Antique Sideboards And Servers
Early 1900s Victorian Antique Sideboards And Servers
Mahogany
1890s Antique Sideboards And Servers
Hardwood
1810s English Hepplewhite Antique Sideboards And Servers
Brass
1790s English Antique Sideboards And Servers
Brass
1850s English Antique Sideboards And Servers
Walnut, Pine
1750s Antique Sideboards And Servers
Hardwood
18th Century Antique Sideboards And Servers
Hardwood
18th Century Antique Sideboards And Servers
Hardwood
1790s English Antique Sideboards And Servers
Boxwood, Ebony, Mahogany, Satinwood
Early 20th Century Rustic Antique Sideboards And Servers
Mahogany
1860s French Antique Sideboards And Servers
Brass, Steel
1890s English Antique Sideboards And Servers
Brass, Steel
Early 19th Century English Hepplewhite Antique Sideboards And Servers
Brass
19th Century British George III Antique Sideboards And Servers
Oak
Early 1800s English Antique Sideboards And Servers
Brass
Early 20th Century Philippine Anglo-Indian Antique Sideboards And Servers
Rosewood
Mid-19th Century German Antique Sideboards And Servers
Ebony, Maple, Oak, Walnut
Late 19th Century North American Hepplewhite Antique Sideboards And Servers
Brass
Mid-19th Century British Antique Sideboards And Servers
1880s French Antique Sideboards And Servers
Hardwood
1880s French Antique Sideboards And Servers
Hardwood
Late 19th Century Antique Sideboards And Servers
Pine
Late 19th Century Belgian Louis XV Antique Sideboards And Servers
Oak
1880s English Antique Sideboards And Servers
Mahogany
18th Century European Louis XVI Antique Sideboards And Servers
Brass
1860s English Antique Sideboards And Servers
Brass
1870s English Antique Sideboards And Servers
Mahogany
1870s English Antique Sideboards And Servers
Oak
1880s English Antique Sideboards And Servers
Brass
Early 1800s English Antique Sideboards And Servers
Brass
Early 1900s Georgian Antique Sideboards And Servers
Mahogany
Early 1800s Georgian Antique Sideboards And Servers
Mahogany
19th Century Antiguan British Colonial Antique Sideboards And Servers
Mahogany
Late 17th Century English Antique Sideboards And Servers
Oak
Mid-19th Century English George III Antique Sideboards And Servers
Brass
1790s English George III Antique Sideboards And Servers
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Swedish Neoclassical Antique Sideboards And Servers
Mahogany
1790s English Antique Sideboards And Servers
Brass
Early 19th Century English British Colonial Antique Sideboards And Servers
Mahogany
1880s English Antique Sideboards And Servers
Brass
1920s Georgian Antique Sideboards And Servers
Mahogany
1890s Georgian Antique Sideboards And Servers
Mahogany
1880s Sheraton Antique Sideboards And Servers
Mahogany
1860s Antique Sideboards And Servers
Mahogany
19th Century French Antique Sideboards And Servers
Marble, Bronze
1810s Georgian Antique Sideboards And Servers
Mahogany
1810s Georgian Antique Sideboards And Servers
Mahogany
1880s English Georgian Antique Sideboards And Servers
Mahogany
1830s French Renaissance Antique Sideboards And Servers
Brass
1720s Welsh Antique Sideboards And Servers
Brass
Early 20th Century North American Antique Sideboards And Servers
Brass
Mid-19th Century French Renaissance Antique Sideboards And Servers
Marble
18th Century British George III Antique Sideboards And Servers
Oak
19th Century Regency Antique Sideboards And Servers
Mahogany
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Sideboards And Servers
Mahogany
1880s Regency Antique Sideboards And Servers
Mahogany
1910s Edwardian Antique Sideboards And Servers
Mahogany
Early 1800s French Louis XV Antique Sideboards And Servers
Brass
19th Century British Regency Antique Sideboards And Servers
Mahogany
Early 19th Century European Georgian Antique Sideboards And Servers
Brass
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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 ExpertNovember 2, 2021The difference between a sideboard and a server mostly pertains to usage. A sideboard is a side-table with cabinet doors that is used for serving, most often in a dining room (today, sideboards can sometimes be found in living rooms and foyers). In form, a credenza has much in common with a sideboard. Sideboards have short legs or no legs at all. A server is very slim and is meant to be placed along the dining room wall. It is shorter and takes up less room than a sideboard and is also considered to be more formal than a sideboard — a sideboard might offer a surface to serve dinner, whereas a server might best be used to serve dessert. Shop a collection of antique, vintage, and contemporary sideboards and servers from some of the world’s top dealers on 1stDibs.
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