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Sideboards For Sale
Period: Early 20th Century
Color:  Brown
Bath Cabinet Makers, an Arts & Crafts Oak Sideboard with Dutch Inlaid Scenes
Located in London, GB
Bath cabinet makers. In the Liberty style. An early Arts & Crafts oak break front sideboard with Dutch inlaid scenes of mill owners with there little bla...
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Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards

Materials

Oak

French corner sideboard, 1900s completely restored
Located in LYON, FR
Nous vous présentons cette élégante et rare enfilade d'angle en pin que nous avons entièrement restaurée et vernie à l'intérieur. Vous avez donc un meuble avec tout le charme et la p...
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Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Sideboards

Materials

Pine

Old trade furniture in oak wood drawers XL format
Located in LYON, FR
Superb piece of furniture from the 1920s in solid oak that we have completely restored. It consists of 36 drawers, 9 of which are full depth and the other 27 are 50 cm deep. This pie...
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1920s French French Provincial Vintage Sideboards

Materials

Oak, Pine

Mahogany Art Deco Haagse School Sideboard by Anton Lucas, 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Rare and hard to find Art Deco Haagse School sideboard by Anton Lucas. Striking Dutch design from the 1920s. Mahogany with solid ebony Macassar handles and details. This sideboard...
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

Materials

Glass, Macassar, Mahogany

Antique Marble-Topped Sideboard
Located in Atlanta, GA
French hand-carved sideboard with Breche D'Alep marble top
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1920s French Vintage Sideboards

Materials

Marble

Antique English Welsh Dresser Sideboard Hutch BARLEY TWIST Jacobean Farmhouse
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique English Welsh Dresser Sideboard Hutch BARLEY TWIST Jacobean Farmhouse. Direct from England, part of our latest shipment of fabulous antique British furniture that also inclu...
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1920s British Jacobean Vintage Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Sideboard Walnut Carved
Located in Toronto, CA
Walnut sideboard three drawers and four doors, carved pillars and back splash.
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Early 20th Century Canadian Victorian Sideboards

Materials

Walnut

Large Art Deco Console Table
Located in Kastrup, DK
Decorative art deco console table (177 cm long). Freestanding with 4 drawers and underlying shelf. Lacquer with brownish cinnamon shades beautiful patina. China 1910...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Sideboards

Materials

Walnut

Adam Style Mahogany Serpentine Front Server or Sideboard with Fitted Drawer
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of an Adam style English mahogany serpentine front server or sideboard with conforming top with crossbanded veneer border surmounting a single fitted frieze drawer wit...
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Early 20th Century English Adam Style Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

Early 1920s Willem Penaat Higboard in Oak
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Willem Penaat, sideboard, oak, The Netherlands, early 1920s Made in the early 1920s, this delightful sideboard is designed by the Dutch interior designer Willem Penaat (1875-1957). ...
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

Materials

Oak

Antique Early 20th Century Mahogany Empire Revival Sideboard
Located in Parkesburg, PA
Empire Revival Early 20th Century Mahogany with Figured Mahogany Veneers. Carved Drapery Domed Top over the Mirrored Backing, Supported by Corinthian Columns fixed to an outer side b...
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Early 20th Century Central American Empire Revival Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

Vintage Counter or Bar
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A reclaimed shop counter. Made from a mixture of Victorian period and later components. We have a near pair of these in stock. These have a solid oak top and carved and painted...
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Early 20th Century Sideboards

Materials

Oak, Pine

Art Deco Sideboard with Fine Rosewood Veneer and Brass Strips from Paris, 1925
Located in Greven, DE
Original Art Deco furniture from a time full of life and elegance. We get all of our furniture unrestored so that we can be sure that it is really original. We then offer these as or...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Early 20th Century Mahogany Art Deco Sideboard / Dressoir
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful Art Deco sideboard. The cabinet is made of mahogany and the veneer is also mahogany. The design has influences of Eastern styles, which can be seen in the top and also the ...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany, Burl

Low Qing Period Sideboard in Black Lacquer
Located in Kastrup, DK
A Chinese art deco kang (low) cabinet or sideboard from the Hebei Province 1910-1920. Chinese Qing dynasty low sideboard, also known as a kang (low) cabinet, with black lacquer. Fro...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Sideboards

Materials

Wood

Art Deco Sideboard Made of Rosewood with Brass Applications, Paris, around 1920
Located in Greven, DE
Original Art Deco furniture from a time full of life and elegance. We get all of our furniture unrestored so that we can be sure that it is really original. We then offer these as original until we recondition the furniture in our workshop and then offer it as restored furniture...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

Materials

Brass

French Art Deco Sideboard with Marble Top and Mirror, 1920s, Mahogany
Located in Horomerice, CZ
French sideboard with marble top and mirror. Style: Art Deco. Period: 1920-1929. Material: Mahogany. Professionally restored and t...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

Materials

Marble

Chinoiserie bar cabinet/buffet with decorative semiprecious sones
Located in Houston, TX
This special and rare cabinet was made in France of fine Rosewood. The central panel is a door which opens to A mirrored interior with two glass shelves, the front panel Is decorated...
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Early 20th Century French Sideboards

Materials

Rosewood

Arts and Crafts Oak Sideboard
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5431 Stylish Arts and Crafts oak sideboard, having shaped and inlaid gallery to the top above two frieze drawers fitted with original handles and...
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Early 20th Century English Sideboards

Materials

Oak

Oak Art Deco Amsterdamse School Credenza or Sideboard by Fa. Drilling, 1924
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and rare Art Deco Amsterdamse School credenza or sideboard. Design by Fa. Drilling Amsterdam. Striking Dutch design from the 1920s. Solid oak and macassar ebony base with so...
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

Materials

Macassar, Oak

Art Deco Sideboard in Rosewood from Paris Around 1925
Located in Greven, DE
We were able to acquire this wonderful piece of furniture directly from Paris. The sideboard has a wonderful rosewood veneer which, with the reddish tones, creates a nice contrast to...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

Materials

Marble, Chrome

Early 20th century French oak kitchen dresser
Located in Malton, GB
This is an absolutely gorgeous early 20th century solid oak French kitchen dresser. Great design with the moustache details around the open shel...
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Early 20th Century Sideboards

Materials

Oak

Fine Quality Figured Walnut French Provincial Sideboard Buffet Circa 1920
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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1920s French French Provincial Vintage Sideboards

Materials

Walnut

Antique Shanxi Province Elm and Brown Lacquer Sideboard
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Shanxi Province Elm and Brown Lacquer sideboard This Antique Sideboard from the Shanxi Province of China has 4 doors and 4 shelves. Circa: 1900 Dimensions: H: 34...
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Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Sideboards

Materials

Wood, Elm, Lacquer

Superb Quality Large Antique Edwardian Mahogany Inlaid Sideboard
Located in Suffolk, GB
Superb quality large antique Edwardian mahogany inlaid sideboard having a mahogany and satinwood inlaid gallery back with a shelf, rectangular shape quality mahogany top crossbanded ...
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Sideboards

Materials

Other

French Art Deco Period Dresser
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Amazing piece, so much quality, inlay with mother-of-pearl and walnut wood shows beautiful baskets on the door, wonderful original hardware, just beautiful.
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards

Materials

Marble

Louis XV Long Oak Breakfront Sideboard
Located in Evergreen, CO
Crafted from solid European oak and finished with a medium stain that enhances the beauty of the wood's grain, this gorgeous sideboard from the early 20th century features carvings o...
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Early 20th Century Belgian Louis XV Sideboards

Materials

Oak

Vintage Country French Louis XV Style Fruitwood Sideboard
Located in Forney, TX
An exceptional vintage country French Louis XV style fruitwood breakfront sideboard. Hand-crafted in France during the first half of the 20th c...
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Early 20th Century Louis XV Sideboards

Materials

Fruitwood

Art Deco Wolfgang Hoffmann Romweber World's Fair Century of Progress Sideboard
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and important American Art Deco Century of Progress Sideboard by iconic designer Wolfgang Hoffmann (Austrian, 1900-1969) for Romweber Company, Batesville, Indiana. circa 1933-1936 Created for the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, fine quality craftsmanship and construction, having a rectangular exotic rosewood veneered top over conforming solid wood case fitted with four drawers affixed with horizontal pulls, the top drawer opening to reveal felt lined divided interior for silverware, flanked by cabinet doors opening to shelved interior, subtle geometric lines add interest. Rosewood, mahogany, richly figured blonde - golden birch or primavera. Signed, top drawer interior, featuring 1933 World's Fair mark impressed. **Please note, at the time of writing this, a matching display case - vitrine cabinet (shown in last photo) is currently available separately** Provenance / Acquisition: Property from the important and iconic Collection of Mr. James I. Rafftesaeth Jr., Dallas, Texas Acquired from highly reputable auction house, Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas. 2022 Design Signature Auction catalog #8091 History: Wolfgang Hoffmann was born in Vienna, Austria in 1900. He is the son of famous architect, pedagogue and Wiener Werkstatte cofounder, Joseph Hoffmann (1870-1956). Early on, following his father’s s interests, he was trained in the decorative arts and design. Wolfgang Hoffmann once reminisced, “I spent eight years at the Realschule, then three years went to a special architectural school, where I perfected my technical knowledge of architecture and general construction. From this school, I was graduated to the Kunstgewerbeschule [Studying under Oskar Strnad and Josef Frank in Vienna]. After finishing this school, I had one and a half years of practical in a well known architect’s office. Thereafter I worked in my Father’s office for two years”. Hoffmann met his future wife, Polish immigrant Pola (1902-1984) when they were both studying at the Kunstgewerbeschule. Joseph Urban (1872-1933) was needing an assistant for his architectural business in New York and contacted his friend and colleague, Joseph Hoffmann in Vienna. Hoffmann recommended his son Wolfgang. Urban hired him and sent a first class passage ticket to Vienna for Wolfgang to travel to New York. Wolfgang married Pola and traded his ticket for two tickets to America in steerage, arriving in New York City in December of 1925. Leaving the Urban office after nine months, Wolfgang and Pola formed an independent design practice with offices on Madison Avenue in Manhattan with the purpose of creating contemporary interiors and industrial designs. Early work included theaters, stores, and apartments mostly in New York City. During the late 1920’s and early 1930’s the Hoffmanns designed custom furniture for private clients. Some of these examples were shown in the February 1929 issue of House and Garden. Curiously, the examples’ design was attributed to Urban and the production to Pola Hoffmann, Inc. Established in the fall of 1928, the American Designers’ Gallery was “devoted exclusively to showing objects and interiors for practical use… by fourteen American architects and designers”. Its members included the Hoffmans and Urban as well as ceramist Henry Varnum Poor (1888-1971), architect Raymond Hood (1881-1934), artist designer Winold Reiss (1886-1953), graphic designer Lucien Bernhard (1896-1981), decorator Donald Deskey (1894-1989), and architect Ely Jacques Kahn (1884-1972). The Hoffmanns’ work was included in the American Designers’ Gallery’s two showcase events, its 1928 and 1929 exhibitions. Their dining alcove at the 1929 event featured a bench with a dinette table and two chairs in American walnut designed by Wolfgang and a rug by Pola. Lucien Bernhard, fellow Austrian immigrant who settled in New York a year before the Hoffmanns, operated the gallery and decorating service Contempora with Munich resident Bruno Paul (1874-1968). The Hoffmanns, occasionally participating with Contempora, designed a number of outstanding interiors, including the constructivist living room of 1930 for Mrs. O.R. Sommerich at 40 East 66th street. In 1934, Donald Deskey commissioned Wolfgang to design birchwood furnishings for the eclectic apartment at 625 Park Avenue belonging to Helena Rubinstein. In 1931, Wolfgang exhibited his work at the Pennsylvania Art Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The same year, with Kem Weber (1889-1963) he organized the second and final exhibition of AUDAC- “Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts”- at the Brooklyn Museum. At this event, the Hoffmanns showed the dining room previously included in the American Designer’s Gallery’s 1929 exhibition in the Chase Bank Building lobby at 145 West 57th Street in Manhattan. In 1932 Wolfgang was asked to assist Urban in developing the color scheme for the 1933-34 Chicago World’s Fair “A Century of Progress”. He was also commissioned to design the interior and furniture for the fair’s lumber industries house. There he executed its living and dining rooms furnished by Kroehler Manufacturing Company of Chicago; the boys’ room by Shower Brothers...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Sideboards

Materials

Birch, Mahogany, Rosewood

Art Deco Sideboard in Macassar with Bar Cases on the Sides
Located in Greven, DE
Art Deco sideboard from Paris around 1925 with wonderful Macassar veneer. Original Art Deco furniture from a time full of life and elegance. We get all our furniture unrestored, so we can be sure that it really is the original. We then offer these as originals until we refurbish the furniture in our workshop and then offer it as restored furniture. We can send you photos of any refurbished furniture...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

Materials

Macassar, Maple

Italian Sideboard in Natural-Colored Carved Walnut Original
Located in Buggiano, IT
Original 1900 sideboard in hand-carved walnut, has solid wood parts and veneered parts. Nice design and size. Comes from an old country house in Buggiano area of Tuscany. The pain...
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Early 1900s Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Sideboards

Materials

Walnut, Fir

Donald Deskey Art Deco Sideboard Console
Located in New York, NY
Donald Deskey (American, 1894-1989) Art Deco console sideboard with large drawers in the streamline moderne taste, lacquered burlwood. This piece was designed by Deskey and manufactu...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Sideboards

Materials

Burl

Léon Jallot '1874-1967' Art Nouveau Oak Sideboard, circa 1910
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Léon Jallot '1874-1967' interisting oak sideboard , circa 1910 very pretty handles in bronze and brass this piece of furniture has a lot of charm total height with backrest: 127 c...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Sideboards

Materials

Bronze

Italian Antique Tuscan Chest of Drawers with Gray Marble Restored
Located in Buggiano, IT
Antique chest of drawers in hand carved walnut. Original Tuscan, with four drawers, gray marble. Very sturdy and heavy. Drawers with handmade joints. It will be delivered in a specif...
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Early 1900s Italian Country Antique Sideboards

Materials

Walnut

Donald Deskey Art Deco Sideboard Console
Located in New York, NY
Donald Deskey (American, 1894-1989) Art Deco console sideboard with large drawers in the streamline moderne taste, lacquered burlwood. This piece was designed by Deskey and manufactu...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Sideboards

Materials

Burl

Early 20th Century Antique Carved Wood Louis XVI Neoclassical Sideboard
Located in Locust Valley, NY
This masterpiece boasting with history, a curated furnishing from the early 20th century acquired from an estate on the north shore of Mill Neck, Long Island New York. A traditional ...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Sideboards

Materials

Marble, Granite, Stone, Brass, Metal

Victorian Server Sideboard Maple and, circa 1900
Located in Potters Bar, GB
This Quality Server was Produced By "Maple & Co" Having Turned and Fluted Legs with a Mahogany Undertray. circa 1900 The Server Features 2 Oak Lined Drawers with Mahogany Crossban...
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Early 1900s Victorian Antique Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Edwardian Mahogany Inlaid Sideboard by Hamptons and Sons
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Edwardian mahogany inlaid sideboard by Hamptons and Sons, Pall Mall, London having the original brass rail to the back and a superior quality inlaid mahogany bow front top, bow front drawer to the centre with attractive original brass handles and flanked by two figured inlaid mahogany doors with original brass handles which open to reveal fitted interiors. It is raised on eight elegant square tapering legs with spade feet. Hamptons and Sons was opened in 1830 by William Hampton; their furniture became popular during the Edwardian era amongst the upper class. They made the furniture for the Park Lounge in the Dorchester...
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Sideboards

Materials

Other

Original Italian Art Noveau Sideboard in Honey-Colored Walnut with Three Drawers
Located in Buggiano, IT
Original Italian art Noveau sideboard in honey-colored, walnut wood, with three drawers and three doors, internal shelves. It is very elegant and of an uncommon shape. Each carvin...
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1910s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sideboards

Materials

Walnut

French Art Deco Sideboard
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Amazing piece, so much quality, inlay with mother-of-pearl and walnut wood creates a beautiful baskets on the door, wonderful original hardware, just beautiful.
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Sideboards

Materials

Marble

Antique French Chest of Drawers Cabinet 3-Drawer Serpentine Carved Oak w Key
Located in Tyler, TX
Beautiful Antique French Oak chest of drawers with 3 drawers and key~~HIGHLY CARVED~~ circa 1900-1920s This is a SUPERB example ...
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Early 1900s French Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards

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Oak

Robust Cabinet, Confiturier, Artisan Solid Wood, French Craftsmanship, ca 1900
Located in Antwerp, BE
Rustic; Wabi Sabi; Robust; Raw; Cabinet; Confiturier; Artisan Solid Wood; French Craftsmanship; Circa 1900; 20th Century; Breton; Haute Savoie; Auvergnat;...
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Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Sideboards

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Wood

Oak Art Deco Modernist Credenza or Sideboard by Hendrik Wouda for Pander, 1924
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and rare Art Deco Modernist credenza or sideboard. Design by Hendrik Wouda for H. Pander & Zonen Den Haag. Striking Dutch design from the 1920s. Solid oak base with origi...
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Sideboards

Materials

Macassar, Oak

Sheraton Sideboard Mahogany, Antique Buffet Server, Circa 1910
Located in Potters Bar, GB
- Gorgeous Sheraton Revival sideboard in mahogany and satinwood crossbanded - Clean and minimal design perfect for modern interiors - We date this elegant server to circa 1910 - ...
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1910s Sheraton Vintage Sideboards

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Mahogany

George III Style Mahogany Sideboard
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Very Fine George III style Mahogany Sideboard. England, circa 1920. Dimensions: Height 36 1/2 x Width 70 3/4 x Depth 24 3/4 inche...
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1920s English George III Vintage Sideboards

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Wood

English Satinwood Console Cabinet
Located in Wilson, NC
The top of this English satinwood console cabinet has book matched quarter panels that are cross banded with mahogany with inlay behind the banding. ...
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1910s English Vintage Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Oak Arts & Crafts Credenza or Sideboard by Alexander J. Kropholler, 1900s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and rare Arts & Crafts credenza or sideboard. Design by Alexander J. Kropholler. Striking Dutch design from the 1920s. Solid oak with ori...
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Early 1900s Dutch Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards

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Brass

20th Century Fine Art Deco Sideboard. Vienna, c. 1930.
Located in Vienna, AT
Hello, We would like to offer you this gorgeous and very rare, large Art Deco palisander sideboard made in Vienna, circa 1900-1910. Vie...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Sideboards

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Marble, Brass

Henry Van De Velde High Board Art Nouveau, Belgium, Victor Horta, William Morris
Located in Antwerp, BE
Henry Van De Velde; Art Nouveau; Arts and Crafts Movement; Jugendstil, Victor Horta, Paul Hankar, Belgian design; Architecture; Samuel Bing; Charles Verlat...
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Early 20th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Sideboards

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Metal

Handsome Southern French 1900 Grocer's Counter / Sideboard
Located in Copenhagen K, DK
Fantastic vintage wooden grocery counter, from around 1900s South of France and painted white, with lovely patina. The counter is a good solid handmade...
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Early 1900s French Antique Sideboards

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Wood

Otto Schulz, Swedish Modern Cabinet in Leather, Oak & Brass Nails, 1930s
Located in Odense, DK
An exclusive cabinet attributed to the famous German born furniture designer Otto Schulz for Boet in Göteborg, Sweden. The front is covered in leather with brass nails, drawers and ...
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Early 20th Century Scandinavian Baroque Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Curved Ebonized Chest of Drawers with Bronze Elements Stamped De Beyne Roubaix
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This very nice curved chest of drawers is made of ebonized wood with finely chiseled bronze elements. The piece is stamped by De Beyne Roubaix. This is a Frenh work, circa 1880.
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Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Sideboards

Materials

Bronze

Antique 1920's French Art Deco Palisander Sideboard Credenza
Located in Charlotte, NC
A stunning antique French Art Deco style credenza, unbranded. Palisander wood with removable divided marble top and unique brass hardware. Features two locking doors revealing interi...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards

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Marble, Brass

Antique French Louis XVI Marble Top Buffet
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Louis XVI Marble top buffet will make a wonderful addition to a classic decor! Rendered from dense, old-growt...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards

Materials

Marble, Brass

Axel Einar Hjorth Sideboard "Roma" in Stained Birch, Bodafors, Sweden, 1920s
Located in Uccle, BE
Stained birch sideboard, model Roma. Designed by Axel Einar Hjorth (1888-1959). Produced by Bodafors, 1920s. The interiors each fitted with drawers and shelves. Applied metal label, A.B. Svenska Möbelfabrikerna Bodafors...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Art Deco Sideboards

Materials

Birch

Jules Leleu Attributed Art Deco French Sideboard
Located in Bradenton, FL
A French Art Deco period sideboard attributed to Jules Leleu. Made of mahogany, it consists of four seperate pieces secured together with bolts. A central cabinet with a beveled frame has book matched cabinet doors decorated with an elaborately scrolled brass escutcheon. Inside are two hand dovetailed drawers above a single shelf. Serpentine cabinets on either side each house a serpentine curved shelf...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Antique Circa 1900 Victorian Era Tiger Oak Empire Style Sideboard
Located in Charlotte, NC
An antique circa 1900 Victorian era sideboard in the Empire style, unbranded. Tiger oak with wood knobs, upper gallery with mirror, curved front legs and on metal casters. Features a...
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Early 20th Century American Empire Sideboards

Materials

Metal

Vienna Sideboard
Located in Budapest, HU
Sideboard from Vienna, from around 1900s.
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Deco Antique Sideboards

Materials

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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