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Sideboards For Sale
Style: Louis XVI
Style: Empire
19th Century French Empire Mahogany Marble Top Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Empire mahogany marble top buffet is a marvel of the cabinetmaker's art! First, exotic imported mahogany was employed to create a rich, beautiful background using...
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1890s French Empire Antique Sideboards

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Marble, Bronze

Louis XVI Style Buffet with Gilt Bronze Mounts, Demilune Shape with Marble Top
Located in Houston, TX
Walnut buffet in walnut with gilt bronze mounts depicting a basket with Floral and foliate designs and topped by a bow. A cream marble top With shades of gray and is over two draw...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Walnut

19th Century French Louis XVI Marble Top Walnut Display Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XVI Marble Top Walnut Display Buffet is a stunning testament to the extraordinary level of artistry and craftsmanship attained by the master cabinetmakers o...
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Marble, Bronze

Drexel Heritage Empire Style Sideboard or Bar Cabinet With Carved Lions
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding Empire or Egyptian Revival style sideboard, credenza, or bar cabinet By Drexel Heritage, "Pavilion" Collection USA, Late 20th Century Walnut and birch, with e...
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Late 20th Century American Empire Sideboards

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Birch, Walnut, Giltwood

Pair of Hollywood Regency Neoclassical White Sofa, Console Tables, Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Hollywood Regency Neoclassical White Sofa or Console Tables, Sideboards or Serving Tables, Manner of Maison Jansen This very versatile Pair of Hollywood Regency neoclassical ...
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Late 20th Century Louis XVI Sideboards

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Marble, Bronze

Antique French Louis XVI Walnut Marble Top Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XVI walnut marble top buffet will provide stately elegance to any room! Classical architecture inspired by the ancient Greeks and Romans provides the casework de...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards

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Marble, Bronze

Antique French Louis XVI Marble Top Step-Front Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XVI marble top step-front buffet brings to life the classical style which has enamored those who appreciate fine design and furnishings for thousands of years! T...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards

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Marble, Bronze

19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Marble Top Display Buffet ~ Linen Press
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Marble Top Display Buffet ~ Linen Press combines many features and functions into one incredible piece! Crafted from fine French walnut, it feat...
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Marble, Bronze

Antique French Louis XVI Marble Top Step-Front Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XVI marble top step-front buffet brings to life the classical style which has enamored those who appreciate fine design and furnishings for thousands of years! T...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards

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Marble, Bronze

19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Marble Top Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Louis XVI walnut marble top buffet is a definitively French expression of the neoclassic revival of the styles birthed during the...
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Marble, Bronze

19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Marble Top Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Louis XVI walnut marble top buffet is a definitively French expression of the neoclassic revival of the styles birthed during the...
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Marble, Bronze

Signed Maison Jansen Verdi Green Marble Creme Painted Gilded Console Sideboard
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delivery needs! They offer a reasonable flat-rate fee for delivery and set up to the ground floor of your home. They deliver to the vast majority of the lower 48 states. They offer a flat rate for most of our items with exclusions for the largest or most complex items such as breakfronts or crystal chandeliers or other items of greater complexity. For those items please ask for a shipping quote prior to purchase as these rates are different from our stated pricing. For those items please ask for a shipping quote prior to purchase. Most deliveries to the East Coast will be 295.00, to the mid-west and Southern mid-west 395.00. To the areas west of Kansas 495.00 and the farthest points to the West coast will be 595.00. Again, some areas we can't cover, however we can deliver to most of the lower 48 states so please inquire to be sure! Delivery times range from as fast as 1-4 weeks for the east coast to 5-9 weeks to the farthest areas of the west coast, sometimes longer and sometimes even shorter. If it is a time sensitive purchase, we may be able to accommodate you for a higher price. It is our goal to please each and every one of our customers with the highest standard of service possible. You must realize and accept that we are shipping antique, vintage and quality used furnishings to your home. We cannot control traffic, weather, and acts of God. There will be times when additional patience will be necessary This is a signed (under the marble) Maison Jansen of Paris sideboard...
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1930s French Louis XVI Vintage Sideboards

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Marble

19th century French Empire Marble Top Enfilade
Located in Charleston, SC
Great quality 19th century French empire marble top enfilade with bronze mounts and white marble top.
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19th Century French Empire Antique Sideboards

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Marble

Maison Jansen Louis XVI Style Sideboard, Cabinet, Credenza, Bronze, Marble Top
Located in Stamford, CT
A French Louis XVI Style Sideboard in Maison Jansen Fashion. This stunning bronze mounted credenza, sideboard sports a fine Breche marble top and bronze trim throughout. The case hav...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards

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Marble, Bronze

19th Century Louis XVI Marble Top Walnut Display Buffet by Kint of Gand
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century Louis XVI marble top walnut display buffet by Kint of Gand is a stunning piece that will immediately command admiration from all who enter the room in which it is displayed! Hand-crafted by Edouard Kint, a fine furniture maker in the historic city of Ghent (called Gand in French), a city that originally started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Leie and in the Late Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe, with some 50,000 people in 1300. It prospered primarily because of the rich, fertile soils surrounding the area. Evidence of habitation during the Stone Age has been found, and by the late 19th century it was a thriving European center with historical significance, producing such masterworks as this splendid buffet. Although it is almost six feet in width and over two feet in depth, its rounded sides soften the impact of its footprint on your floor plan, while simultaneously providing copious display, storage, and serving space in abundance! Crafted from hand-select walnut, it has been lavishly carved with intertwined foliates across the main facade in a step-front configuration, with rounded cornerposts carved with rosettes, egg form and laurel garlands atop reeded and fluted motifs providing a framework for the lush, artistic neoclassical carvings on the parquet-paneled doors. Urns in full relief are depicted amongst flowing ribbon, floral garlands and intertwined vines. Bronze key guards add a nice accent. On each side, recessed behind the aforementioned rounded cornerposts, are the display cabinets in a full quarter-round form, with fluting across the drawer that, with the bronze bale pull, pivots out on a single rear hinge. The rounded cabinet door below is fitted with a single curved pane of beveled glass, with quarter round shelving...
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1890s Belgian Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Carrara Marble, Bronze

19th Century Louis XVI Marble Top Walnut Display Buffet by Kint of Gand
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century Louis XVI marble top walnut display buffet by Kint of Gand is a stunning piece that will immediately command admiration from all who enter the room in which it is displayed! Hand-crafted by Edouard Kint, a fine furniture maker in the historic city of Ghent (called Gand in French), a city that originally started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Leie and in the Late Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe, with some 50,000 people in 1300. It prospered primarily because of the rich, fertile soils surrounding the area. Evidence of habitation during the Stone Age has been found, and by the late 19th century it was a thriving European center with historical significance, producing such masterworks as this splendid buffet. Although it is almost six feet in width and over two feet in depth, its rounded sides soften the impact of its footprint on your floor plan, while simultaneously providing copious display, storage, and serving space in abundance! Crafted from hand-select walnut, it has been lavishly carved with intertwined foliates across the main facade in a step-front configuration, with rounded cornerposts carved with rosettes, egg form and laurel garlands atop reeded and fluted motifs providing a framework for the lush, artistic neoclassical carvings on the parquet-paneled doors. Urns in full relief are depicted amongst flowing ribbon, floral garlands and intertwined vines. Bronze key guards add a nice accent. On each side, recessed behind the aforementioned rounded cornerposts, are the display cabinets in a full quarter-round form, with fluting across the drawer that, with the bronze bale pull, pivots out on a single rear hinge. The rounded cabinet door below is fitted with a single curved pane of beveled glass, with quarter round shelving...
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1890s Belgian Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Carrara Marble, Bronze

Louis XVI Console in Cherry Wood, 18th Century Stamped Lm Pluvinet
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb Louis XVI console from the18th century stamped LM Pluvinet Very beautiful console resting on 4 columns. The console has a very beautiful ...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Cherry

Superb Dor'e Bronze Mounted Figural Sideboard Attributed to Francois Linke
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delive...
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1870s French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Marble, Bronze

XL French Empire Sideboard
Located in Potters Bar, GB
- Giant French Empire style sideboard or commode in the manner of Linke - This piece is very large - over 8 foot wide or 248 CM - Such ...
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Early 2000s Empire Sideboards

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Kingwood

Antique French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Commode by Jansen
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French mahogany marble-top Louis XVI style commode has been ebonized and finished with a museum quality. This lovely piece features pink and grey veined marble-top. The chest...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards

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Marble, Brass

19th Century French Louis XVI Marble Top Buffet with Ormolu
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Louis XVI marble top Buffet with Ormolu is a stunning work of the cabinetmaker's art, and if you act fast, you can also possess its twin! Part of a gracious dinin...
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Marble, Bronze

Directoire Style Small 2 Doors Sideboard in Solid Cherry and White Cream
Located in Landivy, FR
This 2 doors small sideboard ( "mini-bahut") is a hand-crafted reproduction of the French Directoire Style at the end of the 18th century. This ...
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2010s French Louis XVI Sideboards

Materials

Brass

18th Century Country French Louis XVI Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
18th Century Country French Louis XVI Buffet is a period piece that exemplifies the artistry and traditional craftsmanship of the rural cabinet...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Brass

19th Century Louis XVI Style Wood Carved Sideboard
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Mid 19th century Louis XVI style black painted wood carved gilt sideboard of elongated rectangular shape, with centered mirrored back flanked by two porcelain portrait plaques in a g...
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1860s French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Porcelain, Wood, Paint

Antique French Empire Mahogany Marble Top Buffet with Bronze
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Empire mahogany marble top buffet with bronze is an exquisite example of fine French cabinetry, with the emphasis on the finest mater...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Sideboards

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Marble, Bronze

19th Century French Louis XVI Painted Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Louis XVI painted buffet is a splendid example of the neoclassical revival of the late 1800s, all rendered from solid old-...
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Brass

French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Buffet with Grey Marble Top
Located in Pembroke, MA
Elegant French mahogany buffet in the neoclassical style (circa 1920), with gilt-bronze mounts, detailed brass galleries, thick, nicely-veined white and grey marble top and marble to...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Marble, Ormolu

French Empire Style Mable-Top Mahogany Sideboard
Located in Dallas, TX
French Empire style marble-top mahogany sideboard, 20th c, having rectangular marble top, over case fitted with four drawers, cabinet doors opening to interior shelves, with gilt met...
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20th Century French Empire Sideboards

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Marble

Pair of 18th Century Louis XVI Ormolu Mounted Parquetry Cabinets.
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Louis XVI kingwood parquetry ormolu mounted cabinets white marble top, over a pair of cupboard doors. French, circa 18th century Measures: H 44 in.; W 51 in.; D 19 in. P...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Bronze, Ormolu

French Napoleon III Gilt Bronze Mounted & Marquetry Side Cabinet with Marble Top
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French Napoleon III gilt bronze mounted and marquetry meuble d'appui à hauteur (Side cabinet). The rectangular variegated white marble top with outset corners over a gilt...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Louis XVI walnut buffet is a glorious testament to the artistic talents of the sculptors who created such visual magnificen...
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Bronze

19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Marble Top Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French Louis XVI walnut marble top buffet represents the stately elegance of the style, with architectural interest inspired by ancient Greek and Roman designs. Rendered...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Marble

20th Century, Louis XVI Style Meuble D'appui Credenza Sideboard
By Joseph Stöckel
Located in Berlin, DE
Credenza / Meuble d'Appui after Joseph Stockel and Guillaume Benneman in the style of Louis XVI. Easily modified model according to a design by Joseph S...
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20th Century Louis XVI Sideboards

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Marble, Bronze

French Style Louis XVI Ebonized Mahogany Buffet by Old Plank Cabinetry Any Size
Located in Chicago, IL
Louis XVI style Ebonized mahogany Buffet, Handcrafted in our Old Plank cabinetry department here in Chicago. All the solid brass hardware is imported from Europe, and the Ebonized Fi...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Louis XVI Sideboards

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Brass

Antique French Louis XVI Mahogany Marble Top Buffet with Bronze Mounts
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XVI Mahogany Marble Top Buffet with Gilt Bronze Mounts represents the essence of the Classical style celebrated especially during the latter years of the 19th century into present times. This example, rendered from exotic imported mahogany, features the typical tailored architecture of the genre, with elaborately hand-cast bronze mounts to add a touch of opulence, from laurel garlands to acanthus rosettes to foliate reeds within the flutes of the cornerposts and pilasters. Three drawers add stylish functionality, while another special touch is the beveled glass on the center cabinet for display...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards

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Marble, Bronze

Irish Cuban Mahogany Acanthus Carved Sideboard. Circa 1840
Located in Hollywood, SC
Irish Cuban mahogany three drawer sideboard with carved scrolled gallery, gadrooned molded edge, carved eagle heads, flanking lower cabinets, original brasses, and terminating on acanthus carved...
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1840s Irish Empire Antique Sideboards

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Brass

20th Century Inlaid Wood Louis XVI Style Italian Sideboard, 1960
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian sideboard from 20th century. Cabinet with one door in inlaid wood in Louis XVI style. Sideboard in walnut, burl, maple, beech, mahogany and fruitwood adorned with inlaid cups...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Louis XVI Sideboards

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Wood

Pair of Monumental French Commodes in the Manner of Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of monumental Louis XVI style marble-top commodes in the Maison Jansen fashion. These impressive and finely constructed commodes or sideboards are simply stunning and leave noth...
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Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards

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Carrara Marble, Bronze

Antique French Louis XVI Mahogany Marble-Top Buffet with Bronze Mounts
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XVI Mahogany Marble Top Buffet with Gilt Bronze Mounts represents the essence of the classical style celebrated especially during the latter years of the 19th century into present times. This example, rendered from exotic imported mahogany, features the typical tailored architecture of the genre, with elaborately hand-cast bronze mounts to add a touch of opulence, from laurel garlands to acanthus rosettes to foliate reeds within the flutes of the cornerposts and pilasters. Three drawers add stylish functionality, while another special touch is the beveled glass on the center cabinet for display...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards

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Marble, Bronze

Louis XVI Style Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Stamford, CT
An early 20th century Louis XVI style mahogany chest with brass mounts and oak interior construction.
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards

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Mahogany

Early 19th Century Louis XVI Style Sideboard / Cabinet
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Early 19th century Louis XVI style ebonized fruitwood parquetry with inlaid porcelain and inserted guilloche gilt brass insert. The front of cabinet / sideboard has polychrome decora...
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1810s French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Bronze

Pair of Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze Mounted French Consoles
Located in London, GB
Pair of neoclassical style gilt bronze mounted French consoles French, 19th century Measures: Height 90cm, width 130cm, depth 51cm This pair of consoles is crafted from gilt bro...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Marble, Ormolu, Bronze

Palatial French Louis XVI Style Marquetry & Gilt-Bronze Armorial Commode
By Bronzes By Leon Kahn
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine and large French late 19th-20th century Louis XVI style mahogany, Kingwood Bandings and fruitwood marquetry armorial commode with Sycamore Marq...
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Bronze, Ormolu

French Louis XVI Style Desserte Table
Located in Stamford, CT
A beautiful French Louis XVI style mahogany desserte table having a marble top and wonderful brass gallery.
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Marble, Brass

19th Century Wood and Gilded Bronzes France Empire Style Sideboard
Located in IT
19th century wood and gilded bronzes elegant France Empire style sideboard Pair of columns on the front with golden bronze capital repres...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Sideboards

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Porcelain, Wood

Walnut and Gray Marble Empire Console, circa 1880
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Walnut and gray marble Empire console, circa 1880. Carved legs with leaf curved design on front legs and reeded legs in back.
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Late 19th Century Empire Antique Sideboards

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Marble

French Louis XVI Style Inlaid Sideboard
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) inlaid 2 door sideboard cabinet with bronze trim and white marble top.
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Marble, Bronze

18th Century Country French Louis XVI Painted Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
Graceful 18th Century Country French Louis XVI Painted Buffet adds a lightness to the room while also providing a refined look with simple, ti...
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1780s French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Oak

French Late 19th Century Demilune Three-Tier Server
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A large three-tier server, made in France, circa 1890. The server is demilune in shape, giving it a distinct, finished presence. The front has two breaks where expertly turned column...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Fruitwood, Oak

Victor Raulin French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Sideboard
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XVI-style (19th Century) mahogany and bronze trimmed sideboard cabinet with 3 grill door and marble top. (signed VTOR RAULIN)
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Marble, Bronze

Small Louis XVI Buffet or Sideboard in Natural Pine
Located in Washington, DC
A small Louis XVI buffet or sideboard in natural pine.
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Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Wood

French 19th-20th Century Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Ormolu-Mounted Vitrine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very Fine French 19th-20th century Louis XVI style mahogany and ormolu-mounted four-door vitrine, with two central bombé glass doors and single bombé glass doors on each side, the fluted mahogany...
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Bronze, Ormolu

Duncan Phyfe American Empire Mahogany Sideboard
By Duncan Phyfe
Located in New York, NY
American Empire mahogany sideboard with two pedestal cabinets and 4 carved column supports centering a lower mirror under 3 drawers ...
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Late 18th Century American Empire Antique Sideboards

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Mahogany, Mirror

Louis XVI Marble Top French Bronze Ormolu Demilune Console Cabinet Sideboard
Located in Roslyn, NY
A very fine Louis xvi style gilt dore bronze oval cherub plaque ormolu mounted mahogany & marble top, demilune dessert commode / sideboard console in the manner of franc¸ois linke.
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Marble, Bronze

Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted and Brass Inlaid Console Desserte, Late 18th Century
By C. Ceran
Located in Spencertown, NY
Louis XVI ormolu-mounted and brass inlaid console desserte, late 18th century, with inset white Carrara marble top and brass gallery above one long drawers supported by tapering flut...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Carrara Marble, Brass, Ormolu

Pair of Antique Irish Chiffoniers
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare pair of traditional Irish chiffoniers or sideboards crafted with mahogany and celebrating several early 19th century styles, including empire and regency. Featuring high quality...
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19th Century Northern Irish Empire Antique Sideboards

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Mahogany

Louis XVI Enfilade/sideboard
Located in Washington, DC
A Painted Louis XVI enfilade/sideboard
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

Materials

Wood, Paint

Fine Louis XVI Marquetry Inlaid Bronze Mounted Marble-Top Cabinet
By Jacob Kaufman
Located in Sheffield, MA
A fine Louis XVI marquetry inlaid bronze mounted Marble-top cabinet. By Jacob Kaufman Maitre, 1770. Measures: Height 38 in, width 65 in, depth 22 in. With a shaped rectangular marble top over two cupboard doors opening to a shelfed interior all resting on bracket feet. With marquetry inlaid throughout and bronze mounts. Jacob was born in Germany in 1745. He married twice, in 1770 with Jeanne Rochette in Saint-Pierre and Saint-Saturnin church in Lyon and in 1772 with Anne Rougier in the same parish. He had a son, Paul, himself a cabinetmaker. He obtained his Master of Arts in 1770. Belonging to the Saint-Pierre and Saint-Saturnin church in the peninsula, he worked successively rue des Deux Angles, quai de Retz and finally 58 street of the Old Mint where it is still mentioned in 1808. Jauffman always affixed his stamp on the leveled a furniture amount. Its production is of Louis XV style, Transition and Louis XVI. We can mention table games Transition inlaid with a checkered plate flanked by two panels decorated with flowers surrounded by a set of nets, a small writing table Louis XV violet wood veneer to the point of Hungary, frames in Greek nets, sold March 20, 1983 in Versailles, a small dresser tomb two rows of drawers, veneer curling alternating clais wood and darkest or a small Louis XVI commode...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards

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Wood

Antique, New and Vintage Sideboards

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.

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