Sideboards
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Travertine
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary American Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Hardwood, Oak, Walnut, Sapele Wood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1940s French Vintage Sideboards
Brass
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Sideboards
Brass, Other
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Steel, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Plywood, Lacquer, Teak, Wood
2010s Italian Sideboards
Leather, Bamboo, Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak, Rosewood
1830s English William IV Antique Sideboards
Wood
2010s Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Bauhaus Sideboards
Marble, Copper
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Canadian Organic Modern Sideboards
Cut Steel
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Sideboards
Brass, Other
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
Mid-20th Century European Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak, Teak
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Hardwood, Lacquer
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
2010s Indian Art Nouveau Sideboards
Metal, Brass, Sheet Metal
19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Wood
19th Century English George II Antique Sideboards
Brass, Bronze
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Brass
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Stainless Steel
1940s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Sideboards
Fir, Pine
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Steel
Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Iron
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
1980s Regency Revival Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s French Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Marble
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Steel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Macassar
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
19th Century American American Empire Antique Sideboards
Brass
2010s Mexican Sideboards
Stainless Steel
19th Century English Antique Sideboards
Brass
19th Century Italian Antique Sideboards
Marble
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Palisander
19th Century Italian Napoleon III Antique Sideboards
Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Australian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
2010s Indian Art Deco Sideboards
Sheet Metal
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Wood
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.