Sideboards
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Walnut
Early 20th Century English Chinoiserie Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sideboards
Gold, Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Marble, Metal
2010s French Modern Sideboards
Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Metal
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Wood
19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Iron, Gold Leaf
1750s English George III Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Sideboards
Thread, Ash
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Stone, Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Ash
Early 18th Century British George I Antique Sideboards
Oak, Walnut
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chestnut
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Maple, Wood, Mirror, Glass
2010s French Sideboards
Bronze, Steel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Goatskin, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sideboards
Mirror, Wood, Glass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sideboards
Metal
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
2010s French Modern Sideboards
Wood
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century American Modern Sideboards
Wood
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Slate, Metal
Early 20th Century American Mission Sideboards
Oak
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Jacaranda, Mahogany
Late 20th Century Modern Sideboards
Lacquer
19th Century Welsh Georgian Antique Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century American Sideboards
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Marble
1750s English George II Antique Sideboards
Oak
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
20th Century Art Deco Sideboards
Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Mirror, Oak
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Chinese Chippendale Sideboards
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
1930s French Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Sideboards
Wood
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Sideboards
Walnut
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
1720s Welsh Antique Sideboards
Brass
1810s English Regency Antique Sideboards
Other
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Italian Chinoiserie Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
Early 20th Century Art Deco Sideboards
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Travertine, Brass
20th Century French Neoclassical Sideboards
1990s Italian Modern Sideboards
Gold, Brass
20th Century French Sideboards
Leather, Mirror, 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.