White Lacquered Sideboard
2010s Canadian Modern Buffets
Metal
2010s Brazilian Modern Sideboards
Teak, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Credenzas
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Metal, Stainless Steel, Cut Steel, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Metal, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Sideboards
Metal
2010s European Neoclassical Sideboards
Cherry, Wood
2010s French Directoire Sideboards
Brass
2010s French French Provincial Buffets
Brass
2010s French Neoclassical Sideboards
Wood, Oak
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Chrome
Vintage 1960s American Neoclassical Buffets
Brass
Late 20th Century French Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Organic Modern Cabinets
Carrara Marble
Early 2000s Italian Sideboards
Glass, Wood, Lacquer
2010s Mexican Credenzas
Stainless Steel
2010s Mexican Cabinets
Stainless Steel
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Ash
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Ash
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Credenzas
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Organic Modern Cabinets
Carrara Marble
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Organic Modern Cabinets
Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Organic Modern Cabinets
Carrara Marble
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash, Wood
Vintage 1950s Dutch Industrial Sideboards
Metal
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Crystal, Metal, Brass, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s French Neoclassical Sideboards
Iron
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash, Wood
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash, Wood
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash, Wood
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Mirror, Wood
Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s British Sideboards
Brass, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Brass
Vintage 1980s Buffets
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Turkish Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Portuguese Brutalist Sideboards
Silver Leaf
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer
2010s Danish Modern Credenzas
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood, Birdseye Maple, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Sideboards
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood, Birdseye Maple, Walnut
2010s German Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s Canadian Credenzas
Hardwood
Vintage 1950s European Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Credenzas
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Credenzas
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Birdseye Maple, Maple
2010s Latvian Modern Sideboards
Brass
Vintage 1930s French Sideboards
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mahogany, Maple
Vintage 1930s Belgian Art Deco Credenzas
Leather, Wood
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Chrome
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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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