Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Late 19th Century Neoclassical Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Marble
Early 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Walnut
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Birch, Mahogany, Rosewood
1910s Scottish Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Oak
17th Century European Elizabethan Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Oak
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Late 19th Century English Chippendale Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Art Deco Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Metal
2010s Austrian Art Deco Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary English Campaign Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Metal, Brass
2010s Mexican Modern Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Wood
1930s French Louis XV Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Oak
1910s Scottish Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Oak
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Iron
1920s Scottish Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Walnut
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Glass, Mahogany, Rosewood
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Mahogany
1820s German Biedermeier Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Mahogany
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1910s Scottish Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Oak
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Marble
1910s Scottish Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Oak
19th Century Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Walnut
19th Century Chinese Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Elm
19th Century Chinese Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Elm
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Brass
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Iron
18th Century and Earlier British Georgian Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Metal
17th Century English Medieval Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Iron
Early 19th Century British George III Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Mahogany, Rosewood, Satinwood
1910s French Art Nouveau Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Elm
19th Century Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Elm
19th Century Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Elm
19th Century Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Elm
1890s Scottish Victorian Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Oak
Early 1900s English Country Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Pine
1910s British Queen Anne Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Oak
1760s English Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Oak
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Mahogany
19th Century French Victorian Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Oak
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Oak
1890s English Victorian Antique Sideboard Dresser Sideboards And Buffets
Oak
Finding the Right sideboards for You
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.
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