Sideboards
Early 20th Century Jacobean Sideboards
Oak, Walnut
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
19th Century Italian Antique Sideboards
Marble
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Oak, Wood
1890s English Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Jacobean Sideboards
Oak
1860s English Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Poplar
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-19th Century American American Empire Antique Sideboards
Marble
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century Belgian Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century Unknown Spanish Colonial Sideboards
Metal
18th Century Antique Sideboards
Wood
1980s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak, Walnut
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s Turkish Modern Sideboards
Walnut, Wood
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Sideboards
Oak
Late 18th Century British Antique Sideboards
Brass
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Steel
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1830s French Antique Sideboards
Iron
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak, Walnut
1910s English Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Mexican Other Sideboards
Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Chinoiserie Sideboards
Brass
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1960s German Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
18th Century English William and Mary Antique Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
Antique, New and Vintage Sideboards
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.