XVI style buffet/credenza in ebonized mahogany finished with a
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Vintage 1920s French Louis XVI Buffets
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Antique French Renaissance Buffet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful 19th-century French buffet hand-crafted out of oak wood with a newly bleached finish
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Antique Late 19th Century French Renaissance Buffets
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Grand Louis XVI Carrara Marble-Top Credenza
Located in Austin, TX
A stunning antique French Louis XVI style buffet in ebonized mahogany finished with a lustrous
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Antique Early 1900s French Louis XVI Buffets
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Riesener Style French Antique Buffet
Located in Austin, TX
Superb French antique buffet in the manner of Riesener. This credenza is made of mahogany and
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Antique 1870s French Louis XVI Buffets
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Carrara Marble, Bronze
French Antique Period Louis XVI Buffet
Located in Austin, TX
French antique period Louis XVI buffet made of solid mahogany beautifully figured. This credenza is
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Antique Early 1800s French Louis XVI Buffets
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Marble, Bronze
Louis XVI Style French Antique Buffet
Located in Austin, TX
A Louis XVI cherrywood buffet or credenza painted in dove gray and white with four doors and four
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Antique Early 1900s French Louis XVI Buffets
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Carrara Marble, Bronze
French Antique Louis XVI Style Grand Buffet
Located in Austin, TX
Elegant French antique Louis XVI style buffet made of mahogany. This piece has four dovetailed
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Vintage 1910s French Louis XVI Buffets
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Carrara Marble, Brass
French Antique Louis XVI Mahogany Buffet
Located in Austin, TX
French Louis XVI style buffet or enfilade of fiddle-back mahogany veneer with ormolu bronze trim
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Antique Early 1900s French Louis XVI Credenzas
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French Louis XVI Style Antique Walnut Buffet
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French antique Louis XVI style walnut buffet. This piece is made of figured blonde walnut wood from
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Credenzas
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Antique French Louis XVI Ebonized Buffet or Sideboard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant French 1900s buffet in Louis XVI-style ebonized mahogany in the manner of Jansen, with a
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Antique Early 1900s French Louis XVI Credenzas
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Marble, Brass
Antique Demilune Louis XVI Buffet
Located in Austin, TX
Buffet / enfilade, French, made of solid mahogany in a lustrous museum quality French polish. There
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Vintage 1910s French Louis XVI Buffets
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Carrara Marble, Brass
French Louis XVI Style Buffet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This antique French Louis XVI Style buffet is made of solid wood with beautiful Flemish veneers
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Vintage 1910s French Louis XVI Buffets
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Antique French Mahogany and Marble Top Sideboard Credenza Buffet
Located in West Hartford, CT
Exquisite French mahogany credenza features a pink marble top with beautiful veining. It has a faux
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Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Sideboards
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French Antique Console Credenza or Buffet with Beautiful Marble Top
Located in Hopewell, NJ
This French mid-19th century oak buffet features a grey and white veined marble top with beveled
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Antique 19th Century French Sideboards
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Renaissance Style Credenza in Walnut, Italy c. 1700
Located in Atlanta, GA
Antico Marble top in conforming rectangular shape.
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Antique French Louis XVI Maison Jansen Style Sideboard Server
By Maison Jansen
Located in Forney, TX
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
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Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Period Burled Walnut Commode
Located in Forney, TX
server buffet, credenza, media stand, oversized hall console, and more.
Great original antique
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Commodes and Chests of Dr...
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By Pierre Macret, Charles Topino
Located in Forney, TX
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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18th/19th Century Country French Louis XVI Oak Chest Of Drawers Commode
Located in Forney, TX
handsome antique, circa 1800, country French marble-topped ormolu mounted oak chest of drawers commode with
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Late 19th / Early 20th Century French Louis XV Butlers Desk Chest of Drawers
Located in Forney, TX
A handsome antique French Louis XV style chest of drawers butler's desk.
Late 19th / early 20th
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Early 20th Century European Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Marble, Bronze
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Antique Country French Brittany Marble-Top Buffet, Credenza
Located in Dallas, TX
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Located in Austin, TX
Very good French Antique Louis XVI buffet/enfilade featuring four doors and four dovetailed drawers
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Empire Style French Antique Buffet
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Located in Labrit, Landes
French walnut sideboard buffet in the Louis XVI style
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Credenzas
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Marble, Brass
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French Buffet Redesigned in Shop Counter Marble-Top Meuble De Metier circa 1900
Located in Labrit, Landes
French sideboard buffet revisited in Meuble de Metier shop counter,
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Credenzas
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Maison Jansen Style French Antique Louis XVI Buffet
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Located in Austin, TX
stunning credenza features four doors, four drawers, a white lightly veined Carrara marble top, and rests
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Antique Ebonized Mahogany Louis XVI Buffet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This extraordinary antique french ebonized mahogany Louis XVI buffet is hand-crafted out of
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Stone, Marble, Brass
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Located in Austin, TX
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French Belle Epoch Period Louis XVI Style Mahogany Sideboard
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-crafted in luxurious Louis XVI taste, featuring a stunning, dramatically veined white and black marble top
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Located in Vancouver, BC
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Antique French Louis XV Style Walnut Marble-Top Buffet Credenza, France, 1780
Located in Houston, TX
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Antique French Louis XVI Buffet Credenza circa 1800 Marble Top Black Lacquer
Located in Houston, TX
A stunning antique French Louis XVI style buffet credenza circa 1800 with its marble top and an
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French Antique Gothic Sideboard Credenza Solid Oak Buffet Cupboard Dresser
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
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Located in Fairhope, AL
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Fine French Louis XVI Antique Mahogany Sideboard / Buffet, 1910s
Located in Hialeah, FL
Fine French antique Louis XVI style sideboard or buffet made of mahogany with a beautiful Carrara
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Fine French Louis XVI Antique Mahogany Sideboard or Credenza, 1910s
Located in Hialeah, FL
Fine French antique Louis XVI style sideboard or credenza made of mahogany with a beautiful Carrara
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Vintage 1910s French Louis XVI Buffets
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Long French Louis XVI Antique Mahogany Sideboard or Buffet, 1910s
Located in Hialeah, FL
Long French antique Louis XVI style sideboard or buffet made of mahogany with a beautiful Carrara
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Vintage 1910s French Louis XVI Credenzas
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Carrara Marble, Bronze
Pair of Art Deco Side Cabinets. French Circa 1925
Located in New York, NY
marble top framed by a crossbanded border. The frieze with “basket weave” parquetry panels in the sides
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Rosewood
Michel Dufet French Art Deco Demilune Bombe Chest
Located in New York, NY
graceful curved and attenuated gilt legs protruding over the edge to the inset marble top. The pair of
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Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Parchment Commode. Mid 20th C
Located in New York, NY
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French, 20th Century
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Neoclassical Cabinet stamped “JANSEN”. Mid 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
. The bow fronted marble top with a molded edge above a pair of paneled cupboard doors flanked by bowed
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Rosewood Side Cabinet stamped Jansen. Mid 20th Century
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Louis XVI Brass Mounted Mahogany Commode. Late 18th C
Located in New York, NY
marble top above an arrangement of two short and two long paneled drawers all enriched with brass
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Louis XVI Brass Mounted Commode. C1790
Located in New York, NY
with a white mottled marble top is surrounded by a brass gallery. The three drawers all with brass
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Long French Sideboard or Buffet or Credenzas, circa 1910s
Located in Hialeah, FL
Long French antique Louis XVI style sideboard or buffet made of mahogany with a beautiful Carrara
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Vintage 1910s French Credenzas
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Long French Louis XVI Sideboard or Buffet or Credenzas, circa 1910s
Located in Hialeah, FL
Long French antique Louis XVI style sideboard or buffet made of mahogany with a beautiful Carrara
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Antique French Marble Top Credenza Buffet For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic antique French marble top credenza buffet available at 1stDibs. Each antique French marble top credenza buffet for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, marble and stone. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique French marble top credenza buffet — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right antique French marble top credenza buffet, those designed in louis xv, Louis XVI and Baroque styles are of considerable interest.
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Finding the Right storage-case-pieces for You
Of all the antique and vintage case pieces and storage cabinets that have become popular in modern interiors over the years, dressers, credenzas and cabinets have long been home staples, perfect for routine storage or protection of personal items.
In the mid-19th century, cabinetmakers would mimic styles originating in the Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI eras for their dressers, bookshelves and other structures, and, later, simpler, streamlined wood designs allowed these “case pieces” or “case goods” — any furnishing that is unupholstered and has some semblance of a storage component — to blend into the background of any interior.
Mid-century modern furniture enthusiasts will cite the tall modular wall units crafted in teak and other sought-after woods of the era by the likes of George Nelson, Poul Cadovius and Finn Juhl. For these highly customizable furnishings, designers of the day delivered an alternative to big, heavy bookcases by considering the use of space — and, in particular, walls — in new and innovative ways. Mid-century modern credenzas, which, long and low, evolved from tables that were built as early as the 14th century in Italy, typically have no legs or very short legs and have grown in popularity as an alluring storage option over time.
Although the name immediately invokes images of clothing, dressers were initially created in Europe for a much different purpose. This furnishing was initially a flat-surfaced, low-profile side table equipped with a few drawers — a common fixture used to dress and prepare meats in English kitchens throughout the Tudor period. The drawers served as perfect utensil storage. It wasn’t until the design made its way to North America that it became enlarged and equipped with enough space to hold clothing and cosmetics. The very history of storage case pieces is a testament to their versatility and well-earned place in any room.
In the spirit of positioning your case goods center stage, decluttering can now be design-minded.
A contemporary case piece with open shelving and painted wood details can prove functional as a storage unit as easily as it can a room divider. Whether you’re seeking a playful sideboard made of colored glass and metals, an antique Italian hand-carved storage cabinet or a glass-door vitrine to store and show off your collectibles, there are options for you on 1stDibs.
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