Sideboards
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak, Teak
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Parchment Paper
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Mexican Other Sideboards
Glass, Wood
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Late 20th Century Unknown Spanish Colonial Sideboards
Metal
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Brass
2010s Sideboards
Acrylic
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Marble
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Slate, Steel
2010s Modern Sideboards
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Industrial Sideboards
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Walnut
1960s Spanish Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Pine
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Leather, Wood
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Mirror, Formica, Oak
Early 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Georgian Sideboards
Wood
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Early 2000s American French Provincial Sideboards
Metal
2010s Canadian Organic Modern Sideboards
Cut Steel, Brass, Bronze, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Bamboo
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
Early 18th Century Welsh Georgian Antique Sideboards
Oak
1950s Vintage Sideboards
Bamboo, Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Brass, Stainless Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Marble
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer
Early 20th Century Art Deco Sideboards
Wood
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1970s French Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Elm
2010s South African Minimalist Sideboards
Walnut
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Brass
2010s Italian Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Sideboards
Wood, Hardwood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Other Sideboards
Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Mexican Other Sideboards
Glass, Wood
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
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.