Sideboards
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Early 2000s American Hepplewhite Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1890s Sheraton Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Late 20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Lacquer
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Pine
Mid-19th Century French Antique Sideboards
Cherry
1960s French Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Oak
20th Century Regency Sideboards
Brass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Iron
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Aluminum, Steel
2010s Danish Post-Modern Sideboards
Steel
2010s Indian Art Deco Sideboards
Sheet Metal
Early 2000s American Post-Modern Sideboards
Oak
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Pine
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Brass
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Brass
19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Wood
Early 1800s Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
20th Century Scottish Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1920s French Country Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Paint
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s Italian Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century American Queen Anne Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sideboards
Travertine
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mahogany, Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Sideboards
Brass, Other
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s British Sideboards
Copper
2010s Indian Art Deco Sideboards
Brass, Sheet Metal, Metal
1830s English William IV Antique Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Plastic, Wood, Oak, Plywood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
20th Century American Georgian Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Canadian Organic Modern Sideboards
Cut Steel, Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Sideboards
Marble
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Elm, Amboyna
18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Oak
2010s Indian Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Brass, Sheet Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Maple, Walnut
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Sideboards
Pine
19th Century English Antique Sideboards
Brass
18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Travertine
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
1960s Scottish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
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.