Sideboards
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut, Wood
19th Century French Empire Antique Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1940s Swedish Gustavian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century American Federal Sideboards
Brass
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Sideboards
Wood, Paint
1980s Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mahogany
1920s Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1950s American Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Sideboards
Nutwood
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
1660s German Mid-Century Modern Antique Sideboards
Walnut
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Sideboards
Crystal, Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century Jacobean Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Iron
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Industrial Sideboards
Metal
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
19th Century French Rustic Antique Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
1930s French Vintage Sideboards
Oak
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Iron
20th Century Italian Sideboards
Wood
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Sideboards
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Sideboards
Metal
1960s Central American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Metal
19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Sideboards
Kingwood
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Teak
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Glass, Wood
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Teak
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel, Chrome
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sideboards
Travertine
Early 20th Century French Victorian Sideboards
Fruitwood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Oak
Late 19th Century Neoclassical Antique Sideboards
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Ebony, Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wenge
Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Oak
1950s Danish Vintage Sideboards
Iron
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer
Late 19th Century French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s French Vintage Sideboards
Elm
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Beech
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
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.