USM Haller Sideboard, Switzerland, circa 1970
By Usm Haller
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
width of approximately 60 inches, this sideboard offers a well-balanced format suitable for both
Metal
Small English Bow Front Sideboard
Located in Woodbury, CT
Even at 60 inches in width, this little sideboard does not lack for panache--the satinwood inlays
Mahogany, Satinwood
Sold|$3,116
H 33.47 in W 89.38 in D 14.57 in
USM Haller Sideboard with Three Doors, Switzerland, circa 1970
By Usm Haller
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
Sideboard from the USM Haller modular system, developed by Paul Schärer and Fritz Haller from the 1960s onward and produced in Switzerland. The piece is composed of three closed mo...
Metal
$956
H 32.29 in W 19.69 in D 23.63 in
Gloss White Panton S-Chair by Verner Panton / Herman Miller Fehlbaum Production
By Verner Panton, Herman Miller
Located in Doornspijk, NL
The S-chair by Verner Panton is one of the absolute stars of furniture pop art. This is the original version of the Herman Miller Fehlbaum Production in the beautiful glossy thermop...
Plastic
Regency English Mahogany Antique Extending Dining Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A fine quality late regency period mahogany extending dining table retaining exceptional colour and patina to well figured top with two original removable leaves raised on elegant tu...
Mahogany
Maison Jansen 2 tier Leather and Brass coffee Table
By Maison Jansen
Located in Miami, FL
Maison Jansen 2 tier brass and leather coffee table
Brass
Gillows Imperial Patent Mahogany Dining Table
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Folkestone, GB
A superior quality extending mahogany dining table firmly attributed to Gillows and conforming precisely to a design in the Lancashire pattern books dated 1804. The reeded-edge top c...
Mahogany
Antique English Brass and Wrought Iron Fire Grate
Located in London, GB
A large English Georgian fire grate. The four cluster column legs surmounted by large finials, flanking an intricately pierced brass fret work of beasts and foliage, the wrought iron...
Brass, Wrought Iron
18th Century Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Woodbury, CT
A late 18th century oil on canvas portrait of a gentleman holding a philosophy book; probably German. No discernible signature. Canvas measures 21.5" high x 16" wide.
Canvas
$8,224Sale Price|20% Off
H 29.02 in W 96.07 in D 51.58 in
Regency period Mahogany Twin pedestal dining table.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late regency period Mahogany twin pedestal dining table, having two extra leaves, making it very versatile in its length. The pair of pedestals each with four sp...
Mahogany
Fine Regency Period Mahogany Extending Dining Table
Located in London, GB
A good quality early 19th century Regency period golden mahogany reeded edged dining table having drop flap gate-leg actions to centre and ends, fitted with four removable leaves, su...
Mahogany
19th Century Danish Mahogany Empire Cabinet
Located in San Marino, CA
A remarkably elegant 19th century Empire cabinet that features beautiful crotch mahogany veneer. A drawer above one door that encloses three stationary shelves as well as a drawer be...
Mahogany
$12,063
H 33.5 in W 39 in D 20.5 in
George III Mahogany Serpentine Chest, Boxwood Inlay, England, 1770
Located in London, GB
A mid-18th century George III period well figured mahogany serpentine chest, having tulipwood cross banded and boxwood line inlaid canted cornered top, above four graduated cockbeade...
Boxwood, Mahogany, Tulipwood
English Georgian Satinwood Demilune Console Table
By Charles Elliott
Located in Queens, NY
English Georgian satinwood demilune console table with various inlaid flowers and scrolls on apron and top with bronze sabot on feet. (Attributed to Charles Elliott)
Bronze
French Neo-Classical Black and Gilt Metal Column Floor Lamp
Located in Sheffield, MA
The black painted and gilt metal neoclassical floor lamp has elements of a classical column with a Corinthian capital and secondary base. In between is a black shaft. All rests on a ...
Metal
$18,000 / set
H 35 in W 23 in D 24 in
Suite of Six French Louis XVI Fauteuils with a Painted Finish, 18th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
A set of six period French Louis XVI armchairs with a painted finish.
Wood
$5,814
H 45.28 in Dm 25.99 in
French Empire Regency Crystal and Gilt Bronze 12-Light Wedding Cake Chandelier
Located in Coimbra, PT
Stunning large French Empire cut crystal and bronze twelve-light chandelier with crystal drops and swags Measures: Diameter 26 in/ 66 cm Height 45 in (32 in+ 13 in/chain) / 115 cm (7...
Crystal, Bronze
Impressive Regency Giltwood Convex Mirror with a Leaf Motif, Gilded
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An impressive Regency giltwood convex mirror with a leaf motif. Gilded, circa early 1820s.
Giltwood
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.
Once simply boards made of wood that were used to support ceremonial dining, sideboards have taken on much greater importance as case pieces 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.
Every imaginable iteration of the sideboard has taken shape over the years. 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 or vintage Danish sideboards are more to your liking than an 18th-century mahogany sideboard with decorative inlays in the Hepplewhite style, 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 and vintage sideboards to choose from.
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