Sideboards
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Carrara Marble
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Late 19th Century Hungarian Country Antique Sideboards
Pine
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Plywood, Wood, Beech
Early 2000s Swedish Gustavian Sideboards
Wood, Paint
20th Century American Federal Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Seagrass, Teak
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Chrome
20th Century French French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century American Queen Anne Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s German Art Deco Sideboards
Copper
1960s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Bronze
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
19th Century Japanese Antique Sideboards
Brass, Iron
1990s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Oak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
20th Century Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel, Chrome
1960s American Louis Philippe Vintage Sideboards
Cherry
Early 19th Century British George III Antique Sideboards
Wood
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Iron
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1950s Austrian Adam Style Vintage Sideboards
Pine
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Moorish Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Rustic Sideboards
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood
1880s Antique Sideboards
Hardwood
1920s Polish Art Nouveau Vintage Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Sideboards
Pine, Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Rustic Sideboards
Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XVI Sideboards
Metal
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Sideboards
Cedar
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Burl, Lacquer
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Bamboo
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Amboyna
Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Sideboards
Birch
Early 20th Century Swedish Art Deco Sideboards
Oak
1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
2010s Modern Sideboards
Bronze
Late 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Moorish Sideboards
Wood
1950s French Vintage Sideboards
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.