Large French Sideboard
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
Leather, Mahogany, Maple
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Buffets
Marble
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Buffets
Oak
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Buffets
Oak
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Buffets
Oak
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Buffets
Oak
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Copper
20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Marble
Antique 19th Century French Industrial Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Macassar, Satinwood
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Teak
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Bronze
Antique 17th Century European Renaissance Buffets
Oak
Antique Early 1900s English Victorian Sideboards
Brass
Antique Late 18th Century French French Provincial Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century French Credenzas
Wood
Antique 1750s French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Marble
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
Marble, Metal, Chrome
Early 20th Century French Sideboards
Mahogany
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century French Country Sideboards
Wrought Iron
Vintage 1960s French Sideboards
Wood
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
Metal
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Steel, Chrome
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mahogany
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
Bronze
Vintage 1960s French Sideboards
Rosewood
20th Century French Renaissance Revival Sideboards
Wood
Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Sideboards
Oak, Paint
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
Oak
Antique 19th Century French Other Buffets
Marble, Bronze
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Sideboards
Sycamore, Ivory, Macassar
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
Bronze
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Elm
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Ceramic, Oak
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Cabinets
Brass
Late 20th Century Sideboards
Granite, Metal
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Sideboards
Mirror, Birch, Macassar
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Steel
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
Sycamore, Walnut
Vintage 1940s French Sideboards
Brass
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Sideboards
Marble, Metal
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis Philippe Sideboards
Walnut
20th Century French Modern Sideboards
Brass, Iron
Vintage 1950s French Buffets
Oak
20th Century French Sideboards
Late 20th Century French Buffets
Mahogany
Late 20th Century French Buffets
Mahogany
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Ebony
20th Century French Art Deco Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Wood
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Large French Sideboard For Sale on 1stDibs
How Much is a Large 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.
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