Sideboards
1880s American Napoleon III Antique Sideboards
Walnut
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm
1920s French Vintage Sideboards
Bone, Fruitwood
1970s American Vintage Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Modern Sideboards
Stainless Steel
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Oak
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood, Walnut
1980s Regency Revival Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Stone
Early 19th Century Swedish Country Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1960s Spanish Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Maple
1820s American Sheraton Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 18th Century Welsh Georgian Antique Sideboards
Oak
1940s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Brass
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Stone, Travertine, Marble
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
1780s British Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Bakelite, Walnut
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Glass, Ash
1970s American Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Slate, Steel
2010s Italian Brutalist Sideboards
Travertine, Marble
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak, Birch
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Pine
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
1960s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Oak
Late 20th Century Moroccan Bohemian Sideboards
Resin, Wood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Iron
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Mahogany
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Birch
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Brass
1950s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
2010s South African Minimalist Sideboards
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass, Gold Leaf
2010s South African Minimalist Sideboards
Marble
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Gold Leaf, Brass
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.