Usm Haller C2a
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
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2010s Philippine Vases
Limestone
2010s North American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
2010s American Scandinavian Modern Benches
Walnut
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
1960s Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Vases
Crystal
Vintage 1930s Unknown Art Deco Vitrines
Glass, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Game Tables
Metal
2010s Finnish Modern Lounge Chairs
Fiberglass
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Benches
Chrome
2010s American Modern Dining Room Tables
Oak
Vintage 1920s Dutch Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Resin
Vintage 1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Suede
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Plastic
Recent Sales
2010s Sideboards
Metal
Finding the Right sideboards for You
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.