Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Early 1900s Georgian Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Brass
Early 20th Century Belgian Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Brass
1890s Georgian Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Mahogany
1920s Georgian Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Mahogany
1890s Sheraton Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Mahogany
Late 18th Century British French Provincial Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Oak
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Pine, Paint
17th Century European Renaissance Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Oak
1880s Regency Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Mahogany
Early 1800s Georgian Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Mahogany
Early 19th Century European Georgian Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Brass
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Marble
Early 20th Century Victorian Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Mirror, Oak
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Oak
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Brass
Early 1900s Scottish Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Oak
19th Century English Chinese Chippendale Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Mahogany
1920s European Adam Style Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Walnut
1910s Sheraton Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Mahogany
1890s Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Walnut
Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Iron
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Oak, Paint
19th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Wood
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Pine, Paint
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Pine, Paint
Early 20th Century American Hepplewhite Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Mahogany
18th Century Georgian Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Mahogany
Early 19th Century French Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Wood, Oak
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Copper
Early 20th Century American Hepplewhite Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Mahogany
1790s French Directoire Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Mahogany
Late 19th Century Neoclassical Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Marble
1920s North American William and Mary Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Brass
Early 1900s English Adam Style Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Satinwood
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Brass
Early 20th Century Renaissance Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Brass
1890s Austrian Baroque Revival Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Ash, Fruitwood, Walnut
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Mahogany
1920s Scottish Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Walnut
Late 18th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Walnut
Early 20th Century Jacobean Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Walnut, Amboyna
Early 19th Century American American Empire Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Wood, Mahogany
1770s French French Provincial Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Walnut
Early 20th Century Jacobean Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Walnut
19th Century French Renaissance Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Glass, Walnut
Early 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Walnut
1920s French Art Deco Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Brass
19th Century Victorian Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Marble
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Brass
1920s French Louis XVI Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Burl
Late 19th Century Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Brass
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Oak
1920s Scottish Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Walnut
Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Walnut
1920s American Louis XV Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Walnut
1880s Italian Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Walnut
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Pine, Paint
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboard Sideboards And Buffets
Pine, Paint
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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.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
The terms buffet and sideboard are used interchangeably, although buffets generally have higher legs and stand 34 to 38 inches tall.
- 1stDibs ExpertNovember 2, 2021Buffet tables and sideboards are both types of cabinet furniture. Though often used as a synonym for “sideboard,” a buffet technically possesses a tiered or shelved superstructure for displaying decorative kitchenware. The term derives from buffet à deux corps, a piece which is seen mostly in French Provincial furniture. A sideboard is a side-table with cabinet doors that is used for serving, most often in a dining room. In form, a credenza has much in common with a sideboard (it's not uncommon to find a sideboard in a foyer, however). Find a wide range of mid-century modern buffets and sideboards on 1stDibs.
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