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English Bow Front Sideboard

19th C. English Bow-Front Sideboard
Located in Hixson, TN
19th C. English bow-front sideboard 19th C. English bow-front sideboard with hand-painted
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Sheraton Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany, Paint

19th C. English Bow-Front Sideboard
19th C. English Bow-Front Sideboard
H 35.75 in W 60 in D 25.75 in
Small English Bow Front Sideboard
Located in Woodbury, CT
Even at 60 inches in width, this little sideboard does not lack for panache--the satinwood inlays
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Antique 19th Century British Regency Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany, Satinwood

Small English Bow Front Sideboard
Small English Bow Front Sideboard
H 37.25 in W 60 in D 24.5 in
English Hepplewhite Mahogany Bow Front Inlaid Sideboard, Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
English Hepplewhite mahogany bow front sideboard with one board top, three upper case drawers
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Antique 1780s English George III Sideboards

Materials

Brass

19th century English Hepplewhite Mahogany Bow Front Sideboard Server
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Savannah, GA
This handsome neoclassic mahogany bow front sideboard features extraordinary satinwood, rosewood
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Antique 19th Century English Hepplewhite Buffets

Materials

Brass

Late 18th Century English Georgian Mahogany Bow Fronted Sideboard
Located in Dublin, IE
A fine Georgian mahogany Demi -lune shaped sideboard, with a central drawer flanked by two further
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Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Sideboards

Materials

Wood

English Regency Mahogany Bow Front Satinwood Inlaid Sideboard, Circa 1790
Located in Charleston, SC
English Regency mahogany bow front sideboard with a one board top, central drawer with flanking
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Antique 1790s English Regency Sideboards

Materials

Brass

English Regency Mahogany Bow Front Ebony Inlaid Sideboard, Circa 1800
Located in Charleston, SC
English Regency mahogany bow front sideboard with a upper case centered long drawer, flanked by a
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Antique Early 1800s English Regency Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Elegant 18th Century Bow Front English Mahogany Hepplewhite Style Sideboard
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Classically elegant late 18th century English mahogany Hepplewhite style sideboard having curved
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Antique Late 18th Century English Hepplewhite Sideboards

Materials

Brass

English Regency Mahogany Bow Front Brass Finial Gallery Sideboard, Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
English Regency mahogany bow front sideboard with crosshatched bulbous urn finial gallery, centered
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Antique 1780s English Regency Sideboards

Materials

Brass

English George III Bow-Front Huntboard or Sideboard in Mahogany, circa 1775
Located in Miami, FL
A handsome George III sideboard in mahogany with bowed front and square tapered legs ending in
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Antique Late 18th Century English George III Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

English Regency Style Teak Bow Front and Brass Hairy Paw Sideboard, Circa 1870
Located in Charleston, SC
English Regency style teak bow front sideboard with hinged paneled flanking cabinet doors, sliding
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Antique 1870s English Regency Sideboards

Materials

Brass

English Regency Mahogany Bow Front Lyre Sideboard on Paw Casters, T. Hope C 1800
By Thomas Hope
Located in Charleston, SC
English Regency Mahogany bow front inlaid sideboard with flanking hinged cabinets, three central
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Antique Early 1800s English Regency Sideboards

Materials

Brass

18th Century Georgian Mahogany Inlaid Bow Front Sideboard of Great Proportions
Located in Milford, NH
A fine English Georgian mahogany bow front sideboard with conforming top with crossbanded veneer
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Antique 18th Century English Georgian Sideboards

Materials

Brass

English Hepplewhite Mahogany Patera Inlaid Sideboard with Brass Gallery, C. 1770
Located in Charleston, SC
English Hepplewhite mahogany bow front sideboard with brass ball finial gallery, flanking hinged
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Antique 1770s English Hepplewhite Sideboards

Materials

Brass

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BOW FRONT SIDEBOARD
Located in Chicago, IL
AN ANTIQUE ENGLISH, SHERATON MAHOGANY BOW FRONT SIDEBOARD, HAVING A CROSS BANDED TOP ABOVE 1 DEEP
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Sideboards

BOW FRONT SIDEBOARD
H 36.5 in W 59.5 in D 28 in
Antique English George III Bow Front Mahogany Sideboard, England, circa 1820
Located in Houston, TX
The simplicity of this antique English George III period bow front sideboard table circa 1820 gives
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Antique 1820s English George III Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

Bow Front Side Board
Located in Chicago, IL
AN ANTIQUE ENGLISH, SHERATON MAHOGANY BOW FRONT SIDEBOARD, HAVING A CROSS BANDED TOP ABOVE 1 DEEP
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sideboards

Bow Front Side Board
Bow Front Side Board
H 36.5 in W 59 in D 28 in
Mahogany Bowfront Sideboard
Located in Atlanta, GA
English Sheraton Bow Front Sideboard, Mahogany with satinwood stringing and ivory escutcheons and
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Serving Tables

Materials

Mahogany, Satinwood, Ivory

Mahogany Bowfront Sideboard
Mahogany Bowfront Sideboard
H 36.5 in W 60 in D 26.75 in
Early 19th Century English Mahogany Bow Fronted Sideboard
Located in London, GB
This impressive English bow fronted sideboard is comprised of a beautifully patinated figured
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Antique Early 19th Century English Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

English Mahogany Bow Front Sideboard
Located in Woodbury, CT
This mahogany bow front sideboard has attractive lines, but the "plum pudding" mahogany veneer on
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Antique 19th Century British William IV Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

English Mahogany Bow Front Sideboard
English Mahogany Bow Front Sideboard
H 37 in W 66 in D 25.75 in
English Regency Style Bow Front Sideboard
Located in New York, NY
An English Regency style bow front long sideboard. The pair of wire mesh cabinet doors having
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Vintage 1930s English Regency Sideboards

Materials

Faux Bamboo

English Regency Style Bow Front Sideboard
English Regency Style Bow Front Sideboard
H 35 in W 71.5 in D 15.75 in
English Hepplewhite Bow Front Mahogany Sideboard
Located in Winter Park, FL
English Hepplewhite mahogany sideboard with Satinwood inlay ending on spade feet. No keys.
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Antique 19th Century English Sideboards

Antique English Georgian Bow-Front Mahogany Sideboard
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Georgian Bow-Front Mahogany Sideboard
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Antique 19th Century English Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

Stately English 19th Century Bow Front Sideboard
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Gorgeous antique bow front mahogany sideboard having decorative outline in a lighter mahogany and
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Antique Mid-19th Century Great Britain (UK) Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

20th Century, English Edwardian Mahogany Bow Front Sideboard
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is an Edwardian mahogany bow front sideboard, having a drawer to the centre with a
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Early 20th Century English George III Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

English Mahogany Sideboard with Bow-Front and Satinwood Inlay
Located in Atlanta, GA
English mahogany sideboard with bow-front, satinwood inlay, two drawers, one cabinet and cellarette.
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Antique 19th Century English Sideboards

Antique Bow Front Sideboard, English, Victorian Mahogany Dresser, Cabinet
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique bow front sideboard. An English, mahogany dresser cabinet, dating to the
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Antique 19th Century English Victorian Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

English Bow-Front Mahogany Sideboard, original Hardware, c. 1810
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large and fine mahogany sideboard with stringing inlay, original brass fixtures, and convex front
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Antique 19th Century English Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Antique English Inlaid Flame Mahogany Hepplewhite Style Bow-Front Sideboard
By George Hepplewhite
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Superb quality antique English inlaid flame mahogany Hepplewhite style bow-front sideboard
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Georgian Sideboards

Materials

Rosewood, Satinwood

Antique English Inlaid Figured Mahogany Hepplewhite Style Bow-Front Sideboard
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Finest quality antique English satinwood inlaid figured mahogany Hepplewhite style shaped bow-front
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Hepplewhite Side Tables

Materials

Mahogany, Satinwood

Antique English Hepplewhite Mahogany Stylized Bow Front Sideboard, Circa 1820
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique English Hepplewhite sideboard offers mahogany construction with shaped top over central
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Antique Early 19th Century English Hepplewhite Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

Antique English Sheraton Inlaid Mahogany Bow Front Sideboard, circa 1820
Located in South Bend, IN
A truly rare and exceptional English Sheraton bow-fronted mahogany sideboard, circa 1820. The
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Antique Early 19th Century English British Colonial Sideboards

Materials

Birch, Mahogany

English George III Mahogany Bow-Front Inlaid Sideboard, Early 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early 19th century George III English mahogany bow-front sideboard featuring rosewood
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Antique Early 19th Century English George III Sideboards

Materials

Boxwood, Mahogany, Rosewood

Antique English Ebony Inlaid Flame Mahogany George III Bow Front Sideboard
By Thomas Sheraton
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
style small bow front sideboard; delightful size, handsome, original round turned and tapered legs
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Antique Late 18th Century English Sheraton Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

Antique English Sideboard Server Buffet Cabinet Tiger Oak Bow Front c. 1930s
Located in Tyler, TX
CHARMING Antique English Tiger Oak Bow Front Sideboard, Cabinet, Server or Buffet c.1930s
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Vintage 1930s English Arts and Crafts Sideboards

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Oak

Antique English Jacobean Sideboard Server Buffet Bow Front Carved Oak c. 1920s
Located in Tyler, TX
Charming LARGE Antique English Oak Jacobean Bow Front Sideboard, Server or Buffet Felt
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Vintage 1920s English Jacobean Sideboards

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Oak

18th Century George III English mahogany Sideboard / buffet
Located in Houston, TX
English Mahogany Sideboard Bow front George III period Sideboard Original hardware and Brass
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Antique Late 18th Century English Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

Early 19th Century English Regency Sideboard with Brass Inlay
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early 19th century English bow-front Regency sideboard in mahogany with brass inlay and turned
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Antique Early 19th Century Sideboards

Early 19th Century George III Mahogany Sideboard
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a Classic English George III mahogany bow front sideboard. The top with straight edge is
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Antique 1820s English George III Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

Late 18th Century Georgian English Bow Front Sideboard
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
An elegant English bow front sideboard. Mahogany veneered book-matched door panels, inlaid with
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Antique Late 18th Century English George III Side Tables

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Ebony, Mahogany

Georgian Mahogany Sideboard, 18th Century
Located in Doylestown, PA
An English bow-front sideboard in mahogany, with swag carved center door and wine storage drawers
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Antique Late 18th Century English George III Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

English Hepplewhite Mahogany Inlaid Bow Front Sideboard, circa 1780
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Dallas, TX
Absolutely stunning 18th century English Hepplewhite mahogany bow front sideboard buffet with
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Antique 1780s English George III Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

Early 19th Century English Mahogany Bow-Front Sideboard with Inlay
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 19th century English mahogany sideboard with bow-front, marquetry inlay and square tapering
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Antique Early 19th Century English Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

English Regency Mahogany Bow Front Sideboard Buffet Server Brass Gallery
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th century English Regency flame mahogany bow front sideboard with brass gallery. Item features
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Antique 19th Century British Regency Sideboards

Materials

Brass

English Hepplewhite Bow Front Mahogany Satinwood Inlaid Sideboard, Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
English Hepplewhite mahogany bow front cross banded sideboard with a carved molded edge top
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Antique 1780s English George III Sideboards

Materials

Brass

English Mahogany Bow Front Sideboard With Satinwood Inlay, Ca. 1770
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Antique English mahogany bow front sideboard with reeded edge, cross banding, inlaid shell corner
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Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Antique English Inlaid Mahogany Hepplewhite Style George III Bow-Front Sideboard
By George Hepplewhite
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Fine quality antique English inlaid mahogany hepplewhite style George III bow-front sideboard with
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Antique Early 19th Century English George III Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

English Mahogany and Boxwood String Bow Front Sideboard or Desk, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
English mahogany and boxwood string bow front sideboard or desk, 19th century.
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Antique 19th Century English Sideboards

Materials

Boxwood, Mahogany

English Hepplewhite Mahogany Bowfront Sideboard, Circa 1800
Located in Charleston, SC
English Hepplewhite mahogany five-drawer bow front sideboard with carved scalloped skirt, original
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Antique Early 1800s English George III Sideboards

English George III Inlaid Mahogany Inlaid Sideboard, Early 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early 19th century English George III mahogany bow-front sideboard with rosewood crossbanding
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Antique Early 19th Century English George III Sideboards

Materials

Boxwood, Mahogany

Early 19th Century Georgian Mahogany Sideboard
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 19th century Georgian mahogany sideboard circa 1800. Good quality bow front english
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Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

Early 19th Century Georgian Mahogany Sideboard
Early 19th Century Georgian Mahogany Sideboard
H 36.75 in W 75.25 in D 23.5 in
Bow front English sideboard
Located in Seattle, WA
Inlay mahogany sideboard. Original brass pulls.
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Antique 19th Century English Sideboards

Bow front English sideboard
Bow front English sideboard
H 36 in W 66 in D 26 in
English Mahogany Bow Front Sideboard
Located in Wells, ME
Elegant mahogany bow front sideboard with finely detailed turned and reeded legs and two drawers
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Antique 19th Century English Sideboards

Materials

Pine

English Mahogany Bow Front Sideboard
English Mahogany Bow Front Sideboard
H 34.75 in W 61.5 in D 26.5 in
An English Mahogany Bow-front Sideboard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Georgian Mahogany Bow-front Sideboard fitted with central drawer and side bottle drawers
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Antique 19th Century English Sideboards

An English Mahogany Bow-front Sideboard
An English Mahogany Bow-front Sideboard
H 38 in W 60.25 in D 23.75 in
18th Century English Mahogany Bow-Front Sideboard
Located in Gravenmoer, NL
Mahogany Bow-front sideboard, 18th centurey George III. On bracket feet with 6 drawers and a small
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier British George III Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

Early 19th Century English Mahogany Bow Front Sideboard
Located in Richmond, VA
Early 19th Century English Mahogany Bow Front Sideboard, Inlaid and Decorated
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Antique 19th Century English Sideboards

Regency Bow Front Sideboard
Located in Tacoma, WA
Unique and eye catching English Regency painted bow front sideboard with faux bamboo channeling. 3
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Antique 19th Century English Sideboards

Regency Bow Front Sideboard
Regency Bow Front Sideboard
H 30 in W 43 in D 21 in
George III Mahogany Inlaid Bow Front Sideboard
Located in Chamblee, GA
Early 19th Century English George III Period bow front sideboard of mahogany with a satinwood
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Antique 19th Century English Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany, Satinwood

Early-19th C. English Mahogany Sideboard
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
An early-19th century English mahogany sideboard, the bow front top above central drawer flanked by
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Antique 19th Century British George III Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Antique English Pale Mahogany Sheraton Sideboard, circa 1875
Located in Houston, TX
and see them first! A Sheraton style bow front antique English pale mahogany sideboard, circa 1875
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Antique 19th Century English Sheraton Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

Georgian Sideboard
Located in New York, NY
Magnificent example of an English Inlaid Sideboard, Bow Front, middle drawer
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany, Satinwood, Ebony

Georgian Sideboard
Georgian Sideboard
H 36 in W 66 in D 28.5 in
Georgian Mahogany Sideboard
Located in New Haven, CT
Custom English mahogany bow front sideboard band inlaid in Kingwood in the Georgian taste. The
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Antique Late 19th Century American Georgian Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

Georgian Mahogany Sideboard
Georgian Mahogany Sideboard
H 37.75 in W 75 in D 26 in
18th Century, English George III Bow Front Sideboard, Faded Figured Mahogany
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th century, English George III bow front sideboard, faded figured mahogany with string inlay
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Antique 18th Century English George III Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

Early 19th Century English Mahogany Sideboard
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
An early 19th century English Regency bow front sideboard with one shallow center drawer flanked by
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Antique 19th Century English Regency Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

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English Regency Mahogany Double Pedestal Extending Dining Table with 2 Leaves, Early 19th Century
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Located in Milford, NH
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Located in Greenwich, CT
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English Bow Front Sideboard For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the English bow front sideboard you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, mahogany and hardwood, every English bow front sideboard was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without an English bow front sideboard — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. An English bow front sideboard made by Georgian designers — as well as those associated with Regency — is very popular. A well-made English bow front sideboard has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by George Hepplewhite are consistently popular.

How Much is an English Bow Front Sideboard?

An English bow front sideboard can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $8,125, while the lowest priced sells for $1,747 and the highest can go for as much as $28,000.

Finding the Right Sideboards for You

An antique or vintage sideboard today is a sophisticated and stylish component in sumptuous dining rooms of every shape, size and decor scheme, as well as a statement of its own, showcased in art galleries and museums.

Once simply boards made of wood that were used to support ceremonial dining, sideboards have taken on much greater importance as case pieces since their modest first appearance. In Italy, the sideboard was basically a credenza, a solid furnishing with cabinet doors. It was initially intended as an integral piece of any dining room where the wealthy gathered for meals in the southern European country.

Later, in England and France, sideboards retained their utilitarian purpose — a place to keep hot water for rinsing silverware and from which to serve cold drinking water — but would evolve into double-bodied structures that allowed for the display of serveware and utensils on open shelves. We would likely call these buffets, as they’re taller than a sideboard. (Trust us — there is an order to all of this!)

The sideboard is often deemed a buffet in the United States, from the French buffet à deux corps, which referred to a storage and display case. However, a buffet technically possesses a tiered or shelved superstructure for displaying attractive kitchenware and certainly makes more sense in the context of buffet dining — abundant meals served for crowds of people.

Every imaginable iteration of the sideboard has taken shape over the years. Furniture maker and artist Paul Evans, whose work has been the subject of various celebrated museum exhibitions, created ornamented, welded and patinated sideboards for Directional Furniture, collections such as the Cityscape series that speak to his place in revolutionary brutalist furniture design as much as they echo the origins of these sturdy, functional structures centuries ago.

If mid-century modern sideboards or vintage Danish sideboards are more to your liking than an 18th-century mahogany sideboard with decorative inlays in the Hepplewhite style, the particularly elegant pieces crafted by designers Hans Wegner, Edward Wormley or Florence Knoll are often sought by today’s collectors.

Whether you have a specific era or style in mind or you’re open to browsing a vast collection to find the right fit, 1stDibs has a variety of antique and vintage sideboards to choose from.

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