Dresser Base Server
18th Century English Long Dresser Base / Server in Oak with 3 Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th Century English Long Dresser Base / Server in Oak with 3 Drawers, Serpentine Apron & Lower
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Antique 18th Century English Dressers
Materials
Oak
Chestnut dresser base / server / console table
Located in Budleigh Salterton, GB
Early 19th Century Chestnut Dresser Base
H: 74 cm (29 1/8")
W: 200 cm (78 3/4")
D: 53 cm (20 7/8
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Antique 1820s French Country Dressers
Materials
Chestnut
Antique English Plate Dresser Sideboard Server Georgian Era Oak and Mahogany
Located in Tyler, TX
, server or buffet~~early 19th century
These pieces, commonly known as "Welsh dressers" were a
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Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Dressers
Materials
Oak, Mahogany
H 81.5 in W 67.5 in D 18 in
Paint Decorated Two Door Jacobean Style Turned Legs Stretcher Base Server Mint!
By Royal
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Paint decorated two door Jacobean style turned legs stretcher base server mint!
Double door two
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20th Century American Jacobean Dressers
Materials
Walnut
H 36 in W 44 in D 18 in
English Oak 19th Century Geometric Front Dresser Base with Three Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
resplendent English oak geometric front server, which used to be a dresser base. A veritable mosaic of
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Antique 19th Century English Dressers
Materials
Oak
H 34.25 in W 63.25 in D 19.25 in
Mid 18th Century Queen Anne Oak Dresser Base or Server
Located in Savannah, GA
Mid 18th Century Queen Anne Oak Dresser Base or Server, foliate carved on leg, shaped apron
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Sideboards
Materials
Oak
3 Drawer English Oak Dresser Base Circa 1720, antique server, antique sideboard
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Beautiful 3 Drawer English Oak Dresser Base, antique server, antique sideboard. Table is early 18th
Category
Antique Early 18th Century British Console Tables
Materials
Oak
H 33.08 in W 70.08 in D 18.9 in
Mid-Century Modern 3 Section Server, Sideboard or Dresser
Located in Stamford, CT
Mid-Centuiry Modern 3 section server, sideboard or dresser with inlaid rattan doors and wood
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Materials
Wood
Antique Country British Farmhouse Painted Pine Kitchen Dresser Server Table
Located in Forney, TX
A large country British (Welsh, English, or Irish) farmhouse kitchen dresser base (buffet serving
Category
Early 20th Century British Country Serving Tables
Materials
Pine
H 30.75 in W 72 in D 18.75 in
Antique French Neoclassical Oak Marble Mirrored Dresser Sideboard Buffet Server
Located in Dayton, OH
Impressive antique French Louis XV sideboard vanity / server / wash basin / buffet. Made of
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Antique Late 19th Century Neoclassical Sideboards
Materials
Marble
H 83 in W 58 in D 23 in
Oriental Mid Century Modern Black Lacquer Base Modern Walnut Server Cabinet MINT
By Henredon, James Mont, Baker Furniture Company
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Quality mid-century modern walnut double doors bachelor chest cabinet dresser with beautiful brass
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Brass
H 33 in W 40 in D 20 in
English 1870s Oak Dresser Base with Carved Geometric Front and Two Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
oak dresser base circa 1870 will bring a touch of elegance to any dining room or living room.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Sideboards
Materials
Brass
H 37 in W 51 in D 20.75 in
Early 20th Century Mahogany Hepplewhite Style Server Buffet Sideboard
Located in Long Branch, NJ
Louis XV French Style Inlaid White Marble Top Dresser Chest Commode
Dimensions : 50" Wide X 33.5
Category
Late 20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
English Late 18th Century Oak Server with Three Drawers and Cabriole Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
dresser base, is raised on four legs, cabriole in the front and straight in the back. The nice proportions
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Buffets
Materials
Brass
H 33 in W 54.5 in D 19.25 in
Fine French Parquetry and Marquetry Inlaid Sunburst Cabinet Att to Lucien Rollin
By Lucien Rollin
Located in New York City, NY
raised on short square wood and bronze mounted legs, which gives it a sturdy, stable and cubist base. The
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Cabinets
Materials
Palisander
H 33.25 in W 19 in D 78.5 in
Antique Baltic Empire Biedermeier Period Flame Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Forney, TX
variety of different uses, including as a bedroom commode - dresser, dining room sideboard server - buffet
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Antique Early 19th Century Baltic Biedermeier Commodes and Chests of Dra...
Materials
Brass
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Located in Doylestown, PA
A late 18th century step-back cupboard, French Provincial Louis XV period in oak, with brass mounts and pulls, and carved wood spindles. Nice original patina.
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Antique Late 18th Century French French Provincial Cupboards
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Bench made Hepplewhite Style Small Bowfront Server/Hunt Board, New England
Located in Alexandria, VA
This beautiful petite sideboard/console has many uses: perfect as a console in the foyer or living room, equally great as a server in the breakfast room or dining room. The piece was...
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Mid-Century French Louis XIV Carved Walnut Two-Door "Buffet de Chasse"
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate an entry or a living room with this elegant buffet. Crafted in France circa 1970, and built of walnut, the cabinet stands on a thick plinth base. The piece features two arch...
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XIV Buffets
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Tapparelle L Dark Blue Cabinet. Base and Sliding Shutter in natural Oak
By Emmanuel Gallina
Located in Milan, Lombardy
Tapparelle is a collection of elements that explore the traditional technique of antan office furniture with sliding shutters no longer in use, turning them into furniture for the co...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Cabinets
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H 45.28 in W 16.54 in D 16.54 in
1970s Walnut and Oak Plinth Dresser by Lane
Located in Los Angeles, CA
W58 D18 H28.5
Petite dresser with three large drawers and three smaller drawers on the side. This dresser features clean chrome hardware with dove tail drawers. The walnut plinth ba...
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Vintage 1970s Brutalist Dressers
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Period Walnut and Marble Hunt Buffet
Located in Fayetteville, AR
Found in Aix-en-Provence in southern France, this late eighteenth century Louis XVI period walnut hunt buffet features its original beveled marble top. Originally used in a hunting l...
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Buffets
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Marble
George II Oak Dresser Base with 3 Crossbanded Drawers on Cabriole Legs
Located in San Francisco, CA
A good quality English oak dresser base, the molded overhanging top above 3 mahogany inlaid crossbanded drawers, the front with a wavy apron, supported on front cabriole legs ending ...
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Antique Mid-18th Century English George II Sideboards
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Oak
English Manor House George III Huntboard in Figured Mahogany, circa 1780
Located in Miami, FL
A very handsome English country manor house hunt board / sideboard in figured mahogany from the Georgian period. Features a base that rests on long square tapering legs with spade fe...
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Antique Late 18th Century English George III Sideboards
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English Oak Dresser and Rack Early 18th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb English dresser from the beginning of the 18th century in oak
Very nice model with very beautiful molded doors. We can find a symmetry in the two doors. This indicates that i...
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Antique Early 18th Century English Georgian Dressers
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Oak
1800's Antique Italian Renaissance Revival Carved, Mirror, Crest, Sideboard!!
Located in Austin, TX
Gorgeous Antique Sideboard, Italian Renaissance Revival Carved, Mirror, Crest, 1800s, 19th Century!
This antique Italian Renaissance Revival sideboard is a stunning piece of furnit...
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Antique 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Sideboards
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Wood
H 98 in W 60 in D 21.5 in
Brutalist Sculptural Diamond Front Dresser/Credenza/Console, Tortoise Oil Spot
Located in Buffalo, NY
Brutalist sculptural diamond front and sides, dresser, credenza, console table. Faux tortoise, oil spot finish, truly stunning in person, very unusual design, cabinet consists of fou...
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H 23.5 in W 51 in D 19.5 in
Vintage Scandinavian Modern Patinated Oak Display Cabinet, circa 1950s
Located in Shippensburg, PA
SCANDINAVIAN MODERN PATINATED OAK DISPLAY CABINET
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Item # 211RIP29L
A striking Scandinavian Modern cabinet executed in patinated and oiled oak...
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18th Century Welsh Oak Dresser
Located in Greenwich, CT
A handsome 18th century Welsh oak dresser with lovely surface having cabinet base of two arcaded paneled doors and three drawers with a series of spice drawers to back of counter bel...
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Antique Late 18th Century Welsh Dressers
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Oak
19th C. English George III Mahogany & Brass Gallery Hunt/Sideboard
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century English George III Mahogany & Brass Gallery Hunt/Sideboard
England, Circa 1820
A exquisite 19th Century English George III Mahogany & Brass Gallery Hunt/Sideboard, a te...
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Brass
18th Century Welsh Dresser
Located in Dublin 8, IE
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Antique Mid-18th Century Welsh Country Dressers
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Brass
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Located in Honiton, Devon
Good mid-19th century cherrywood and chestnut 3-drawer dresser base / server
Dating to circa 1860s
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Antique 1860s Dressers
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Cherry
Dresser Base / Server Cherrywood
Located in Honiton, Devon
Fab mid-19th century cherrywood dresser base / server
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Fab early 19th century chestnut dresser base / server
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Cherrywood Dresser Base / Server
Located in Honiton, Devon
19th century cherrywood dresser base / server
French dating to circa 1850s, constructed from
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Antique 1860s Serving Tables
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Cherry
Chestnut Dresser Base / Server
Located in Honiton, Devon
Great 19th century chestnut dresser base, dating to circa 1870s with 3 good size drawers with
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Antique 1870s Dressers
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Farmhouse Dresser Base / Server
Located in Honiton, Devon
French, from the Brittany area dating to circa 1850s
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Antique 1850s Serving Tables
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Three-Drawer Petit Red Dresser
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Located in Bronx, NY
Petite red dresser with door for 3 drawers and tapered base in the manner of Grosfeld House and
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Located in Honiton, Devon
Charming early 19th century small oak 3-drawer dresser base
Dating to circa 1820s constructed
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Antique 1820s Serving Tables
Cherrywood Dresser Base or Server
Located in Honiton, Devon
Dating to circa 1850s, constructed from solid cherry, later cast iron handles.
This piece has been through our workshops and been cleaned / polished any woodworm thoroughly treate...
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Antique 1850s Serving Tables
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Carved Mahogany Queen Anne Server 'Highboy Base', NE
Located in Providence, RI
Often highboys were separated with a top applied to the base to be used as a small-scale server
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Antique 1770s American Queen Anne Serving Tables
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Mahogany
English Dresser Base / Server
Located in Atlanta, GA
English oak dresser base / server with geometric front.
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Antique 19th Century English Sideboards
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Oak
English Dresser Base/Server
Located in Atlanta, GA
English oak dresser base/server with drawers and doors.
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Antique 19th Century English Buffets
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Oak
English Dresser Base / Server
Located in Atlanta, GA
English oak dresser base / server with carved front drawers.
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Antique 19th Century English Sideboards
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Oak
English Dresser Base / Server
Located in Atlanta, GA
Narrow English dresser base / server with three drawers and three doors.
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Located in Atlanta, GA
Early English dresser base/ server with 5 drawers and 2 doors.
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Antique 19th Century British Buffets
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Oak
Early English Dresser Base / Server
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early English dresser base /server with inlay.
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Oak
Early 19th Century English Oak Dresser Base/Server
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 19th century English oak dresser base/server with three drawers and two cabinet doors.
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Antique Early 19th Century English Dressers
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Oak
19th Century English Oak Dresser Base/Server
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century English oak dresser base/server with two doors, three drawers and Cubby Hole with
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Antique 19th Century Great Britain (UK) Dressers
19th Century English Oak Dresser Base / Server
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century English Jacobean style oak dresser base / server with lower shelf, wood knobs and
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Located in Atlanta, GA
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Antique 19th Century English Dressers
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Early 19th Century English Jacobean Style Dresser Base/Server
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early 19th century English Jacobean style dresser base/server with seven drawers and lower shelf
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Antique Early 19th Century English Dressers
English 18th Century Oak Dresser Base / Server with 3 Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
English 18th Century Oak Dresser Base / Server with 3 Drawers from the “Quantock/Sedgemoor area of
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Antique 18th Century English Dressers
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Oak
18th Century Continental Dresser Base/Server
Located in Atlanta, GA
The Continental oak dresser base/Server table with three carved drawer fronts with brass pull
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Brass
English Jacobean Style Dresser Base/Server
Located in Atlanta, GA
English Jacobean Style Dresser Base/Server
One of a kind antique table. Please take a look
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Antique 19th Century English Serving Tables
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Oak
19th Century English Oak Dresser Base/Server
Located in Atlanta, GA
A 19th century English oak dresser base/ server featuring 3 drawers with brass bail pulls and
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Antique 19th Century English Serving Tables
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Brass
English Oak Dresser Base/Server, Early 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early 19th century English oak dresser base/server featuring 3 drawers with brass pulls and
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Antique Early 19th Century English George III Serving Tables
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Brass
18th Century English Oak Dresser Base / Server
Located in Atlanta, GA
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Antique 18th Century English Serving Tables
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Brass
George III English Oak Dresser Base/Server, circa 1800
Located in Atlanta, GA
The early 19th century English oak dresser base/server with shallow rectangular top, 5 drawers
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Antique Early 1800s English George III Sideboards
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Brass
Antique Georgian Oak Dresser Base/Server
Located in Calgary, Alberta
Georgian oak three deep drawer open dresser base or server with cockbeaded fronts, original brass
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Antique 18th Century British Georgian Dressers
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19th Century English Oak Dresser Base/Server with Three Drawers and Plinth Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 19th century English oak dresser base / server with three drawers and lower plinth base.
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Antique Early 19th Century English Serving Tables
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H 31 in W 66.25 in D 17 in
English Dresser Base / Server
Located in Atlanta, GA
English Dresser base / Cabinet with geometric front.
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Antique 19th Century British Sideboards
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Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Georgian period oak dresser base / server from the early 19th century, with five drawers
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Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Buffets
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Oak
H 37.25 in W 71.5 in D 19.5 in
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Located in Atlanta, GA
The 19th century English dresser base with narrow rectangular top, 3 drawers, carved shaped apron
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Antique 19th Century English Serving Tables
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Brass
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Located in Atlanta, GA
English pine dresser base / server with three drawers.
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Antique 19th Century English Sideboards
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Located in Atlanta, GA
18 th c.English dresser base/server with nice patina.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Buffets
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Wood
19th Century English Oak Dresser Base or Server
Located in Atlanta, GA
Dresser base/server in oak with five drawers over a lower plinth base and four (4) turned column
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Antique 19th Century English Sideboards
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Oak
English Server
Located in Atlanta, GA
English dresser base/ server with scalloped apron.
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Antique 19th Century British Sideboards
Materials
Wood
18th Century English Jacobean Style Oak Dresser Base with Lower Shelf & Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th century English Jacobean style oak dresser base/server with lower shelf and five drawers.
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Antique 18th Century English Jacobean Serving Tables
Materials
Oak
H 34.5 in W 53.75 in D 17 in
18th Century English Georgian Oak Dresser
Located in Bradenton, FL
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18th Century English Oak Jacobean Style Dresser Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Serving Tables
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French Original Painted Server
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Wonderful 19th C French original painted pine 5 drawer dresser base / server. 1880.
Depth of
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English George III Period 1800s Oak Server / Dresser Base with Drawers, Doors
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English George III period oak dresser base/ server from the early 19th century, with six drawers
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Antique Early 19th Century English George III Buffets
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Brass
H 38.25 in W 77 in D 19.5 in
English Oak Server / Huntboard
Located in Woodbury, CT
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Antique 19th Century English Regency Serving Tables
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Oak
19th Century English Oak Server or Dresser Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
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Antique 19th Century English Dressers
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Located in Milford, NH
A fine Welsh oak dresser base or server with a rectangular molded edge top surmounting a case with
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Antique 18th Century Welsh Dressers
Materials
Brass
Unusual Sized 19th Century English Stretcher Based Dresser / Server
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Wide but narrow stretcher based oak dresser. Rare size, English, 1820s.
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Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Dressers
Materials
Oak
English 1900s Oak Dresser Base with Drawers, Cabrioles Legs and Carved Shell
Located in Atlanta, GA
carved shell motif. Created in England at the turn of the century, this oak dresser base / server
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Early 20th Century English Sideboards
Materials
Oak
H 33.5 in W 66 in D 19 in
19th Century English Oak Dresser Base or Server with Cabriole Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A 19th Century English Oak Dresser Base or Server with Cabriole Legs and Three Crossbanded Drawers
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Antique 19th Century English Jacobean Dressers
Materials
Brass
18th Century Welsh Oak Dresser Base or Server with Cabriole Legs
Located in Milford, NH
18th century Welsh dresser base or server featuring three drawers and an apron with two drops all
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Antique 18th Century Welsh Georgian Dressers
Materials
Brass
English Oak 19th Century Two-Drawer Dresser Base or Server with Cabriole Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English 19th century oak dresser base or server with two drawers. This English server from circa
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Dressers
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Brass
H 34 in W 46 in D 18.75 in
Antique 19th Century Walnut Server or Dresser
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very attractive mid-19th century French walnut server,
Or dresser base, of unusually small
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Victorian Dressers
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Walnut
18th Century Oak Dresser Base
Located in Houston, TX
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Antique 18th Century Great Britain (UK) George II Dressers
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Oak
English 1800s George III Oak Dresser Base with Doors, Drawers and Semi-Columns
Located in Atlanta, GA
oak George III dresser base / server, circa 1800 will bring a touch of elegance to any home
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Antique Early 19th Century English George III Buffets
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Brass
H 39 in W 69.25 in D 22.25 in
18th c Connecticut Cherry Wood Highboy Base or Server
Located in Milford, NH
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French 19th Century Cherry Wood Dresser Base
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
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English Early 19th Century Oak Three-Drawer Dresser Base
Located in Dallas, TX
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Antique Early 19th Century English Queen Anne Dressers
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English Server/Dresser Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
English Server /dresser base with geometric drawers.
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Antique 19th Century British Sideboards
Materials
Wood
English Server / Dresser Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
English fruitwood server/dresser base with scalloped apron.
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Antique 19th Century British Sideboards
English Server/Dresser Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early English server/dresser base with great character, replacement pulls
Category
Antique 19th Century English Sideboards
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century English Dresser
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
hooks for cups & steins, grooved shelves for plates. Over an open server base with central drawer over
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Antique Early 19th Century English Dressers
Materials
Ash, Elm, Oak
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Dresser Base Server For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic dresser base server available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, oak and brass, every dresser base server was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a dresser base server — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A dresser base server is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Georgian and Victorian styles are sought with frequency.
How Much is a Dresser Base Server?
Prices for a dresser base server start at $1,950 and top out at $12,500 with the average selling for $6,885.
Finding the Right Case Pieces and Storage Cabinets 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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