French Art Deco Sideboard
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Sideboards
Brass, Bronze
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
Palisander
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Credenzas
Bronze
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
Marble
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Sideboards
Mirror, Wood, Mahogany, Lacquer
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
20th Century Sideboards
Brass
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
Wood
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Credenzas
Mahogany
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Credenzas
Oak
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Sideboards
Cherry
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Satin, Mahogany
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
Macassar
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
Walnut
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
Macassar
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Parchment Paper, Mahogany
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Brass
20th Century French Art Deco Credenzas
Mahogany, Rosewood
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
Marble
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Sideboards
Marble
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
Bronze
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Sideboards
Wood
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
Bronze
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
Walnut
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Buffets
Macassar
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Buffets
Macassar
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Buffets
Macassar
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Buffets
Macassar
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Buffets
Macassar
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Buffets
Macassar
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Buffets
Macassar
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Buffets
Macassar
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Buffets
Macassar
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Buffets
Elm
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Sideboards
Macassar
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Buffets
Macassar
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Buffets
Maple
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Buffets
Macassar
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Buffets
Macassar
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Rosewood
Vintage 1960s French Art Deco Credenzas
Ebony
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Walnut
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Sideboards
Oak, Rosewood, Amboyna
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
Walnut
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Sideboards
Chrome
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Sideboards
Faux Leather, Maple
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Bookcases
Brass, Nickel
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
Bronze
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Sideboards
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
Fruitwood
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Sideboards
Wood
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Sideboards
Elm, Amboyna
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Sideboards
Wood
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
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French Art Deco Sideboard For Sale on 1stDibs
How Much is a French Art Deco Sideboard?
A Close Look at Art Deco Furniture
Art Deco furniture is characterized by its celebration of modern life. More than its emphasis on natural wood grains and focus on traditional craftsmanship, Art Deco furniture — which typically refers to pieces produced during the 1920s and 1930s — is an ode to the glamour of the “Roaring Twenties.” Widely known designers associated with the Art Deco style include Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Eileen Gray, Maurice Dufrêne and Jules Leleu.
The term Art Deco derives from the name of a large decorative arts exhibition held in Paris in 1925. “Art Deco” is often used broadly, to describe the work of creators in associated or ancillary styles. This is particularly true of American Art Deco, which is also called “Streamline Moderne” or “Machine Age” design.
Art Deco textile designers employed dazzling floral motifs and vivid colors, and while Art Deco furniture makers respected the dark woods and modern metals with which they worked, they frequently incorporated decorative embellishments such as exotic animal hides as well as veneers in their seating, case pieces and bedroom furniture. Today, the style is still favored by designers looking to infuse interiors with an air of luxury and sophistication.
From mother-of-pearl inlaid vitrines to chrome aviator chairs, bold and inventive works in the Art Deco style include chaise longues (also known as chaise lounges) and curved armchairs.
On 1stDibs, browse Art Deco furnishings by designer, including works by Paul Follot and René Lalique, or by category, from angular chairs and sculptural burl wood tables to lighting and decorative objects.
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.