Sideboards
1940s French Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Brass
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Art Glass, Wood
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Birch
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Minimalist Sideboards
Wood
1940s Swedish Gustavian Vintage Sideboards
Maple
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer
20th Century American Georgian Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century American Queen Anne Sideboards
Brass
20th Century English Jacobean Sideboards
Oak
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Sideboards
Wood
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Beech, Teak
1940s American Vintage Sideboards
Rattan
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Cane, Teak
20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1850s English George III Antique Sideboards
Mahogany, Rosewood, Satinwood
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Sideboards
Pine
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Wood
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Sideboards
Pine
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 18th Century English Regency Antique Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Elm
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
18th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
2010s Asian Minimalist Sideboards
Wood
1940s French Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s Asian Minimalist Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mahogany, Walnut
1960s Danish Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1880s South Korean Chinoiserie Antique Sideboards
Elm, Pearwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Marble
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Oak
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Early 1800s Italian Baroque Antique Sideboards
Siena Marble
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
1920s French Vintage Sideboards
Marble
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
18th Century English Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Elm
2010s French Louis Philippe Sideboards
Wood, Oak, Cherry
1970s Swedish Vintage Sideboards
Teak
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.