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Antique 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
Antique 1890s French Empire Sideboards
Mahogany
Antique 1820s Irish Regency Sideboards
Brass
Antique 18th Century Spanish Credenzas
Brass
Late 20th Century American Empire Sideboards
Birch, Walnut, Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary North American Other Sideboards
Wood
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards
Chrome
Antique 1790s Irish Georgian Sideboards
Brass
Antique Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Sideboards
Oak
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Renaissance Buffets
Wood, Paint
Vintage 1980s Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
Vintage 1980s Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century Great Britain (UK) Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 20th Century North American Sideboards
Brass
Antique Early 19th Century English George III Sideboards
Wood, Oak
Antique Late 19th Century Renaissance Sideboards
Walnut
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Sideboards
Walnut
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Antique 19th Century Scottish Sideboards
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century Guatemalan Serving Tables
Antique 1810s Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Brass
Antique 19th Century English Sideboards
Mahogany
Antique 1810s Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
Antique 1810s Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century British Chippendale Sideboards
Walnut
Early 20th Century British Baroque Serving Tables
Pine
Antique 19th Century French Sideboards
Walnut
Antique 18th Century British Sideboards
Mahogany
Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Sideboards
Mirror, Oak
2010s American Modern Credenzas
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Sideboards
Wood
Early 20th Century American Victorian Buffets
Oak
Antique Late 19th Century French Gothic Revival Sideboards
Oak
20th Century Scandinavian Art Deco Sideboards
Pewter
Antique Late 19th Century French Black Forest Buffets
Oak
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Sideboards
Brass
Antique Late 19th Century French Gothic Revival Sideboards
Oak
Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Sideboards
Mirror, Oak
Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Sideboards
Mirror, Oak
Vintage 1930s English Other Sideboards
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century English Sideboards
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century French Louis XIV Cabinets
Walnut
Early 20th Century Sideboards
Mirror, Oak
Antique Late 19th Century French Black Forest Buffets
Oak
Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Credenzas
Brass
Antique 19th Century English Sideboards
Mahogany
Antique Early 19th Century Irish Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
Antique Mid-18th Century American Sheraton Sideboards
Bronze
Antique 1890s English Renaissance Sideboards
Oak
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century French Renaissance Revival Cabinets
Oak
Antique 1890s British Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary American Neoclassical Sideboards
Tulipwood, Walnut
Early 20th Century Sideboards
Mahogany, Rosewood, Satinwood
Antique Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Buffets
Oak
2010s American Georgian Sideboards
Brass
20th Century American Cabinets
Antique 19th Century British Sideboards
Brass
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Scottish Sideboards
Brass
Antique 19th Century English Sideboards
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century English Console Tables
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Sideboards
Brass
Antique 19th Century Sideboards
21st Century and Contemporary Sideboards
Mahogany
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Antique Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Bookcases
Oak
Antique Late 19th Century French Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Wood, Oak
Antique 1780s English Neoclassical Pottery
Stoneware
Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Balustrades and Fixtures
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tables
Oak
20th Century American American Classical Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sideboards
Iron
Antique Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Buffets
Marble, Brass
Antique 19th Century English Gothic Revival Beds and Bed Frames
Walnut
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets
Antique Mid-19th Century Danish Brutalist Desks and Writing Tables
Oak
Antique 19th Century French Empire Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Marble
20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Planters and Jardinieres
Concrete
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Finding the Right Sideboards for You
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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