How heavy is a solid oak enfilade?

They carry serious weight. A three-door solid oak piece usually takes at least three strong people to move safely. The doors alone hold a lot of timber. If the backboards are also oak rather than pine, the overall weight increases.

Can they hold modern dinner plates?

Most standard antique French sideboards offer plenty of internal depth for modern tableware. The shelves were built to hold stacks of thick provincial pottery. Some narrow versions exist, intended for hallways rather than dining rooms. It always pays to check the internal measurement if your plates are unusually large.

I live in a house with central heating, and I'm worried the dry air might crack the doors on an old wooden piece over winter.

Central heating poses a risk to old timber. The wood loses moisture in winter, which can cause panels to shrink and crack along the grain. Floating panels in the doors help mitigate this. The joiners designed them to move within the frame without splitting. Keep the piece away from direct heat sources like radiators.

The locks on the drawers are missing their keys, is there any way to get replacement ones fitted or should I just leave them alone?

A good locksmith can cut new keys to fit the old mechanisms. Many owners just leave them as they are and use the keyhole as a pull.

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Victorian French Sideboards

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Long, low wooden cabinets with multiple doors and drawers, antique French sideboards were built to store dining linens and serve food in prosperous provincial homes.