Mahogany French Sideboard
Antique Late 19th Century French Provincial Sideboards
Mahogany
Vintage 1940s Sideboards
Mahogany
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Buffets
Mahogany
Vintage 1940s Empire Console Tables
Marble, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Sideboards
Mahogany
Antique Late 19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Sideboards
Mirror, Mahogany
20th Century French Empire Sideboards
Marble
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Credenzas
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Mahogany
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Sideboards
Marble
Early 20th Century Sideboards
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
Antique 1820s French Charles X Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 20th Century French Empire Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century Louis XVI Sideboards
Marble
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Vintage 1950s French Sideboards
Leather, Mahogany
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Macassar, Mahogany, Lacquer
Vintage 1960s French Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Credenzas
Walnut
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
Antique 1880s French Provincial Cabinets
Wood
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century French Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Carrara Marble, Brass
Antique 19th Century French Provincial Side Tables
Mahogany
20th Century French Cabinets
Mahogany
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Mahogany
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Sideboards
Marble
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Sideboards
Carrara Marble, Brass
Early 20th Century Unknown Regency Cabinets
Mahogany
Vintage 1940s French Directoire Sideboards
Marble, Brass
Early 2000s American Neoclassical Credenzas
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Buffets
Mahogany
Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Credenzas
Mahogany
1990s European Directoire Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 20th Century French Sideboards
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century French Empire Dressers
Marble, Metal, Brass
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Mahogany
Late 20th Century American Louis XVI Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century American Louis XVI Sideboards
Brass
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Sideboards
Marble
Late 20th Century Chinese Louis XVI Sideboards
Mahogany, Satinwood, Paint
20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Mahogany
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Marble
Mid-20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Mahogany
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
Bronze
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Mahogany
Vintage 1940s Sideboards
Mahogany
Vintage 1920s French Louis XVI Serving Tables
Marble, Bronze
20th Century Sideboards
Marble
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Sideboards
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Marble
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Cabinets
Mahogany
Vintage 1940s Sideboards
Mahogany
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Mahogany French Sideboard For Sale on 1stDibs
How Much is a Mahogany French Sideboard?
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.
- 1stDibs ExpertNovember 2, 2021Buffet tables and sideboards are both types of cabinet furniture. Though often used as a synonym for “sideboard,” a buffet technically possesses a tiered or shelved superstructure for displaying decorative kitchenware. The term derives from buffet à deux corps, a piece which is seen mostly in French Provincial furniture. A sideboard is a side-table with cabinet doors that is used for serving, most often in a dining room. In form, a credenza has much in common with a sideboard (it's not uncommon to find a sideboard in a foyer, however). Find a wide range of mid-century modern buffets and sideboards on 1stDibs.
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