Redwell Wood Farm / Potters Bar / Hertfordshire, EN6 3NA, UK | USD $, Yen, Euro and all major currencies accepted. Change Site Language | Help | Your Cart (0)
Canonbury Antiques Canonbury Antiques
 
UK UK: + 44 (01707) 644717
USA USA: + 1 (877) 650-7261
USA: + 1 (877) 650-7261UK: + 44 (01707) 644717
  • Categories
  • Styles & Period
  • Room
  • SALE
  • Sell Items
  • Film & TV Hire
  • Contact
  • Visit Showroom
  • About
 
Subscribe to our newsletterand get 10% OFF!
search

Shop by Type
  • Dining Tables
  • Dining Sets
  • Art Deco
  • Tables
  • Dining Chairs
  • Seating and Chairs
  • Objet d Art
  • Bookcases
  • Bronzes
  • Desks
  • Buddha Statues
  • Lamps and Lighting
  • Steamer Trunk Luggage Cases
  • French Boulle Furniture
  • Architectural Salvage
  • Curios
  • Silver Plate
  • Oil Paintings
  • Cabinets and Chests
  • Chairs
  • Architectural
  • Fountains and Garden
  • Mirrors
  • Chinese Porcelain
  • Porcelain
  • Dressers and Sideboards
  • Tea Caddies
  • Glassware
  • Mirrored Furniture
  • Clocks

Shop by Style
  • Adams Antiques and Furniture
  • Antique Gilding and Gilt
  • Antique Painted Furniture
  • Art Deco
  • Art Nouveau
  • Arts and Craft
  • Biedermeier
  • Black Lacquer
  • Boulle Furniture
  • Burmese Furniture
  • Chinese Antiques
  • Chinoiserie
  • Chippendale
  • Colonial / Campaign
  • Continental Antiques
  • Dutch Marquetry Antiques
  • Edwardian Antiques
  • English Antiques
  • Epstein Furniture
  • Farmhouse Dining Furniture
  • Farmhouse Furniture
  • Francois Linke
  • French Antiques
  • French Empire
  • George II
  • Georgian Antiques
  • Gillows and Co Antiques
  • Gothic Antiques
  • Grand Tour Antiques
  • Hepplewhite
  • Hobbs and Company Antiques
  • Indian Antiques
  • Irish Antiques
  • Italian Antiques
  • Jacobean Antiques
  • Japanese Antiques
  • Lacquer and Ebonized Furniture
  • Louis XVI
  • Maple and Co Antiques
  • Marquetry Inlay
  • Napoleon III
  • Neo-Classical
  • Queen Anne
  • Regency Antiques
  • Rocaille
  • Rococo
  • Sheraton
  • Sheraton Revival
  • Swedish Antiques
  • Syrian Moorish and Islamic Furniture
  • The Garden
  • Vernis Martin Lacquer
  • Victorian Antiques
  • William and Mary Antiques
  • William IV Antiques

Shop by Room
  • Castle Chic
  • Aviator Furniture
  • Farmhouse Kitchen
  • Gentlemans Club
  • Medieval Banquet
  • Parisian Apartment
  • Regency Dining Room
  • Roman Villa
  • The Dining Room
  • The Garden
  • The Hallway
  • The Kitchen
  • The Library
  • The Living Room
  • The Lounge
  • The Study
  • Urban Loft
  • Victorian Dining Room
  • William IV Dining Room
WITH VIDEOS
Global Shipping
Global Shipping
Secured Site
Amex
Master Card
Visa
Discover

Returns Policy 7

How To Identify A Sheraton Sideboard - Canonbury Antiques

GO BACK
all

Relevant categories: Dressers and Sideboards

Date
Nov
17
2020

To View Our Range Of Regency Sideboards Please Click Here

Sheraton Revival Sideboard - Antique Buffet 1890

(Above photo - Sheraton Revival Sideboard - Antique Buffet 1890 )
 

A Sheraton sideboard is part of a more oversized furniture style that lasted between 1790 and 1820 in England. The style is named after a famous cabinet maker Thomas Sheraton, who lived between 1751 and 1806. He one of the first furniture makers to write elaborate designs and guides, the best being The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer’s Drawing Book. Therefore, he either made or influenced the pieces of furniture bearing his name. Today, you can find several furniture pieces created by this hardworking craftsman, including sideboards.

The following are the unique characteristics of a Sheraton sideboard:

1. Types of Wood

Sheraton Revival Sideboard - Mahogany Server 1880
(Above photo - Sheraton Revival Sideboard - Mahogany Server 1880 )
 

Sheraton cabinets featured contrasting inlays and veneers, meaning they were made from two or more types of wood. The favorite wood for the base was satinwood, followed by beech and mahogany. Then a furniture maker would decorate the sideboard using rosewood, ash, birch, and tulipwood. In some places, local furniture makers used maple, walnut, cherry, and cedar.

 

2. Legs and Feet

 

Sheraton Sideboard Mahogany - Antique Buffet Server c.1910
(Above photo - Sheraton Sideboard Mahogany - Antique Buffet Server c.1910 )
 

Unlike previous eras when furniture had cabriole legs, Sheraton sideboards mostly have straight legs. However, the legs could be sometimes tapered or splayed, according to the preferences of the cabinetmaker. The legs could also have reeded edges, imitating columns on classical buildings. In some cases, stretchers are used to join the legs.
At the end of the straight legs, you would find a simple, rectangular spadefoot, arrow foot, or cylindrical foot. In the case of a Sheraton sideboard, you are likely to find bun or bracket feet. Even though these features coincide with those of the Chippendale style, they can help you tell if you have a genuine Sheraton sideboard.


3. Additional Features

 

Stunning Sheraton sideboard in mahogany

(Above photo - Stunning Sheraton sideboard in mahogany )


Sheraton sideboards have additional features and not just the simple feet and straight legs. For instance, the pieces of furniture from this era have a light, sophisticated appearance that’s more delicate than Chippendale and Queen Anne styles. While some pieces are painted, others have low-relief carvings used to decorate them. Some pieces have intricate patterns, marquetry, and intricate veneers built using highly contrasting pieces of wood. Other pieces could be japanned, dyed, or painted with contrasting colors.


Some of the most famous motifs on these sideboards include flowers, urns, feathers, fans, ribbons, lyres, swags, and drapery. Hardware such as drawer handles may have figures of urns, rosettes, stamped plates, and lion’s heads.
It is not uncommon to find a Sheraton sideboard with strong, symmetrical geometric shapes such as squares and rectangles. Some sideboards have gathered silk placed behind their glass doors and could even have sliding sections.
Even though the Sheraton style had come earlier in the 19th century, it was later that English cabinetmakers adopted it widely. Thus, the sideboards produced in the 1880s are collectible in their own right.


Conclusion


You can buy a Sheraton sideboard, whether you are a collector, antique dealer, or homeowner. There are many options available in antique shops where you can find what you want. The trick lies in identifying an authentic Sheraton sideboard from the raft of available options.

 

 

 

 

To view our range of other Sherarton furniture please click here

 

Thomas Sheraton - English Furniture and Cabinet Maker

 

 

Products Mentioned

Regency Mahogany Sideboard Buf...

Mahogany Sideboard - Sheraton ...

Sheraton Revival Sideboard - M...

Sheraton Revival Sideboard - A...

 

More from our Knowledge Base

Victorian Balloon Back Chairs - A Guide and History DEC.01.2023

Victorian Balloon Back Chairs are exquisite pieces of furniture that originated during the Victorian era (1837-1901) in Great Britain.

MORE
all

Antique Stretcher Tables - A Definition and Guide NOV.30.2023

In the realm of antique furniture, stretcher tables stand out as timeless pieces that encapsulate both functionality and aesthetic appeal.

MORE
all

A Guide to Antique Dumbwaiters NOV.30.2023

Antique dumbwaiters, once indispensable servants in affluent households, embody a bygone era of elegance and practicality.

MORE
all

 

TOP OF THE PAGE
Top of the Page
  • SHOPPING
  • Shopping Cart
    Shopping Cart (0)
  • Buying Online
  • Get a Gift Voucher
  • Sold Items
  • CANONBURY INFO
  • Knowledge Base
  • About Us
  • Customer Testimonials
  • News
  • Newsletter
  • Sell your Antiques
  • Contact Us
  • Site Map
  • CUSTOMER SERVICE
  • FAQs
  • Shopping
  • US Customer Service
  • Return Policy
  • SITE LANGUAGES
  • Our site can be translated into most languages using the Google Translate tool below:

  • SHIPPING
  • Shipping to United States
  • Shipping to Europe
  • Shipping to Rest of World
    FOLLOW US ON
  • You Tube
  • Facebook
  • Wordpress
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • Flickr
  • SHIPPING
  • Shipping to United States
  • Shipping to Europe
  • Shipping to Rest of World
    FOLLOW US ON
  • You Tube
  • Facebook
  • Wordpress
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • Flickr
+ 44 01707 644877
+ 44 01707 644717
  • CONTACT US

  • Confirm that you are human:
    4 + 1 =


  • SHOPPING
    Shopping
  • Shopping Cart
    Shopping Cart (0)
  • How to Buy
  • Get a Gift Voucher
  • Sold Items
  • CANONBURY INFO
    Shopping
  • Knowledge Base
  • About Us
  • Customer Testimonials
  • News
  • Newsletter
  • Sell your Antiques
  • Contact Us
  • Site Map
  • CUSTOMER SERVICE
    Shopping
  • FAQs
  • Shopping
  • US Customer Service
  • Return Policy
  • SHIPPING
    Shopping
  • Shipping to United States
  • Shipping to Europe
  • Shipping to Rest of World
  • CONTACT US
    Shopping

  • Confirm that you are human:
    4 + 1 =


© - Canonbury Antiques - Redwell Wood Farm / Potters Bar / Herfordshine, EN6 3NA, UK

Website Developed by Nulence

© - Canonbury Antiques

Redwell Wood Farm / Potters Bar / Herfordshine, EN6 3NA, UK

Website Developed by Nulence