Sideboards
2010s Sideboards
Mahogany
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
2010s American Post-Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s Italian Sideboards
Leather, Bamboo, Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Nickel
Late 19th Century Antique Sideboards
Wrought Iron
19th Century British Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Pine
2010s German Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
Late 20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Sideboards
Brass, Other
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Walnut
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Antique Sideboards
Bronze
1980s Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century European Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak, Teak
Late 20th Century Chinese Ming Sideboards
Wood
19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Steel, Metal
2010s Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Indian Art Nouveau Sideboards
Metal, Brass, Sheet Metal
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
Early 20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Sideboards
Stone, Granite, Marble, Metal, Brass
1960s Australian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Bauhaus Sideboards
Marble, Copper
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Sideboards
Brass, Other
Late 20th Century American Georgian Sideboards
Brass
2010s Canadian Organic Modern Sideboards
Cut Steel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass, Iron
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1830s English William IV Antique Sideboards
Wood
2010s Indian Art Deco Sideboards
Sheet Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s French Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Hardwood, Lacquer
1960s Scottish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s Polish Sideboards
Travertine, Marble, Steel
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Stainless Steel
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
20th Century Sideboards
Rosewood
19th Century American American Empire Antique Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Marble
Early 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Walnut
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Stainless Steel
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Iron
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Cane, Teak
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.