French Antique Sideboards
18th Century French French Antique Sideboards
Walnut
19th Century French Louis XV French Antique Sideboards
Marble
19th Century French Louis XV French Antique Sideboards
Ebony, Rosewood
Early 19th Century American Federal French Antique Sideboards
Brass
19th Century French Louis XVI French Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
Early 19th Century French Napoleon III French Antique Sideboards
Wood
Early 19th Century French Rococo French Antique Sideboards
Wood
Early 20th Century French French Provincial French Antique Sideboards
Oak
18th Century French French Provincial French Antique Sideboards
Walnut
19th Century French French Antique Sideboards
Beech, Pine
Early 20th Century French Empire French Antique Sideboards
Walnut
19th Century French French Antique Sideboards
Oak
19th Century French French Antique Sideboards
Pine
1880s French French Antique Sideboards
Oak
19th Century French French Antique Sideboards
Oak
Mid-18th Century French French Provincial French Antique Sideboards
Oak
1770s French French Antique Sideboards
Hardwood
Mid-19th Century French French Antique Sideboards
Oak
1920s French French Provincial French Antique Sideboards
Oak, Sycamore, Pine
19th Century French French Provincial French Antique Sideboards
Oak
Late 19th Century French Provincial French Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1920s French Art Deco French Antique Sideboards
Rosewood
19th Century French Victorian French Antique Sideboards
Bronze
19th Century French French Antique Sideboards
Oak
19th Century French French Antique Sideboards
Metal
19th Century French Country French Antique Sideboards
Walnut
Early 20th Century French Brutalist French Antique Sideboards
Oak
1870s French French Antique Sideboards
Walnut
Early 1900s French French Provincial French Antique Sideboards
Pine
Mid-19th Century French French Provincial French Antique Sideboards
Oak
1880s French Renaissance French Antique Sideboards
Walnut
1870s French Renaissance French Antique Sideboards
Walnut
Late 19th Century French French Provincial French Antique Sideboards
Pine
1860s French French Antique Sideboards
Brass, Steel
1920s French Art Deco French Antique Sideboards
Amboyna
Early 19th Century French Empire French Antique Sideboards
Walnut
19th Century French French Antique Sideboards
Oak
1890s French French Provincial French Antique Sideboards
Pine
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau French Antique Sideboards
Brass
1760s French French Antique Sideboards
Wood
Late 19th Century French French Antique Sideboards
Carrara Marble, Brass, Bronze
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV French Antique Sideboards
Iron
Late 19th Century French Renaissance French Antique Sideboards
Oak
19th Century French Charles X French Antique Sideboards
Marble
1920s French Art Deco French Antique Sideboards
Sycamore
Late 19th Century British French Provincial French Antique Sideboards
Pine
Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe French Antique Sideboards
Walnut
19th Century French Neoclassical French Antique Sideboards
Metal
19th Century French French Antique Sideboards
Mid-19th Century French French Antique Sideboards
Cherry
Mid-19th Century French Country French Antique Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century French Art Deco French Antique Sideboards
Marble
Late 19th Century French Empire Revival French Antique Sideboards
Marble, Ormolu
Late 19th Century French Empire Revival French Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
19th Century French Rustic French Antique Sideboards
Wood
18th Century French Baroque French Antique Sideboards
Walnut
1750s French Antique Sideboards
Hardwood
Mid-19th Century French Renaissance French Antique Sideboards
Marble
Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern French Antique Sideboards
Oak
Late 18th Century British French Provincial French Antique Sideboards
Oak
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Finding the Right sideboards for You
Once simply boards made of wood that were used to support ceremonial dining, sideboards have taken on much greater importance 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.
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. 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 are more to your liking than an 18th-century mahogany sideboard with decorative inlays by Hepplewhite, 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, new and vintage sideboards to choose from.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Check the clock for a manufacturer’s mark or label. Once you have this, you should be able to look up the clock’s brand to see if it is French in origin. A clock is considered antique once it is 100 years old. A professional can also help verify the origin of your clock. Shop an array of expertly vetted antique clocks on 1stDibs.
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