Sideboards
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary English Sideboards
Pine
2010s Mexican Other Sideboards
Glass, Wood
1930s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1960s Swedish Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Teak
Early 20th Century French Brutalist Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Sideboards
Oak
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chestnut, Walnut
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1960s Polish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Early 1800s British Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mirror
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
19th Century Antique Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sideboards
Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sideboards
Brass
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Sycamore
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
20th Century American Hepplewhite Sideboards
Serpentine
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary German Organic Modern Sideboards
Maple, Wood
1950s Central American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Raffia, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood, Birdseye Maple, Walnut
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum, Nickel
1970s Italian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Deco Sideboards
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Granite, Marble, Copper, Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s Mexican Other Sideboards
Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Sideboards
Aluminum, Brass
1940s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Bronze
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Other Sideboards
Wood, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Other Sideboards
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Other Sideboards
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Other Sideboards
Glass, Wood
20th Century American Georgian Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Marble, Bronze, Brass
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.